Porter, Paul Aldermandt, 1904-1975
President Truman Signs Revised OPA Bill
President Harry S. Truman (seated) holds up the OPA price control bill at his desk. Paul Porter (left) and a group of unidentified OPA Regional Directors are also present.
President Harry S. Truman and his National Advisory Board on Mobilization
President Truman met with his National Advisory Board on Mobilization, a policy group in which labor is participating. Front row L-R: D. W. Brooks, Georgia, President National Council of Farm Cooperatives; C. E. Wilson, Defense Mobilizer; President Harry S. Truman; Philip Murray, President of CIO; Walter P. Reuther, President of UAW-CIO. Second row: Samuel Abbot Smith, businessman of Chelsea, Mass.; George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer of AFL; William H. Davis, New York attorney; Otto A. Seyferth, President of U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Claude A. Putnam, businessman of Keene, N.H.
Representatives of American Theatres Association (ATA) Meet with Government Officials in Washington
Members of the American Theatres Association (ATA) are attending a luncheon meeting with various government officials in Washington, D.C. Seated, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; S.H. Fabian, President American Theatres Association (ATA); Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (OWMR) Director John R. Steelman: OWMR Deputy Director Anthony Hyde; Robert W. Coyne, Executive Director, ATA; Acting Secretary of Navy John L. Sullivan; Office of Price Administration (OPA) Administrator Paul Porter; Charles A. Jones, Arthur G.