MEMBERS OF THE CABINET GEORGE C. Marshall, of Pennsylvania, Secretary of State, Leesburg, Va. Secretary of Agriculture. CHARLES SAWYER, of Ohio, Secretary of Commerce, the Wardman Park. LEWIS B. SCHWELLENBACH, of Washington, Secretary of Labor, Fourteenth Street and Constitution Avenue. 310 EXECUTIVE THE PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN, Democrat, of Independence, Mo., President of the United States, was born May 8, 1884, at Lamar, Barton County, Mo.; son of John Anderson and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman; attended public schools in Independence; Field Artillery School (Fort Sill, Okla.), 1917-18; Kansas City School of Law, 1923-25; married Bess Wallace, June 28, 1919; one daughter, Mary Margaret; operated family farm 1906–17; first lieutenant, Battery F, and captain, Battery D, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Field Artillery, Thirtyfifth Division, U. S. Army, in World War I and served in Vosges operations, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, August 18 to November 11, 1918; discharged with rank of major, U. S. A. R. C., May 6, 1919; colonel, U. S. A. R. C., since 1927; judge, Jackson County (Mo.) Court, 1922-24, presiding judge, 192634; elected to the United States Senate from Missouri in 1934 and reelected in 1940; served on Appropriations, Enrolled Bills, Military Affairs, Printing, Interstate Commerce, and Public Buildings and Grounds Committees, and as chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program; elected Vice President November 7, 1944, and took office January 20, 1945; acceded to the Presidency April 12, 1945, on the death of President Roosevelt; member of the Baptist Church; Past Grand Master of Masons of Missouri. Legal residence, Independence, Mo. Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States.— Military Aide to the President. Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, USA. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Phone, NAtional 1414) SECRETARIES MATTHEW J. CONNELLY, born, Clinton, Mass., November 19, 1907; married; Fordham University, 1930; stock brokerage business, New York City, 1930-33; Western Union Telegraph Co., 1933-34; Federal Emergency Relief Administration, Boston, Mass., 1935; Division of Investigation, Works Progress Administration, 1935-38; Appropriations Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1939; Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures, United States Senate, 1940; Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, 1941-44; Executive Secretary to the Vice President, January 20, 1945; Secretary to the President, April 13, 1945. Residence, 1764 Lanier Place. CHARLES G. ROSS, born, Independence, Mo., November 9, 1885; son of James Bruce and Ella (Thomas) Ross; married; A. B., University of Missouri, 1905; member of faculty, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 1908-18; successively Washington correspondent, editor of editorial page, and contributing editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1918-45; appointed Secretary to the President May 15, 1945; member Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi, Sigma Delta Chi; clubs: Gridiron, Overseas Writers, National Press (Washington, D. C.). Residence, 117 Kennedy Drive, Chevy Chase, Md. WILLIAM D. HASSETT, born, Northfield, Vt., August 28, 1880; Clark University, 1902-4; newspaper work, Washington, 1909-21; London correspondent of newspapers and press association, 1921-25; National Recovery Administration, National Emergency Council; detailed to the White House, September 1935; Secretary to the President by appointment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, February 19, 1944; by appointment of President Harry S. Truman, April 16, 1945; clubs: Cosmos, National Press (Washington, D. C.). Residence, 2025 I Street. The Assistant to the President.-John R. Steelman, the Kennedy-Warren. Administrative Assistant in the President's Office.-Rose A. Conway, 1 Scott Executive Clerk.—William J. Hopkins, 814 Rowen Road, Silver Spring, Md. LIAISON OFFICE FOR PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Phone, National 1414) Liaison Officer.