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Green, William, 1872-1952

Senator Truman at a Banquet

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at the speaker's table at the 9th Anniversary Luncheon of the National Planning Association at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. From left to right: nine unidentified men; Charles E. Wilson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; Senator Truman; H. Christian Sonne, Chairman of the National Planning Association Executive Committee; Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

Senator Truman at a Banquet

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at the 9th Anniversary Luncheon for the National Planning Association at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D.C. From left to right: Charles E. Wilson; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; Senator Truman; H. Christian Sonne, Chairman of the National Planning Association Executive Committee; Nelson Rockefeller, Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

President Truman with labor leaders

From left to right: Averell Harriman; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Philip Kaiser; President Harry S. Truman; Mr. Vincent Tewson, Head of British labor group; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; J. H. Oldenbroek, Executive Secretary of the International Free Trade Unions; and Jacob Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, representing Philip Murray, President, Congress of Industrial Organizations. Same as 63-1204.

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (A.F.L.-C.I.O.) Dinner

Dinner at the Statler Hotel, Washington, D. C., given by the Political Committees of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Head table: Joseph Keenan; James B. Carey; William Boyle; Philip Murray; President Harry S. Truman; William Green; Maurice Tobin; George Meany; Jack Kroll. Left table, outside: George Harrison; Emil Rieve; Daniel W. Tracy; John Green; William Pollock; Richard F. Walsh; Desmond Walker; George Q. Lynch; John H. Lyons; Henry Zon. Left table, inside: David McDonald; Jacob Potofsky; Charles J. MacGowan; Arthur Goldberg; William J.

Truman Signs the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendments

President Harry S. Truman signs the Fair Labor Standards Act, raising minimum wages to seventy-five cents an hour, with labor and government officials on hand for the ceremony in the White House. Looking on are (top left) Solicitor of the Labor Department William S. Tyson, (leaning over the president's right shoulder) Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin, (leaning over the president's left shoulder) President of the American Federation of Labor William Green, and (far right) President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Jacob S. Potofsky.

Attendees at the 1945 National Labor-Management Conference

Members, alternates, and advisers of the Executive Committee of the National Labor-Management Conference pose during their meeting. The photo includes autographs of the men in the photo, but they are not original signatures. This photo is a copy of the original. The signatures include: Ted F. Silvey, Clarence O. Skinner, Vincent P. Ahearn, Lee Pressman, Philip Murray, Sidney Hillman, Herman W. Steinkraus, Raymond S. Smethurst, William E. Simkin, John E. Dietz, George W. Taylor, David Sarnoff, Walter P. Stacey, Joyce O'Hara, Lewis B. Schwellenbach, John Holmes, Eric Johnston, M.M.

Political Cartoon, "There's Always Room"

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in the Washington Evening Star. President Harry S. Truman is sitting on a sleigh labeled "Truman Bandwagon" and being pulled by a donkey. Two men, labeled "Murray" and "Green", depicting Philip Murray and William Green, are pushing the wheels. A man labeled "Lewis," depicting John L. Lewis, is sitting indifferent on a fence. Truman is saying to Lewis, "There's always room for one more, John."