Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956

Senator Harry S. Truman and others at a meeting of the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program (the Truman Committee). From left to right: Senator James Mead; Charles Patrick Clark, Acting Committee Attorney; Jesse Jones, witness from Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Senator Harry S. Truman; Senator Ralph O. Brewster; Senator Joseph Ball; Senator Gerald Nye, visitor. People identified in Truman's own handwriting below photo. Original autographed photo transferred to museum collection.

Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones (left), who is fighting to keep his post as Secretary of Commerce and head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, talks with Senator Walter F. George, (D.GA), at a Senate hearing. Senator George has a bill before the Senate to strip all powers over the RFC and other Federal lending agencies now in the Department of Commerce. From: Beth Gore.