Patterson, Robert Porter, 1891-1952

Acting Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, Attorney General Tom C. Clark and Secretary of War Robert Patterson shown leaving the White House following the President's calling of an extraordinary conference of high government leaders to "canvass the whole strike situation." From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman presents the Distinguished Service Medal to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes for his three years of service as director of the Office of War Mobilization. The ceremony took place on the South Lawn of the White House. Left to right: General George C. Marshall, U. S. Military Chief of Staff; President Truman; Secretary Byrnes; Robert P. Patterson, Undersecretary of War (obscured); Mrs. Byrnes; and Admiral William Leahy, Personal Chief of Staff to the President. From: Beth Gore.