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Fleming, Philip B. (Philip Bracken), 1887-1955

President Truman Addresses Conference on Fire Prevention

President Harry S. Truman speaks to the Conference on Fire Prevention, calling on state and local government officials to join the federal government in mapping a program to cut the nation's staggering fire loss. Seated in the front row behind the president are (left) Washington, DC District Commissioner J. Russell Young and (right) Major General Philip B. Fleming, conference chairman.

President Truman and his Cabinet are shown seated around the Table in the Cabinet Room

President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet are shown seated around the table in the Cabinet Room. Left to Right: Secretary of Interior Julius Krug; Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman; Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming; Assistant to the President John Steelman; Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall; President Harry S. Truman; Secretary of Treasury John Snyder; Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Truman and his cabinet officers

President Truman is seated at a table with his cabinet officers. L to R, around the table: Julius Krug, Secretary of the Interior; W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce; Philip B. Fleming, Administrator, Federal Works Agency; John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President; Lewis B. Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor; Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Jesse Donaldson, Postmaster General; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; George C. Marshall, Secretary of State; President Harry S. Truman; John W. Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; and Tom C. Clark, Attorney General.

Truman with Cabinet and Advisory Council

President Harry S. Truman is seen here with his Cabinet and Special Economic Advisory Council. L-R (seated): Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark. L-R (standing): Leon Keyserling, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, John Steelman, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, and General Philip Fleming.

President Truman with press and Highway Safety Conference members

President Harry S. Truman with the managers of the State Press and Publishers Associations, who are working with the President's Conference on Highway Safety. Front row, left to right: Thomas H. MacDonald, Chairman, Coordinating Committee, President's Highway Safety Conference; President Truman; Major General Philip B. Fleming, General Chairman, President's Highway Safety Conference. The rest of the men are unidentified.