53-7-11

53-7-11

L-R: Sen. Thomas Carey Hennings, Sen. Stuart Symington, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Sen. Felton Johnston, Sen. Richard Russell, Sen. Earl Clements, Sen. Albert Gore, George Reedy, Sen. George Smathers

07/21?/1953

Mark Kauffman, LIFE Magazine

Meeting

Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson's Office, Washington, DC

All are looking at Smathers, who is talking. Hennings is standing, hand on mantle, behind light fixture, smiling. Symington is seated on couch, arm around Johnston, smiling at camera. LBJ is seated in chair behind desk, leaning back, legs crossed, dark suit. Johnston has legs crossed, hands clasped on knee, smiling. Russell is in white suit, on couch, legs crossed, smiling. Clements has leg crossed, touching ankle, holding glasses on knee, smiling. Gore is seated next to couch, blurred with movement, eyes closed. Reedy is in light colored suit, glasses, standing with hand in pocket, holding cigarette in other, smiling. Smathers is seated on front corner of LBJ's desk, talking. Desk has papers, telephone, ashtray, lamp, pen. Cowboy painting on wall above couch.