Kaiser, Henry J. (Henry John), 1882-1967

President Franklin D. Roosevelt acknowledging applause after his first speech of the 1944 Campaign at the International Teamsters' Union Dinner in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Henry J. Kaiser; William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor; President Roosevelt; and Daniel Tobin, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Photo of Henry J. Kaiser requesting the Reconstruction Finance Corporation write off $34,510,000 of the debt he owed the government for the Fontana, California steel plant. In return, he promised to raise $80,000,000 by private financing to double the steel-making capacity of the Fontana plant. He believed this would have had a material effect on relieving the existing steel shortage. From: Beth Gore.