Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio (left) welcomes A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, to the Senate Labor Hearing this morning. From: Beth Gore.
Photo of Alvanley Johnston (front), President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, leave a cab in front of the White House as they arrived for a final conference on President Truman's proposals to avert a nation-wide rail strike. From: Beth Gore.
Alvanley Johnston, left, head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and A. F. Whitney, head of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, talk to reporters following their visit to the White House when President Truman ordered government seizure of the nations railroads.
No transportation problems worried the leaders of the two striking railroad unions, Alvanley Johnston, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and A. F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, because they did their traveling afoot to conferences in efforts to settle their wage dispute. Johnston,(L)and Whitney in picture on left. On right are Whitney (L) and Johnston. From: Beth Gore.