Labor unions

Heads of three railroad unions which had called a nationwide strike are meeting with Presidential Adviser John R. Steelman at the White House. Seated from left to right are: Alfred J. Glover, President, Switchmen's Union; David B. Robertson, President, Firemen's and Enginemen's Union; John R. Steelman; and Alvanley Johnston, Chief of Locomotive Engineers.

Patrick J. Fitzgerald, President, Local 10, National Federal Organization of Postal Clerks (standing, left) and David Silvergleid, President of the Joint Conference of Affiliated Postal Employees of Greater New York and Vicinity (standing, right) look over the shoulder of Representative Louis B. Heller, 7th District, New York (seated, left) and John R. Steelman (seated, right).

Heads of three railroad unions which had called a nationwide strike are meeting with Presidential Adviser John R. Steelman at the White House. Seated from left to right are: Alfred J. Glover, President, Switchmen's Union; David B. Robertson, President, Firemen's and Enginemen's Union; John R. Steelman; and Alvanley Johnston, Chief of Locomotive Engineers.

John R. Steelman (center, podium) speaks to members of the International Association of Machinists Lodge 1782. Pictured are (left to right) Helen Flowers, Treasurer; Walter Grimes, Financial Secretary; Robert Wade, President; John Steelman and Norman Selby, Recording Secretary. Others are unidentified.

John R. Steelman (center, podium) speaks to members of the International Association of Machinists Lodge 1782. Pictured are (left to right) Helen Flowers, Treasurer; Walter Grimes, Financial Secretary; Robert Wade, President; John Steelman and Norman Selby, Recording Secretary. Others are unidentified.

Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson (fifth from left) with unidentified members of Crane Local #2048.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (seated, first row, center) poses for a picture with unidentified members of the Textile Workers Union, Congress of Industrial Organizations, at the Burlington Hotel in Washington, D.C. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Andrew Biemiller, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and an unidentified woman at the American Federation of Labor convention in San Francisco, California. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System, is on the extreme left, and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, is on the extreme right.

Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer signs orders directing the 74 steel companies that they are in the possession of the United States Government. President Truman had earlier seized the steel mills to prevent a strike set for midnight.