Straus, Michael Wolf, 1897-1970

John Steelman and others are preparing to film the television program "Battle Report - Washington." Standing, from left to right are: Ted Ayers; Brigadier General F. S. Besson, Jr.; Thomas Cabot; Michael Straus; David Brinkley; and Commodore Robert M. Schwyhart. John R. Steelman, the producer of the program for the Truman Administration, is seated at the desk.

From left to right: Michael Straus, Assistant Secretary of the Interior; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Abe Fortas, Under Secretary of the Interior; and Oscar Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior pose for a picture after Straus' swearing in as Assistant Secretary. Photo is autographed at the bottom by Straus, Ickes, and Fortas. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

From left to right: Senator Lester C. Hunt, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus discuss the Riverton Project at the Department of the Interior. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (left) hands out glasses of punch to unidentified Department of the Interior staff at a Christmas party. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Department of the Interior staff at a Department Christmas party. Pictured: Mrs. J. Atwood Maulding, Director of Personnel (left); Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (second from left); and Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

A group of guests sit down to eat at the Chapman-Burlew picnic. Pictured: Michael W. Straus (left of woman in dark hat). All others unidentified.

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (facing camera, second from right) has lunch with a group of people in the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Michael Straus, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner (right of Chapman); and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (facing camera, third from left). All others unidentified.

Michael Straus (back to camera, right), Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right of Straus), and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (facing camera, second from right) eat lunch with other unidentified Interior staff.

Michael W. Straus (left) speaks to an unidentified couple at the Chapman-Burlew picnic.

Michael Straus (left, back to camera), Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (right of Straus), and Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (right side of table, second from right) eat lunch with other unidentified Interior staff.