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Thomas, Elbert Duncan, 1883-1953

Truman Addresses Joint Session of Congress

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a joint session of Congress regarding wage and price controls. Seated front row, left to right: Senator Elmer Thomas; Senator Claude Pepper; Senator George Aiken; Senator Elbert Thomas; Senator Homer Capehart; Senator Bourke Hickenlooper; Senator Homer Ferguson; Senator Clyde Reed; Senator Kenneth Wherry; Senator Robert Taft; Senator Alben Barkley; Senator Wallace White; Secretary of State George Marshall; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Attorney General Tom Clark; Postmaster General Robert E.

Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah, and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson

Secretary of War Stimson told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that he wanted prompt passage of "work or else" legislation more to boost morale on the battlefronts than for its direct results in war production. Mr. Stimson and Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson appeared before the Senate Military Affairs Committee. Left to right, Mr. Patterson, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Utah, Chairman of the Committee, and Mr. Stimson. From: Beth Gore.

Bernard Baruch (right) talking with Senators Elbert Thomas, Utah and Harry Byrd, Virginia

Bernard M. Baruch today called for the removal or destruction of all German heavy industry to "break once and for all Germany's dominance of Europe." Appearing before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, Baruch is here shown seated, right, while Senator Elbert D. Thomas of Utah, left, chairman of the committee, and Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Virginia, standing, talk to him prior to the opening of the hearing. From: Beth Gore.