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Ewing, Oscar R. (Oscar Ross), 1899-1980

President Truman signs a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency" with dignitaries

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency." Dignitaries present L to R: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Oscar Ewing, The Hon. G. Howland Shaw, Chairman of National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank L. Weil, John W. Andrews, Vice Chairman of National Conference.

Portrait of Oscar R. Ewing

Oscar R. Ewing, Attorney, Hughes, Hubbard & Ewing, New York, New York, and predecessor firms, 1919-1947; Assistant Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1940-42; Vice Chairman, 1942-47; Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General, 1942 and again in 1947; Acting Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, 1946; Administrator of the Federal Security Agency, 1947-53; and organizer and member of an unofficial political policy group during the Truman administration, 1947-52.

President Harry S. Truman Aboard USS Williamsburg

President Harry S. Truman and some of his friends and associates gather for a photograph while on the USS Williamsburg, during President Truman's Fourth of July holiday cruise on the Potomac. From left to right: Governor Mon Wallgren, Senator Clinton Anderson, Clark Clifford, President Truman, George Allen, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Oscar Ewing.

Truman with Democrats

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.

Truman with Democrats

President Harry S. Truman poses with a large group of Democrats outside the White House. Front row (l-r): O.S. Warden, Democratic National Committee Member; Oscar R. Ewing, Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman; Leif Erickson, Nominee for Senator, Montana; Governor Herbert R. O'Conor, Nominee for Senator, Maryland; President Truman; Bernice (Mrs. Wallace) Kingsbury; Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan; H.J. McMurray, Nominee for Senator, Wisconsin; John Redstrom, Nominee for Representative, Wisconsin; M.G. Burnside, Nominee for Representative, West Virginia; J.Y.

Hannegan with House Democrats

Democratic National Committee Chairman and Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (center) meets with House Democrats in Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn's office. Pictured are (left to right): Sam O'Neal, Publicity Director of the Democratic National Committee; Richard Nacy, Executive Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee; Representative Patrick Drewry of Virginia; Hannegan; Rayburn; Representative John McCormack of Massachusetts; Oscar Ewing, Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee; and George Killion, Secretary-Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.