1949 Press Photo Cyrus Ching, United States Conciliation Service Head

With a steel strike forestalled, Cyrus Ching, head of the United States conciliation service, beams at his desk after having persuaded Benjamin F. Fairless, head of the U.S. Steel Corporation, and other industry executives to go along with President Truman's fact finding board plan to avert a steel strike.

Photo is dated 1949.

Photo measures 6.5 x 8.75 inches.