NC Governor J. Melville Broughton (front row, center) and conference leaders at a state-wide conference entitled "The Classroom Teacher in the Emergency," intended to address national priorities as they relate to state government. Front row, left to right: Dr. Donald DuShane, Washington D.C.; Mrs. Annie Laurie McDonald, Hickory; Governor J.M. Broughton; State Superintendent of the Public Instruction Clyde A. Erwin, Mrs. Mae Campbell. Back row, left to right: T. S. Johnson, Raleigh; Mrs. Helen Smith, Rocky Mount; Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, Raleigh; Dr. T.E. Browne, Raleigh; John Lang, Raleigh. Picture likely taken in Raleigh, NC.