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Carey, James B. (James Barron), 1911-1973

President Truman with members of the Committee on Civil Rights

President Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittelsohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.

President Truman Meets with Delegation

President Harry S. Truman meets with a delegation representing the National Emergency Committee Against Mob Violence. From left to right: Leslie Perry, Washington D. C. representative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Boris Shishkin, of the American Federation of Labor; Frederick E. Reissig, of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America; President Truman; Walter White, Secretary, NAACP; James Carey, Secretary, Congress of Industrial Organizations; and Dr. Channing Tobias.

President Truman greets and thanks representatives of the CIO Executive Board

President Truman greets and thanks representatives of the CIO Executive Board which endorsed his candidacy for re-election in November. L to R: [front] James B. Carey, Secretary Treasurer of CIO; President Truman; Philip Murray, CIO President; [rear] Emil Mazey, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW; Jack Kroll, PAC Director; and Emil Rieve, President of Textile Workers Union. Mazey and Rieve are partially hidden. Donor: Dorothy Girton Used by Democratic Digest.

Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights

Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittlesohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (A.F.L.-C.I.O.) Dinner

Dinner at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D. C., given by the Political Committees of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Head table: Joseph Keenan; James B. Carey; William Boyle; Philip Murray; President Harry S. Truman; William Green; Maurice Tobin; George Meany; Jack Kroll. Left table, outside: George Harrison; Emil Rieve; Daniel W. Tracy; John Green; William Pollock; Richard F. Walsh; Desmond Walker; George Q. Lynch; John H. Lyons; Henry Zon. Left table, inside: David McDonald; Jacob Potofsky; Charles J. MacGowan; Arthur Goldberg; William J.

Truman with Economic Policy Committee

Former President Harry S. Truman meets with the Democratic Advisory Council's Economic Policy Committee in Washington, D. C. Standing, from left to right: James Carey, President, Electrical Workers Union; Seymour Harris, Harvard Economic Professor; Charles Tyler II, Director, Democratic Advisory Council; Isadore Lubin, New York State Commissioner of Labor; Ward Clark, Member of Economic Committee; Edward Foley, former Under Secretary of the Treasury. Seated, left to right: Philip Perlman, former Solicitor General; former President Truman; John K.

President Harry S. Truman Shakes Hands Congress of Industrial Organization Leaders

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the White House with members of the Congress of Industrial Organization's (CIO) Executive Committee shaking their hands in response to their support and promise of financial aid in his election campaign. Standing, from left to right: James B. Carey, Emil Mazey, President Harry S. Truman, Jack Kroll, and Philip Murray. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman Receives the Committee on Civil Rights Report

President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Most Reverend Francis J. Haas, Roland B. Gittelsohn, Mrs. Sadie T. Alexander, James B. Carey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. M.E. Tilley, Channing H. Tobias, Charles Wilson, Boris Shishkin, Charles Luckman, and Francis P. Matthews.

Labor leaders Carey, McDonald, and Reuther present checks to Basil O'Connor for Truman Library fund raising

At ceremonies at CIO headquarters, CIO President Walter Reuther, CIO Secretary-Treasurer James B. Carey and USA-CIO President David J. McDonald presented checks in the amount of $250,000 to Basil O'Connor, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc., to be used for construction of the Truman Library at Grandview, Missouri. The CIO contribution amounted to $150,000, and the gift of the Steelworkers Union was for $100,000. Left to right are: James B. Carey, Basil O'Connor, David J. McDonald, and Walter Reuther.