Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950

Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross, shown as he gave reporters the details of the President's Executive Order invoking the Taft-Hartley Act in the soft coal dispute. The order came as a first step in getting a Federal court to order 400,000 striking coal miners back to work. The President appointed a board of inquiry to examine the dispute and report to him by next Monday. From: Beth Gore.

White House Press Secretary Charles Ross shown telling the Press that President Harry S. Truman, aside from his appeal for reconsideration, has no further plans to avert the steel strike. Mr. Ross specifically said that Government seizure of the steel industry so far had never been considered. The President urged the cooperation "on the grounds of the public interest as well as good business" to reconsider and accept his settlement. From: Beth Gore.

President Truman announced today that Charles G. Ross, 39-year-old Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, will become his Press Secretary on May 15. When Mr. Truman first took office, it was announced that J. Leonard Reinsch, Managing Director of three radio stations owned by James M. Cox, would act as secretary, but since then Mr. Cox has asked that Reinsch be allowed to return to his post with the stations because of the urgent need of his technical knowledge.

This scene of Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross holding a press conference with reporters was repeated many times after reports came to the White House of the imminent surrender of the Japanese. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of newly sworn in Press Secretary to President Truman, Charles G. Ross (at desk), meeting the press at the White House for the first time. From: Beth Gore.

President Truman's Press Secretary, Charles Ross, is shown reading letters from all over the country regarding the President's latest nation-wide radio address. A survey shows that 85 percent of the letters favored the President's findings in the broadcast. From: Beth Gore.

Charles Ross kisses the Bible after taking the oath as Press Secretary of President Harry S. Truman. Left to right: Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge, who administered the oath; President Truman; Charles Ross; and Mrs. Ross. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and his press secretary, Charles G. Ross, viewing the activities at the Democratic National Convention via television in the Chief Executive's office. From: Beth Gore.

Charles Ross, recently appointed Press Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, was breaking in his new job at the White House. Mr. Ross (seated), is shown with Jonathan Daniels, Press Secretary to President Roosevelt. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party pose for a group photo on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, while on vacation. Front row, left to right: Philip Maguire, Bruce Forsyth, George Elsey, Joseph Feeney, David Lloyd, Stephen Spingarn. Second row, left to right: Clark Clifford, William Hassett, John Snyder, President Truman, John Steelman, Charles Ross, Frank Pace. Back row, left to right: Charles Murphy, Robert Landry, Robert Dennison, Harry Vaughan, Wallace Graham, David Niles, Donald Dawson.