Short, Joseph H. (Joseph Hudson), 1904-1952

Original caption: Washington, DC. Ex-king Michael, center, of Romania, said today that his country is living in "misery, want and fear" under the present communist regime. In his first public address in the US, Michael told a National Press Club Luncheon that his homeland has known no period more tragic than the present "in all its long and painful history." At left, is radio commentator William Hillman, and right is Joseph Short, president of the National Press Club.

J. Russell Young, a District of Columbia Commissioner (left), receives his life membership card to the National Press Club from President Harry S. Truman (center). Joseph Short, President of the Press Club, is at right. Same as photos 77-108 and 77-472.

Group shot taken at the 10th Presidential trip to Key West. [L to R] first row: Harold Enarson, John R. Steelman, Bess Truman, Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett, Irving Perlmeter; second row: Eben Ayers, David H. Stowe, Wallace Graham, Harry Vaughan, Joseph Short, Robert Dennison, Robert Landry, Philleo Nash, and Charles W. Jackson. Same as photo 67-3204.

Group photograph of President Harry S. Truman and his staff while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Richard Neustadt, Cornelius Mara, Joseph Feeney, Philleo Nash, Irving Perlmeter. Center row, left to right: John Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, Averell Harriman, Charles Murphy. Back row, left to right: Robert Landry, Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Matthew Connelly, William Hassett, Joseph Short, Harry Vaughan, and Wallace Graham.

Portrait of Joseph Short, Secretary to the President. Original photograph oversized.

William D. Hassett (left) and Joseph Short, two of the secretaries of President Harry S. Truman, on vacation with President Truman in Key West, Florida. From the Papers of William D. Hassett, originals held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. The Harry S. Truman Library holds photocopies of the Hassett Papers.

William D. Hassett (left) and Joseph Short, two of the secretaries of President Harry S. Truman, on vacation with President Truman in Key West, Florida. From the Papers of William D. Hassett, originals held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. The Harry S. Truman Library holds photocopies of the Hassett Papers.

William D. Hassett (left) and Joseph Short, two of the secretaries of President Harry S. Truman, on vacation with President Truman in Key West, Florida. From the Papers of William D. Hassett, originals held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. The Harry S. Truman Library holds photocopies of the Hassett Papers.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with his personal staff, Joseph Short (foreground, lower left corner), Charles Murphy, and John Steelman (with sunglasses), aboard the Presidential plane "The Independence". From: Photo World - New York.