-Donald S. Dawson, 2017 O Street. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET (State Department Building, Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Phone, EXecutive 3300) Director.-James E. Webb, 3407 Rodman Street. Assistant Director.-Frank Pace, Jr., 5126 Albemarle Street. General Counsel.-Edward G. Kemp, the Washington. Assistants to the Director.-F. J. Bailey, 5 Pinehurst Circle; Roger W. Jones, 4308 Leland Street, Chevy Chase, Md.; Patterson H. French, 3830 T Street. Budget and Planning Officer.-John D. Moseley, 1107 Trenton Place SE. Personnel Officer.-Samuel T. Adams, 2101 North Scott Street, Arlington, Va. Assistant Director in Charge of Legislative Reference.-Elmer B. Staats, 4674 Garfield Street. Assistant Director in Charge of Estimates.—Leo C. Martin, 3509 Twenty-fourth Street NE. Assistant Director in Charge of Administrative Management.-Donald C. Stone, 4921 Tilden Street. Assistant Director in Charge of Statistical Standards.-Stuart A. Rice, 2863 Beechwood Circle, Arlington, Va. Assistant Director in Charge of Fiscal Division.-J. Weldon Jones, Hay-Adams House. Chief of the Field Service.-J. Otis Garber, 6622 Braeburn Parkway, Bethesda, Md. Federal Board of Hospitalization (1712 G Street. Phone, Executive 3300) Chairman.-James E. Webb, Director, Bureau of the Budget. Members: Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss, the Surgeon General of the Army. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, the Surgeon General, United States Public Health William A. Brophy, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. James V. Bennett, the Director, Bureau of Prisons. Dr. Paul B. Magnuson, Chief Medical Director, Veterans' Administration. Director of Staff.-B. Frank Bennett, 3311 Sixteenth Street. Secretary.-Winifred Wilcox, 3220 Connecticut Avenue. COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS (State Department Building. Phone, Executive 3300) Chairman.-Edwin G. Nourse, 3802 Jocelyn Street. Director.-[Vacant.] OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT REPORTS (1400 Pennsylvania Avenue. Phone, EXecutive 3300) Chief, Advertising Liaison.—John T. Gibson (acting), 3340 University Avenue. Chief, Motion Picture Liaison.-Dallas C. Halverstadt (acting), 5208 Third Street. Librarian.-Clara M. Edmunds, 2929 Connecticut Avenue. EMERGENCY AGENCIES OFFICE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Office of Defense Transportation (Interstate Commerce Commission Building. Phone, REpublic 7500) Director.-J. M. Johnson, the Shoreham. Deputy Director.-Homer C. King, route 1, Falls Church, Va. Philippine Alien Property Administration (Dewey Boulevard and Cortabitarte Street, Manila, Philippine Islands; Federal Home Loan Bank Building, Washington, D. C. Phone, KEpublic 8200) Administrator.-James McI. Henderson, Manila, P. I. General Counsel.-Westley W. Silvian, Manila, P. I. Chairman, Claims Committee.-Philip F. Dodson, Manila, P. I. Acting Chief, Division of Property Management.-Merle P. Lyon, Manila, P. I. Director, Washington Office.-Anthony A. Bertsch, 2701 Sixteenth Street South, ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON VOLUNTARY FOREIGN AID (Room 736, 1778 Pennsylvania Avenue. Phone, REpublic 5600, branch 3731) Chairman.-Charles P. Taft, 16 Garden Place, Cincinnati, Ohio. William L. Batt, Wyncote, Pa. [Vacancy.] Executive Director.—Arthur C. Ringland, 322 Dorset Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION (Washington Office, Interior Department Building. Phone, REpublic 1868. Philippine Office, Calle Arroceros at Quezon Bridge, Manila, P. I.) Members. Frank A. Waring, chairman, Manila, P. I.; Francisco A. Delgado, Manila, P. I.; John A. O'Donnell, Manila, P. I. Secretary. Philipp L. Charles, Manila, P. I. Director of Information.-John Snure, Jr., Manila, P. I. Liaison Officer.-Guillermo Gomez, Manila, P. I. Director, Washington Office.-Vernon E. Moore, 16 West Linden Street, Alexandria, Va. General Counsel.-Paul D. Shriver, Manila, P. I. Director of Administration.—John M. Smith, Manila, P. I. Budget Officer.-Richard Quill, Manila, P. I. Chief, Management Services Division.-John W. Kee, Manila, P. I. Chief, Personnel Division.-John K. Ayers, Manila, P. I. |