Presidential press secretaries

President Harry S. Truman (back seat of car, wearing white hat) arriving in his limousine to attend services at the U.S. Naval Station Memorial Chapel at Key West, Florida. Also present are Admiral Sidney Souers (middle of back seat), Press Secretary Joseph Short (back seat, driver's side), and Administrative Assistant David Lloyd (left, walking beside car). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with select members of his staff on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. From left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, President Truman, Special Assistant Edwin Locke, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.

President Harry S. Truman with select members of his staff on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. From left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, President Truman, Special Assistant Edwin Locke, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal.

President Harry S. Truman and select members of his staff on board the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. From left to right: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Admiral William D. Leahy, Special Assistant Edwin Locke, President Truman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt with select members of his staff. Front row, left to right: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Admiral William D. Leahy, Special Assistant Edwin Locke, and President Truman. On the extreme right is Press Secretary Charles Ross. All others are unidentified.

From left to right: Captain Taylor, Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, unidentified Navy officer (partly obscured), Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Captain Clark Clifford, Admiral William D. Leahy, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke, Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, and two unidentified men. They are aboard the U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt during fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.

Luncheon aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Franklin Roosevelt with President Harry S. Truman (fifth from the left), Admiral William Leahy (fourth from left), Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke (third from left), Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal (fourth from right), and Press Secretary Charles Ross (third from right). All others are unidentified.

From left to right: unidentified Navy officer, Admiral William Leahy, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke, President Harry S. Truman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross standing in front of an airplane aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin Roosevelt. They are on board to observe fleet maneuvers conducted off the Virginia Capes.

Standing in front of airplanes, from left to right: Captain Taylor, unidentified, Captain Clark Clifford, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Wallace Graham, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, William Hassett, President Harry S. Truman, Special Assistant to the President Edwin Locke (partly obscured), John Steelman, Brigadier General Harry Vaughan, and unidentified. They are aboard the aircraft carrier U. S. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, during fleet maneuvers off the Virginia Capes.

General Harry Vaughan (foreground, in light hat) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (standing, plaid hat) bottomfishing off Key West, Florida, while on vacation with President Harry S. Truman. Also present is Stanley Woodward (seated, left). Others are unidentified.