Ellender, Allen Joseph, 1890-1972

President Harry S. Truman signs the School Lunch Act. Present are (standing, from left to right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, Senator Allen J. Ellender, and Senator George D. Aiken.

President Truman, seated, signed the National School Lunch Act, which authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assume half the expenses for school lunches in any state assuming the other half. Thus, for the first time, this program, which has run for 11 years on a year-to-year basis with no financial participation by the states, becomes a permanent part of the Department's activities. Standing left to right: Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture; Rep. Malcolm C. Tarver, Georgia, member of House Appropriations Committee; Sen. Richard B.

Raymond Foley, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, sits at desk while signing the Tile I reservation for New Orleans, Louisiana. From left to right: Senator Allen Ellender; Nathaniel Keith, Director, Division of Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment, Housing and Home Finance Agency; Congressman Hale Boggs; and Raymond Foley.

Members of a United States delegation pose for a photograph in Dublin, Ireland. From left to right: Senator Hugh Butler; Representative Will Robinson; Representative Fred Crawford; Ireland's President Sean T. O'Kelly; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget; Senator Allen J. Ellender; Minister David Grey, United States Minister to Ireland; and Representative George P. Miller.

Members of a United States delegation pose for a photograph with the President of Ireland at an event in Dublin. Seated, left to right: unidentified, Senator Ellender; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget; Irish President Sean O'Kelly; Representative Fred Crawford; Senator Hugh Butler; and an unidentified man. Standing, left to right: unidentified man; Captain Jack Cunningham, Junior Aide; Representative Will Robinson; United States Minister to Ireland David Grey; an unidentified man; Representative George P.

From left to right, Representative Fred Crawford, Senator Allen J. Ellender, and an unidentified man at the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.

Members of a United States delegation and others stand beside an airplane at the airport in Dublin, Ireland. From left to right: Senator Hugh Butler; United States Minister to Ireland David Gray; Senator Allen J. Ellender; Representative Will Robinson; three unidentified men; J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget; three unidentified men.

Members of a United States delegation pose for a photograph at the Prestwich Airport in England. From left to right: two unidentified people; Senator Allen Ellender; unidentified woman; Senator Hugh Butler, Republican, Nebraska; unidentified woman; and J. Weldon Jones, Assistant Director, United States Bureau of the Budget.

Representative Fred Crawford (left) and Senator Allen J. Ellender (right) stand at the foot of a statue of Louis XIV on a horse at the Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France. This photo is from a trip made by several Congressmen and government officials to the Far East.