Labor leaders

CIO President Philip Murray as he told a press conference that a nation-wide steel strike "must take place" because U. S. Steel Corporation had rejected President Harry S. Truman's wage settlement. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Philip Murray, President of the CIO, as he appeared before the House Military Affairs Committee to answer questions about war production shortages. He indicated that the shortages are due to upsurges in military requirements and mistakes of government procurement agencies, and that three-fourths of all manpower shortage figures and complaints would be eliminated if both unions and companies were required to certify manpower shortage conditions. He was testifying that no "work or fight" legislation was necessary. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Philip Murray, President of the Executive Committee of the CIO, at a meeting. From: Beth Gore.

After a meeting with top aids, Philip Murray (right), President of the Executive Board of the CIO, called for a meeting of the Board to discuss endorsing a presidential candidate. The Board was expected to endorse President Harry S. Truman. Other man is unidentified. From: Beth Gore.

Photo showing Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson presenting the Medal for Merit to Philip Murray, President of the CIO, for Mr. Murray's services "in connection with the mobilization and leadership of American workers throughout the industrial emergency existing during the Second World War". 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.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left), greets labor leader Walter Reuther (right) during his visit to the Harry S. Truman Library. The others in the photo are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (foreground, left) and labor leader Walter Reuther (right) laugh together outside of the Truman Presidential Library. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Walter Reuther (left), one of the leaders of the AFL-CIO, jokes with former President Harry S. Truman, seated at a piano in the Harry S. Truman Library. The other man in the photo is unidentified.

John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, as he appeared before photographers who had been hunting him for two days. He told them to "take your time, you've earned it." From: Beth Gore