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Nash and Truman
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Philleo Nash (playing the guitar), Presidential adviser on Minority Affairs, entertains President Harry Truman (in the sunglasses), with folk songs during a vacation at the Little White House in Key West. Only a few weeks later (January, 1952), Senator Joseph R. McCarthy charged that Nash, a native of Wisconsin, had Communist associations during the 1940s. The President strongly supported his assistant and Nash was totally cleared by the Loyalty Review Board. In 1956 Wisconsin elected Nash as lieutenant governor.
December 1951
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Philleo Nash
1951
Philleo Nash, Wisconsin Rapids cranberry grower, Democratic Party leader, and lieutenant governor, 1959-1961. From 1946 to 1952 he was a special assistant to President Truman on minority issues and...
Truman Family at Key West
November 25, 1951
President and Mrs. Truman and Margaret Truman motoring from the Little White House to Truman Beach in Key West.
Little White House Press Conference
March 15, 1951
President Harry Truman at a Press Conference in Key West. The President called press conferences infrequently while at the Little White House. This one lasted only 30 minutes. He read two prepared...
Philleo Nash with Cranberries
1985
Prominent Wisconsin Democrat and cranberry grower Philleo Nash holding a large handful of freshly harvested cranberries.
Philleo Nash on Elephant
1959
Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash, a Democrat, riding on an elephant during the annual Circus Parade.
Koinonia Children's Campers in Lake
Children swimming in a lake as part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp.
