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Green, William, 1872-1952

Truman with Board of Trustees of FDR Memorial Foundation

President Harry S. Truman (front row, center) meeting with the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. Seated, left to right: Frank C. Walker, President Truman, and Samuel I. Rosenman. Rear, left to right: William D. Hassett, Theodore R. Gamble, Grace G. Tully, Isador Lubin, William Green, Robert E. Sherwood, George E. Allen, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, William Cronin, and Peter H. Odegard.

Truman with the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation

President Harry S. Truman meets with the Board of Trustees of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Foundation in the Cabinet Room of the White House. President Harry S. Truman, seated in the front center, is flanked by Frank C. Walker on the left and Samuel I. Rosenman on the right. Standing, left to right are: William D. Hassett, Theodore R. Gamble, Grace G. Tully, Isador Lubin, William Green, Robert E. Sherwood, George Allen, Admiral William Leahy, William Cronin, and Dr. Peter Odegard.

Truman being presented a scroll from the National Conference of Christians and Jews

President Harry S. Truman being presented with a scroll and medal by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. The award was made in recognition of the Chief Executive's efforts toward racial and religious understanding. Front row, left to right: Thomas Braniff, President Truman, Robert P. Patterson, J. Robert Rubin. Back row, left to right: William Green, Louis Nizer, Everett R. Clinchy and Marquis Childs.

Senator Truman at a Banquet

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at the speaker's table at the 9th Anniversary Luncheon of the National Planning Association at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. From left to right: nine unidentified men; Charles E. Wilson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; Senator Truman; H. Christian Sonne, Chairman of the National Planning Association Executive Committee; Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

Senator Truman at a Banquet

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at the 9th Anniversary Luncheon for the National Planning Association at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. From left to right: Charles E. Wilson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; Senator Truman; H. Christian Sonne, Chairman of the National Planning Association Executive Committee; Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

President Truman with labor leaders

From left to right: Averell Harriman; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Philip Kaiser; President Harry S. Truman; Mr. Vincent Tewson, Head of British labor group; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; J. H. Oldenbroek, Executive Secretary of the International Free Trade Unions; and Jacob Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, representing Philip Murray, President, Congress of Industrial Organizations. Same as 63-1204.

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (A.F.L.-C.I.O.) Dinner

Dinner at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D. C., given by the Political Committees of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Head table: Joseph Keenan; James B. Carey; William Boyle; Philip Murray; President Harry S. Truman; William Green; Maurice Tobin; George Meany; Jack Kroll. Left table, outside: George Harrison; Emil Rieve; Daniel W. Tracy; John Green; William Pollock; Richard F. Walsh; Desmond Walker; George Q. Lynch; John H. Lyons; Henry Zon. Left table, inside: David McDonald; Jacob Potofsky; Charles J. MacGowan; Arthur Goldberg; William J.

Truman Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments

President Harry S. Truman signs the Fair Labor Standards Act, raising minimum wages to seventy-five cents an hour, with labor and government officials on hand for the ceremony in the White House. Looking on are (top left) Solicitor of the Labor Department William S. Tyson, (leaning over the president's right shoulder) Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, (leaning over the president's left shoulder) President of the American Federation of Labor William Green, and (far right) President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Jacob S. Potofsky.