Presidential press secretaries

President Harry S. Truman reviews the brigade of midshipmen as they pass into the Naval Academy chapel. Front row, left to right: Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, and Admiral James Holloway. Second row, left to right: Colonel Robert Landry and Captain Robert Dennison. Third row, left to right: Major General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and two unidentified naval officers. Top row, left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, Clark Clifford, and unidentified naval officer. All others are unidentified.

White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (right, in white collared shirt) meeting with unidentified members of the press at the Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia. Mr. Ross and the press were traveling with President Harry S. Truman on his Chesapeake vacation cruise.

In the front row from left to right are: Eric Johnston, Economic Stabilization Administrator; President Harry S. Truman; and Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington. From left to right in the second row of walkers: General Harry Vaughn, David Stowe, and an unidentified military person. In the third row on the far left, smoking a cigarette, is Press Secretary Joseph Short. The men are walking to Truman Beach. Other men are in the back of photo. From: The Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

Staff of President Harry S. Truman at the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon. They accompanied the President on his western trip. Left to right, far side of table: General Robert Landry; the President's personal secretary Rose Conway; Clark Clifford; (around table counter clockwise) Press Secretary Charles Ross (partially obscured); two unidentified women; General Wallace Graham (the President's physician); General Harry Vaughan; and political associate Albert Chow. See also 66-757.

President Harry S. Truman and some of his advisors and friends are on board the USS Williamsburg for a vacation cruise. From left to right: Ted Marks, President Truman, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing), General Harry Vaughan, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) turns the tables on an unidentified cameraman and takes a photo of him at the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during the President's vacation. The man in the blue shirt on the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 transparency.

President Harry S. Truman dines at the 1945 Pemiscot County Fair in Caruthersville, Missouri. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Charles Ross, an unidentified man, and President Truman. Those standing in the background are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Press Secretary Charles Ross (center) and Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (left) talk to an unidentified man (right). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

The Press Secretary to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stephen Early (left), and President Harry S. Truman's Appointment Secretary, Matt Connelly (right), shake hands. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing, second from right) and Press Secretary J. Leonard Reinsch (standing, right) at the first press conference given by President Harry S. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.