Flemming, Arthur S. (Arthur Sherwood), 1905-1996

This is the first meeting of the Commission on the Organization of the Executive Branch of Government, also known as the Hoover Commission. Standing, left to right: Representative Clarence J. Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur S. Flemming, James K. Pollock, Dean G. Acheson, James H. Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Seated, from left to right: George Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John F. McClellan. Same as 58-337 but less cropped.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Government Workers Pay Raise Bill. Standing, left to right: Representative Edward H. Rees; James B. Burns, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Representative Jennings Randolph; Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees; Senator Sheridan Downey; Harry B. Mitchell, President of the United States Civil Service Commission; Representative Henry M. Jackson; and Arthur S. Flemming, United States Civil Service Commissioner.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Government Workers Pay Raise Bill. Standing, left to right: Representative Edward H. Rees; James B. Burns, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Representative Jennings Randolph; Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees; Senator Sheridan Downey; Harry B. Mitchell, President of the United States Civil Service Commission; Representative Henry M. Jackson; and Arthur S. Flemming, United States Civil Service Commissioner.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower is shown in this photograph in the White House Rose Garden with the 31 members of the first meeting of the board of trustees of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship, Inc. Back row, left to right: Milton Eisenhower(hidden behind second man in front row); Alfred H. Williams; Edward Lee Norton; William Balderston; Ben Hibbs; Franklin D. Murphy; Philip T. Sharples; Andrew W. Robertson; J. Cameron Thomson; John Cowles; Kenneth Holland; Juan T. Trippe; John A. Roosevelt; James B. Black; Thomas J. Watson, Jr.; Arthur S. Flemming.

First meeting of the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Government, popularly known as the Hoover Commission. Front Row, left to right: George H. Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John L. McClellan. Back Row, left to right: Clarence Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur Flemming, Dean Acheson, James Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Same as 59-1365-1.

President Harry S. Truman (seated center) is flanked by members of a 12-man commission engaged in a study to increase the efficiency of the Executive Branch of the government. Front, L to R: George H. Mead, Dayton, Ohio; former President Herbert Hoover; President Truman; Joseph P. Kennedy; and Senator John J. McClellan (D-Arkansas). Rear, L to R: Representative Clarence J. Brown (R-O); Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal; Arthur S. Flemming, Civil Service Commission; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; James Rowe; and Representative Carter Manasco (D-Alabama). From: Houston Post.