Lawton, Frederick J. (Frederick Joseph), 1900-1975

Frederick J. Lawton, Administrative Assistant to the President, and later Executive Director, Bureau of the Budget.

Some of the President Harry S. Truman's guests prepare to leave the Little White House at Key West, Florida. From left to right: Frederick Lawton, Joseph Feeney, and Elmer Staats. In the back near the door to the right is William Rigdon. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives, 4 X 5 negatives.

Photograph made at one of the annual dinners of the Business Advisory Council. Left to right: Frank Pace, Director of the Budget; unidentified; unidentified; Fred Lawton, Assistant Director and later Director of the Budget.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is in a pleasant mood this morning, attending a budget seminar at which reporters received an advance briefing on the federal budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. With him are Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (left) and Frederick J. Lawton (right), director of the Bureau of the Budget. The President holds a copy of the bulky document which will be made public tomorrow. From: Houston Post.

The National Security Resources Board is meeting in the Conference Room of the White House. Seated left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; National Security Resources Board Chairman Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; Presidential Advisor Averell Harriman.

Meeting of the National Security Resources Board. Seated, from left to right: Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; National Security Resources Board Chairman Stuart Symington; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin; and Presidential advisor Averell Harriman.