Dr. Edwin G. Nourse Reports to the Cabinet

Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, head of the President's Special Economic Advisory Council, reports to the Cabinet that rationing and price controls are essential to the success of the food conservation program through which the United States is called upon to aid starving Europe. In the front row, from left to right, pictured are Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark. Standing from left to right are: Vice Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council Leon Keyserling, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Assistant to the President John Steelman, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council Dr. Edwin Nourse, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, and Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.