Political consultants

Election eve with James Farley other unidentified men. Inscribed: "Election Eve Conference 11/2/36 Sincerely Chip Robert".

Portrait of William Boyle.

Oscar R. Ewing, Attorney, Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, New York, New York, and predecessor firms, 1919-1947; Assistant Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-42; Vice Chairman, 1942-47; Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General, 1942 and again in 1947; Acting Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1946; Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, 1947-53; and organizer and member of an unofficial political policy group during the Truman administration, 1947-52.

India Edwards, Associate Director, Women\'s Division, Democratic National Committee, 1947-48; Executive Director, Women\'s Division, Democratic National Committee, 1948-50; Vice-chairman, Democratic National Committee, 1950-56; Consultant, Department of Labor, 1964-66. Photo donated by Ms. Edwards.

Samuel Brightman, Assistant Director of Publicity, Democratic National Committee, 1947-1952; Director of Publicity, DNC, 1952-1957.

Kenneth Birkhead, Associate Director of Public Relations for the Research Division of the Democratic National Committee during the 1948 presidential campaign.