David McDonald on left president of United Steelworkers Union shakes hands with Joseph Finnegan Chief of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service after their meeting here July 15th Earlier in the day Finnegan the Federal government's chief labor trouble shooter had a brief conference with reps of the steel industry. He dashed hopes for an early settlement o fthe steel strike with announcement that the wage deadlock was a very serious one The mediator met with both sides after President Eisenhower called for continued negotiations in effort to end the steel crisis

Photo is dated 1962.

Photo measures 7 x 9 inches.