International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman (seated) in his office in the White House with Frank Land (standing, third from left) and the National Officers of the Imperial Council of the Shrine of North America. Others are unidentified.

Photograph of a Presidential staff conference in the White House office of the President. Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Clark Clifford, William Hassett, Matthew Connelly and Charles Ross. This is nearly the same photo as 70-2411 but cropped slightly different. From: Charles Ross Papers.

Admiral James Foskett, Presidential Aide John Steelman, Mr. Neal Helm, President Harry S. Truman, Military Aide General Harry Vaughan, and Press Secretary Charles Ross relaxing under the palms in the Little White House garden in Key West, Florida. Similar to 66-1352.

High profits cause high prices, says Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Speaking before the Federation of Labor convention at San Francisco, California, Schwellenbach sounds his "A" in the nationwide argument over the cause of inflation; his charge is that industry's large profits, and not workers' wage increases, are causing high prices. From: John E. Boos.

The nation's top military leaders hold a weekend meeting in Newport, Rhode Island (see 2002-98). Pictured are three who attended the meeting (left to right): General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief; Admiral Louis E. Denfield, Chief of Naval Operations; and General J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff. From: Pershing Touseley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson urged the House Military Affairs Committee to speed action on a bill to establish a nine-man commission to control domestic research in the development of atomic energy. Atomic energy, Patterson declared, is too big for any one government agency to handle, and the War Department wants to be relieved of its responsibility. Photo shows left to right, Rep. Andrew J. May (D-KY) Chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee, and Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson. From: Beth Gore.

Admiral Nimitz is voicing his determined opposition to either a merger of the Army and Navy or the creation of an independent Air Force. He appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Yakov A. Malik, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister who replaced Andrei Gromyko as USSR Representative to the United Nations. The photo was taken in his cabin aboard the SS Queen Mary. From: Beth Gore.

In line with President Truman's appeal to the public to save 100 million bushels of grain in the next nine months, the committee appointed by the President called on Americans to adopt a five-point food conservation program. Charles Luckman, Chairman of the Citizen's Food Committee, is shown with many of the posters to be used in the conservation campaign. From: Beth Gore

Diagram view of Blair House, scene of the attempt on President Truman's life. Floyd Boring, Secret Service Agent, shot and critically wounded Oscar Collazo and the latter fell at the foot of Blair House steps. Griselio Torresola, co-conspirator, was shot and killed, falling over a hedge beside the entrance to the Lee House (adjoining Blair House). Donald Birdzell, White House policeman, ran to the car tracks to draw the gunfire away from Blair House. Donor: Philadelphia Inquirer.