President Harry S. Truman, smiling broadly, waves in response to an ovation just before he began his Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner Address at the Mayflower Hotel tonight. Senator Alben Barkley (D-KY) (right) applauds. Wilson W. Wyatt (rear, left of the President) was Chairman of the dinner committee. From: Houston Post.
Raymond Foley and others attend the Housing Luncheon hosted by the Research Institute of America. Front Row, left to right: Bill Casey, Chairman of the Board of Editors, R.I.A.; Congressman Wright Patman; Mr. John Fahey, Commissioner, Federal Home Loan Bank Administration; Mr. Wilson Wyatt, Housing Expediter and Administrator of the National Housing Agency; Leon Henderson, Chief Economist, R.I.A.; Mr. Raymond Foley, Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration. Back Row, left to right: Addison B. Clohosey, Director, Washington Office, R.I.A.; Mr.
National Housing Expeditor Wilson W. Wyatt, seated, today signed the first premium payment plan designed to achieve expanded production of scarce building materials. The plan, placed into effect as of June 1, 1946, covers the structural clay (brick) industry and was worked out in cooperation with the representatives of that industry. Use of premium payments was authorized by the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946. Standing is Phillip H. Coombs, National Housing Act Director of Materials Supply Branch and Chairman of the Interagency Steering Committee on premium payments.