mr. drummond? so, yes, a couple. brewster was actually, even though he was a republican, ended up being one of truman's best partners on the committee. truman often would hand off the chairmanship to him when he was away, and they ended up they ended up collaborating very well, even though eventually and of course, politics would intrude a little bit. james mead was also one of the leaders on the committee, was often cochairman and he would take over the leadership committee after truman resigned in 1944. steve drummond what years was the committee active on the truman committee operating from 1941, from march of 1941. and it went into, i think 1948 or 1949. harry truman was chairman of the committee until august 1944, when he was chosen to be the vice presidential candidate for franklin roosevelt's unprecedented fourth term. he resigned the next day, and the committee committee continued for several years under different leadership, first and under mead. and i think then under senator hatch, if i'm not mistaken. wel