Meetings

John R. Steelman (left) joins two unidentified charter members of the White Elephant Club in looking over the Program during the luncheon. The meeting was held in St. John's School Auditorium and was sponsored by the Bridgeport Brass Company on whose Board of Directors Steelman served.

A group of unidentified businessmen appear to be standing in line to register for a meeting of Bridgeport Brass Company. John R. Steelman can be seen at the end of the line on the far right.

John R. Steelman (left) participates in the festivities at the "White Elephant Club" meeting in Adrian, Michigan. The gentleman with Steelman is unidentified.

John R. Steelman (third from left) poses for a photograph with four unidentified businessmen. The event is also unknown but appears to be associated with Bridgeport Brass Company on whose Board Steelman served.

John R. Steelman (fourth from left) enjoys a post-luncheon cigar while participating in the Organization Meeting of Charter Members of the "White Elephant Club" Adrian Chapter. All other men are unidentified.

Interior view showing W. Averell Harriman seated on the lower right. He may be meeting with the mayor of Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, while touring various regions during his trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev.

Interior view showing W. Averell Harriman seated on the lower right looking at a map on the wall. He may be meeting with the mayor of Rudni (Rudnyy), Kazakhstan, while touring various regions during his trip to the Soviet Union. Charles W. Thayer accompanied W. Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Lieutenant General Louis W. Truman,(center at end of the table) presides over a Corps Commander's Conference. All other soldiers and officers are unidentified.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (seated, left) sits in on a meeting at the Riverbank Ordnance Plant in California. Other men and military officers are unidentified. A chart sits on an easel behind Pace.

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) sits in on a meeting at the Riverbank Ordnance Plant in California with two unidentified gentlemen.