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

President Truman with press and Highway Safety Conference members

President Harry S. Truman with the managers of the State Press and Publishers Associations, who are working with the President's Conference on Highway Safety. Front row, left to right: Thomas H. MacDonald, Chairman, Coordinating Committee, President's Highway Safety Conference; President Truman; Major General Philip B. Fleming, General Chairman, President's Highway Safety Conference. The rest of the men are unidentified.

President Truman and his Cabinet, 1948

President Harry S. Truman poses with his Cabinet seated around a table in the Cabinet Room, 1948. From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug; Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman; Federal Works Administrator Philip B. Fleming; Assistant to the President John R. Steelman; Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal; Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; and Attorney General Tom C. Clark.

President Harry S. Truman Reads Victory Proclamation

President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk) reads the victory proclamation, officially ending World War II in Europe, with Germany signing unconditional surrender terms. Gathered around behind the President are (seated): Elmer Davis (hand to face), Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Major General Philip Fleming, Representative Joseph Martin, General George Marshall, J. Leonard Reinsch, Colonel Harry Vaughan (standing behind Truman), John Snyder, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Secretary of War Henry Stimson. Fred Vinson is in the foreground, looking into the camera.

Official Cabinet Photograph

This is an official photo of President Harry S. Truman and his Cabinet. Seated around the table from left to right, are: 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 Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark.

Dr. Edwin G. Nourse Reports to the Cabinet

Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, head of the President's Special Economic Advisory Council, reports to the Cabinet that rationing and price controls are essential to the success of the food conservation program through which the United States is called upon to aid starving Europe. In the front row, from left to right, pictured are Acting Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom C. Clark.

Vice President Elect Alben Barkley Attends his First Cabinet Meeting

Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley attends his first Cabinet meeting. Seated from left to right are: Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, Alben Barkley, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Standing from left to right are: Federal Works Administrator Philip Fleming, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Attorney General Tom C.