Fleming, Philip B. (Philip Bracken), 1887-1955

Studio portrait of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet seated around a table. Left to right around table: Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming, Assistant to the President John Steelman, Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and Attorney General Tom Clark.

President Truman appointed General Philip B. Fleming to head a new agency which will be known as the Office of Temporary Controls. The order consolidates the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, the Office of Price Administration, the Civilian Production Administration, and the Office of Economic Stabilization into the new agency. From: Beth Gore

Informal photo of Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, who was named to head the new Office of Temporary Controls. From: Beth Gore