Hunt, Lester C. (Lester Calloway), 1892-1954

From left to right: Senator Lester C. Hunt, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus discuss the Riverton Project at the Department of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Senator Lester C. Hunt; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney; and Michael W. Straus, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation discuss the Riverton Project over lunch at the Department of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signs S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. The four men directly behind Truman's chair are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left in striped tie), Senator Lester Hunt, Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, and Senator Dennis Chavez (holding cigar). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signs S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. The four men directly behind Truman's chair are Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (fourth from left in striped tie), Senator Lester Hunt, Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, and Senator Dennis Chavez (holding cigar). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office signing S. 790, an act granting the consent of the United States to the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact, as Interior Secretary Julius Krug and members of the Congressional delegations of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona look on. Secretary Krug is the man in the striped tie standing in front of the flag, behind President Truman. Arizona Senator and former Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson is the man in the background directly behind President Truman, wearing glasses.