Pauley became involved with the Democratic Party as a fundraiser in 1930s , eventually becoming Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee . In 1940 , he served as a member of the Interstate Oil and Compact Commission . He was a friend and confidante of U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman , and through Truman 's influence , President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Pauley as Petroleum Coordinator of Lend-Lease Supplies for the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom in 1941 . He was director of the 1944 Democratic National Convention
1944 Democratic National Convention
1944 Democratic National Convention
Edwin W. Pauley