Presidential press secretaries

On the fantail of the USS Williamsburg, members of the presidential party relax three days out of Washington, D.C. enroute to Key West and a vacation until April 10th. From left: Hon. John R. Steelman (Assistant to the President), Major General Harry H. Vaughan (Military Aide to the President), Hon. Charles G. Ross (Press Secretary to the President), Brigadier General Robert B. Landry (Air Aide to the President), and Admiral Robert L. Dennison (Naval Aide to the President). From: Robert Dennison.

Group shot of the Presidential party for the 8th trip to Key West, FL. Front row (left to right): Mr. John R. Steelman, Mrs. Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Ms. Margaret Truman, and Mr. William D. Hassett. Back row (left to right): Mr. Stephen T. Spingarn, Mr. Robert B. Landry, Mr. Robert L. Dennison, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Mr. Charles G. Ross, Mr. Harry H. Vaughan, Mr. Wallace H. Graham, and Mr. David K. Niles.

President Harry S. Truman holding a press conference on the lawn of the Little White House. Standing from left to right: Mr. Phil Regan, Mr. David K. Niles, Mr. Stephen T. Spingarn, Mr. Stanley Woodward, Mr. Donald S. Dawson, Mr. Matthew J. Connelly, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Mr. William D. Hassett, unidentified, Major General Wallace H. Graham, and Mr. Charles G. Ross. The man writing on his knee next to Mr. Ross is Edwin W. Darby. Identifiable men sitting around President Harry S. Truman (center, in white chair) are Mr.

A 2:00 P.M. Sunday luncheon on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, for the President and his party. Left to right, clockwise starting at the extreme left: President Harry S. Truman, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Mr. Donald S. Dawson, Mr. Stephen T. Spingarn, Mr. Charles G. Ross, Mr. William D. Hassett, Ms. Margaret Truman (hidden by palm tree), Brigadier General Wallace D. Graham, Brigadier General Robert B. Landry, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Mrs. Bess Truman, and Mr. Stanley Woodward. From: Robert L. Dennison

Secretary of Defense, Mr. Louis A. Johnson, (in white cap) left the Little White House for return to Washington, D.C. in his plane. From left to right: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Brigadier General Robert B. Landry, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Charles G. Ross, Press Secretary. From: Robert L. Dennison.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's party relaxing on the after deck of his yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, as the U.S.S. William C. Lawe provides escort in the background, during a vacation cruise to Key West, Florida. From left to right: David Stowe, John Steelman, William D. Hassett, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Press Secretary Chares Ross, Brigadier General Wallace Graham, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Brigadier General Robert Landry. From: Robert L. Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman with members of his party in the grandstand at Army-Navy track and field meet. Seated in box, from left to right: General Harry Vaughan; Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, Admiral Robert Dennison, President Truman, and Press Secretary Joseph Short. All others are unidentified. From: Harry H. Vaughan.

President Harry S. Truman (right) standing on the flying bridge of the yacht Williamsburg as it comes into Narragansett Bay in Quonset, Rhode Island. Clark Clifford is foreground, back to camera. Press Secretary Charles Ross is fourth from left. Others are unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Lieutenant Commander Gray of the Royal Navy, aide to Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander in chief of the British West Indies Fleet, calls on President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) on the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Unidentified man, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Lt. Commander Gray. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

(From the left side of the circle to the right)Unidentified man, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Mr. Theodore "Ted" Marks; President Harry S. Truman; Major General Harry R. Vaughan, U.S.A., the President's Military Aide; Charles G. Ross, the President's Press Secretary; Clark M. Clifford, the President's Special Counsel (party obscured by Mr. Ross); and Honorable George E. Allen, Director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, sit and have a chat on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg, the ship carrying the President to Bermuda.