James K. Vardaman Jr.
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James Kimble Vardaman Jr. was an American lawyer who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 1946 to 1958. He was a US Navy captain during World War II, and political aide to
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Vardaman in second row at Potsdam Conference
Clark Clifford
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Clark McAdams Clifford was an American lawyer who served as an important political adviser to Democratic presidents Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. His official
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…In that role, Vardaman attended the Potsdam Conference from July to August 1945. He continued to assist Truman after the war. Vardaman chose Clark Clifford as his assistant, who would soon bypass him and be appointed as Truman's special counsel in 1946. According to Truman's daughter Margaret Truman, the…
Official portrait, c. 1947
Close associates of President Harry S. Truman, photographed in spring 1948, during the President's vacation at Key West, Florida. Left to right: Clark Clifford (White House Counsel), William D. Hassett (White House Correspondence Secretary), John Steelman (Assistant to the President) and Matthew Connelly (White House Appointments Secretary).
Secretary of Defense Clifford with the Secretary of State Dean Rusk in 1968.