People gathered in Portland for the national Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) convention. The room is filled with men in suits, some of whom are clapping or throwing confetti into the air. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, November 27, 1948 (negative 3 of 14).

People gathered in Portland for the national Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) convention. A woman smoking a cigarette stands next to another woman and several men in suits, who are around a table for the “American Newspaper Guild.” People appear to be clapping. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, November 27, 1948 (negative 12 of 14).

Philip Murray, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), at the national CIO convention in Portland. Murray is seated in a chair, holding a child wearing cowboy boots. Several men in suits are standing around the chair clapping. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, November 27, 1948 (negative 1 of 14).