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Senator Harry Truman with Senators Homer Ferguson, Harold Burton, Thomas Connally, and Ralph Brewster. [Library of Congress]

Image: Charles P. Clark, associate counsel; Hugh P. Fulton, chief counsel; and Senator Harry S. Truman

Charles P. Clark, associate counsel; Hugh P. Fulton, chief counsel; and Senator Harry S. Truman, chairman of the National Defense Program Committee. [Harry S. Truman Presidential Library]

On March 26, 1943 John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, testifying before the Truman committee in the Senate Caucus Room. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. [Library of Congress]

Image: Truman committee visiting a Ford Motor Company, 1942.

On April 13, 1942, the Truman committee visited a Ford Motor Company in Michigan. Pictured (left to right) Senator Joseph Ball, chief counsel Hugh Fulton, Senator Prentiss Brown, Senator Harry Truman, Paul Brown, Senator Ralph Brewster, Senator James Mead, unknown, Senator Monrad Wallgren,Senator Harold Burton, and Senator Harley Kilgore. [Library of Congress]

Truman Committee Inspects of Ford Bomber Plant

The Truman committee on inspection of a Ford bomber plant at Willow Run, Michigan. Left to right: Senator Harley Kilgore, Senator Harold Burton, Senator Harry Truman, Senator Homer Ferguson, Edsel Ford, Bricker, and Senator Joseph Ball. [Library of Congress]