Description given with photo: "Attentive Listener, Washington: Howard Hughes listens to testimony of Sen. Owen Bewster (R. Me. ) at Aug. 7th session of the Senate War Investigating Subcommittee, which is looking into wartime plane contracts awarded to Hughes. Credit (ACME) 8/10/47."
Howard Hughes drinking what seems to be a glass of water. There are onlookers behind him. Written on back: "Howard Hughes and plane." Presumably the Northrop Gamma Racer.