Thomas, Elbert Duncan, 1883-1953

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs H.R. 4590, the Silver Bill. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right: Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Edwin Johnson; Senator Abe Murdock; Senator Elbert Thomas; Senator Eugene Millikin; Senator Patrick McCarran.

Elbert Thomas (center) is sworn in as Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands by Judge Neilson (right) at the Department of the Navy. Also pictured: Mrs. Elbert Thomas (left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from left); and Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews (second from right). From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

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.

Senator Elbert Thomas (right, bow tie) and Congressman Andrew J. May (center) stand outside the White House with a group of unidentified reporters on the occasion of the announcement of the Japanese surrender ending World War II.

Attending a luncheon are left to right: unidentified, Dean Acheson, Sen. Scott Lucas, Senator Thomas and unidentified.

Latest informal photo of Democratic Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah. He is on the telephone, at his desk. From: Beth Gore.

Latest informal photo of Senator Elbert Thomas, Democrat, Utah. Senator Thomas is chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee who will bring Army and Navy leaders together in a conference on merger problems shortly. From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of War Stimson told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that he wanted prompt passage of "work or else" legislation more to boost morale on the battlefronts than for its direct results in war production. Mr. Stimson and Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Left to right, Mr. Patterson, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah, Chairman of the Committee, and Mr. Stimson. From: Beth Gore.

Bernard M. Baruch today called for the removal or destruction of all German heavy industry to "break once and for all Germany's dominance of Europe." Appearing before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Baruch is here shown seated, right, while Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, left, chairman of the committee, and Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Virginia, standing, talk to him prior to the opening of the hearing. From: Beth Gore.