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The Omaha Guide
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
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Territorial governors of Virgin Islands, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, including first Black governor William H. Hastie, meet with President Truman in Washington to report on their territories; includes brief biographies of each governor's background and accomplishments.
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JUDGE WILLIAM H. HASTIE
Judge William H. Hastie, Governor of the Virgin Islands and first of his race named to a governorship, shakes hands with President Truman following a report to the Chief Executive on conditions in the Islands. Ernest Gruening, (left), Governor of Alaska and Jesus T. Pinero, (right), Governor of Puerto Rico also reported to the President on conditions in their respective territories. It was the first time the Territorial Governors were in Washington at one time.
Judge William H. Hastie, Governor of the Virgin Islands, has a long record of service to his country. He was an outstanding Federal Judge in the Islands and has been a pace setter for the Negro race. His record includes service as Dean of Howard University Law School in the District of Columbia; Assistant Solicitor in the Interior Department and Civilian Aide for Negro Affairs to the Secretary of War. Mr. Hastie graduated A. B. magna cum laude from Amherst and won his L. L. B. at Harvard, where he was one of the few Negroes ever to serve on the Law Review.
ERNEST GRUENING
Ernest Gruening, Governor of Alaska, since 1939, started his career as a reporter, following his graduation from Harvard. Author and Editor he has worked on newspapers in Boston and New York. He founded the Portland Evening News; editor of the New York Post; Managing Editor of the New York Tribune and was appointed by the late President Roosevelt as general adviser to the U. S. delegation to the 7th Pan American Conference at Montevideo in 1933; a member of the Council on Foreign Relations American Academy of Political and Social Science; also Foreign Policy Association.
JESUS T. PINERO
Jesus T. Pinero is a native Puerto Rican. He was appointed July 25th, 1946 by President Truman to succeed Rexford Guy Tugwell as Governor of Puerto Rico. He has been a resident commissioner for Puerto Rico since January 1945. Mr. Pinero, leader of the popular Democratic Party in the Island was born in Puerto Rico in 1897. A farmer by calling he was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
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1946
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Territorial governors William H. Hastie (Virgin Islands), Ernest Gruening (Alaska), and Jesus T. Pinero (Puerto Rico) report to President Truman on conditions in their territories, marking the first time all governors met in Washington simultaneously. Biographies highlight their careers and achievements.