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Haas, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1889-1953

President Truman with members of the Committee on Civil Rights

President Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittelsohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.

Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights

Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittlesohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.

Davies Presenting Citation to Jones

Ralph K. Davies (at microphone) presenting citation on behalf of Harold L. Ickes to W. Alton Jones (left foreground). Others in photo from left to right: B.I. Graves, Director, WEP (behind Davies); Davies; unidentified child; Burt E. Hull, WEP, Vice President; George A. Hill, Jr., Executive Vice President, Defense Supply Corp. (behind Hull); and J.R. Parten, Director Transportation Division Petroleum Administration for War (half off the photo). All others unidentified.

Petroleum Group on Plane Stairs at Paris Airport

Group of people standing on plane stairs at Paris Airport. From top to bottom, left to right: Ellen Downes; Elaine Owens; Gordon Sessions; Ralph K. Davies; Secretary Harold L. Ickes; R.E Hardwicke; William R. Boyd, Jr.; W. Alton Jones; George A. Hill, Jr.; Ralph T. Zook; Sam Botsford; Stanley Richardson; Dr. Joseph E. Pogue and Colonel William Bodine, U.S. Army, Paris Visitors Bureau.

President Harry S. Truman Receives the Committee on Civil Rights Report

President Harry S. Truman is receiving a report from the Committee on Civil Rights from Charles Wilson. Standing, from left to right: Most Reverend Francis J. Haas, Roland B. Gittelsohn, Mrs. Sadie T. Alexander, James B. Carey, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Mrs. M.E. Tilley, Channing H. Tobias, Charles Wilson, Boris Shishkin, Charles Luckman, and Francis P. Matthews.