Johnston, Eric A. (Eric Allen), 1895-1963

President Harry S. Truman on his morning walk to the beach during his vacation at Key West, Florida, flanked by Eric A. Johnston, head of the Economic Stabilization Administration (left) and W. Stuart Symington, Chairman of the National Security Resources Board (right). Also present are General Harry Vaughan (between Johnston and Truman, in sunglasses), Press Secretary Joseph Short (behind Truman, smoking cigarette), and Administrative Assistant David Stowe (between Truman and Symington). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman confers with members of the Advisory Board of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion in Washington, D.C.: (front row, left to right) John W. Snyder; Anna M. Rosenberg; President Truman; Eric A. Johnston; and Albert Goss; (back row, left to right) Edward P. Felker; T. C. Cashen; Edward O'Neal; Chester Davis; and Nathaniel Dyke.

President Eric Johnston of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, urging Congress to make sure that the bulk of the government's housing activities are returned to their pre-war status under the Federal Loan Agency at the end of the war. Johnson outlined the views of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors on Postwar Governmental Housing Activities before a Senate subcommittee on postwar housing. From: Beth Gore.