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President Harry S. Truman's 324th and final news conference, held in the Indian Treaty Room (Room 474) in the Executive Office Building at 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 15, 1953. President Truman thanks the press corps and those in military service. Questions included asking about Latin American relations, Senator Joseph McCarthy, oil companies, and presidential pensions. The White House Official Reporter noted that at the beginning of the President's final news conference he shook hands with all those present, and that newsreel and still pictures were taken of the conference.