Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

President Harry S. Truman and his National Advisory Board on Mobilization

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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.

Walter Reuther, a labor leader, is received by the Prime Minister

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Walter Reuther, a labor leader, is received by the Prime Minister. From left, unidentified man, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the United Automobile Workers Walter Reuther. From album "Visit of his Excellency Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of India to the United States of America"

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

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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.

Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. Adolf Scharf with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reuther

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Austrian Vice-Chancellor and Mrs. Adolf Scharf with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reuther, (International President of the United Automobile Workers). From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria, to the United States of America, March 1-21, 1952."

Harry S. Truman Celebrates Labor day in Detroit

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CIO President Walter P. Reuther whispers in the ear of former President Harry S. Truman who is chortling at the remark at the annual Labor Day ceremonies in Detroit, Michigan. From: Houston Post.

E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. Interview "The Detroit Report"

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E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. (center) sits with (from left to right) Edwin L. Dale, Jr., New York Times Washington Bureau; Walter P. Reuther, President - United Auto Workers; and Jerry M. Flint, New York Times Detroit correspondent. The interview was for Daniel's television show, "News in Perspective."

Truman Meets with Reuther

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President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with labor leader Walter Reuther (right), president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, in the Oval Office.

Truman with Walter Reuther

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President Harry S. Truman (left) meets in the Oval Office with labor leader Walter Reuther, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Truman Meets with Walter Reuther

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President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with labor leader Walter Reuther (right), president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, in the Oval Office.

Labor leaders Carey, McDonald, and Reuther present checks to Basil O'Connor for Truman Library fund raising

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At ceremonies at CIO headquarters, CIO President Walter Reuther, CIO Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey and USA-CIO President David J. McDonald presented checks in the amount of $250,000 to Basil O'Connor, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., to be used for construction of the Truman Library at Grandview, Missouri. The CIO contribution amounted to $150,000, and the gift of the Steelworkers Union was for $100,000. Left to right are: James B. Carey, Basil O'Connor, David J. McDonald, and Walter Reuther.

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