Pepper, Claude, 1900-1989

President Harry S. Truman and his guests enjoyed lunch at the Little White House, Key West, Florida, while President Truman was there on vacation. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal, President Truman, and Florida Senator Claude Pepper. Back row, left to right: Paul E. Fitzpatrick, New York Democratic State Chairman; the Honorable Fuller Warren, Governor-elect of Florida; The Honorable George A. Smathers, member of Congress; Mr. C. V. Griffin, citrus grower; and Mr. Leonard Hicks, operator of the Casa Marina Hotel at Key West.

President Harry S. Truman and his luncheon guests pose for photographers at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal; President Truman; and Florida Senator Claude Pepper. Back row, left to right: Paul E. Fitzpatrick, New York Democratic State Chairman; the Honorable Fuller Warren, Governor-elect of Florida; the Honorable George A. Smathers, member of Congress; Mr. C. V. Griffin, citrus grower; and Mr. Leonard Hicks, operator of the Casa Marina Hotel at Key West. The cameraman in the corner is unidentified.

John R. Steelman (standing, right) is attending a dinner with William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor (AFL). This is possibly the dinner given in honor of Green by Histadrut, the General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel. Also present is Senator Claude Pepper (standing, left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a joint session of Congress regarding wage and price controls. Seated front row, left to right: Senator Elmer Thomas; Senator Claude Pepper; Senator George Aiken; Senator Elbert Thomas; Senator Homer Capehart; Senator Bourke Hickenlooper; Senator Homer Ferguson; Senator Clyde Reed; Senator Kenneth Wherry; Senator Robert Taft; Senator Alben Barkley; Senator Wallace White; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Attorney General Tom Clark; Postmaster General Robert E.

Photo of Senator Claude Pepper of Florida who had just introduced a bill in the Senate asking for a full lunch hour for the Senators. Said the Senator, as it now stands "we can eat only with the fear that some of the Senators are passing some bill behind our backs." From: Beth Gore

Photo of John L. Lewis (right), two days after the soft coal strike ended, when he went to the Senate to pay a few calls. Here he shakes hands with Senator Claude Pepper of Florida. From: Beth Gore.