White House staff

Members of President Harry S. Truman's staff pose with the fish they caught while on vacation with the President in Key West, Florida. Captain Robert Dennison (center) holds up the 29 pound mackerel he caught. From left to right, General Wallace Graham, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy (wearing hat and glasses), Eben Ayers (partly obscured), Captain Dennison, unidentified reporter, Colonel Robert Landry (mostly obscured), and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

James A. Farley (foreground), Ex-Postmaster General and former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, applauds the entrance of President Harry S. Truman (left, background) to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in the Mayflower Hotel. Matthew Connelly greets President Truman in the center background. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Presidential Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly receives a report from the General Motors fact finding panel that resolved the General Motors and United Auto Workers dispute. From left to right, Milton Eisenhower, Lloyd Garrison, and Matthew Connelly. From the Scrapbook of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

Matthew Connelly (left), Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, accepts a sack of potatoes from Senator Francis J. Myers (right), as Nina Herschner (center) looks on. Ms. Herschner is the Pennsylvania Potato Blossom Queen and from Felton, Pennsylvania.

Maurice Latta (left) points at President Harry Truman's signature as Matthew Connelly (right) holds the bill that authorized emergency relief to France, Italy, and Austria.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the "Little White House," his vacation quarters at Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are various members of his staff, including William Hassett (third from left), Colonel Robert Landry (fourth from left), Eben Ayers (sixth from left, behind Truman), Clark Clifford (behind Truman, partly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (eighth from left), and Major General Harry Vaughan (ninth from left, wearing t-shirt). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Matthew Connelly receives a report from the General Motors fact finding panel, tasked with resolving the dispute between the company and the United Auto Workers. From left to right, Milton Eisenhower, Lloyd Garrison, and Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

William Hassett (left) and General Robert Landry (right) have lunch on the Little White House lawn during their visit to Key West, Florida. They visited Key West as part of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, second from right) holds a press conference during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Among those standing in the background are (from right to left): unidentified, David Bell, David Lloyd, unidentified, David Stowe, General Robert Landry, unidentified, William Hassett, two unidentified men, and Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.