Daniels, Jonathan W. (Jonathan Worth), 1902-1981

President Harry S. Truman (center) participates in the mock reception of Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (left of Connelly) to Key West, Florida by unidentified person. Also present are (from left to right) Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, governor of Washington Monrad Wallgren, and writer Jonathan Daniels. Truman and his advisers and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for photograph in the garden of the Little White House. Back row, left to right: Administrative Assistant to the President Donald Dawson, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Captain Robert Dennison, William J. Bray, Jonathan Daniels. Front row, left to right: Correspondence Secretary William D.

President Harry S. Truman (center with cane) and members of his vacation party prepare to go for a walk. From left to right, Leslie Biffle, Admiral William D. Leahy, unidentified naval officer mostly obscured by Leahy, President Truman, Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, Jonathan Daniels (behind Barkley) and William J. Bray.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman is taking the oath of office, at 7:09 p.m., after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Bess and Margaret Truman are standing to the right of Mr. Truman. Immediately behind Mr. Truman are (from left to right): Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, unidentified man (mostly obscured), receptionist William Simmons, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.

Mounted 12-1/2 X 9-1/2 portrait of a smiling Charles G. Ross (left) and Jonathan Daniels, both press secretaries to President Truman, seated behind a desk.

Portrait of (left to right) Assistant Press Secretary Eben A. Ayers, former Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels and Press Secretary Charles Ross.

Charles Ross, recently appointed Press Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, was breaking in his new job at the White House. Mr. Ross (seated), is shown with Jonathan Daniels, Press Secretary to President Roosevelt. From: Beth Gore.

Jonathan Daniels, White House Press Secretary, talks to reporters who piled into his office hoping for an official announcement by President Truman of Germany's surrender. From: Beth Gore.