Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Surrounded by members of Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc. (CARE), President Harry S. Truman makes a statement to promote famine relief in Europe in the Rose Garden at the White House. Front row, left to right: Major General Glen Edgerton; President Truman; executive director of CARE, Lt. General William N. Haskell. The men in the back row are not specifically identified, but according to the president's appointment book, Walter A. Joyce and Tom Burland also attended this event.

In a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, President Harry S. Truman hands a check for $1500 to Lt. General William N. Haskell to pay for 100 CARE packages of food to be sent to 10 heads of state in Europe for distribution among the hungry. Haskell is Executive Director of Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc. (CARE) a non-profit organization whose purpose is to supplement the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and act as a means for the whole country to provide a hungry person in Europe with food enough for three or four weeks.

In a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House, President Harry S. Truman hands a check for $1500 to Lt. General William N. Haskell to pay for 100 CARE packages of food to be sent to 10 heads of state in Europe for distribution among the hungry. Haskell is Executive Director of Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc. (CARE) a non-profit organization whose purpose is to supplement the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and act as a means for the whole country to provide a hungry person in Europe with food enough for three or four weeks.

From left to right in backseat of car, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman, and Vice President Henry A. Wallace seated before a bank of microphones in an open car at Union Station in Washington, D.C., a few days after the election. All others unidentified.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt holds up his right hand as he takes the oath of office during his fourth Inauguration at the White House. Supreme Court Justice Harlan Stone administers the oath at far left, Vice President Harry S. Truman smiles at left, and Roosevelt's son, Colonel James Roosevelt, stands in uniform at right.

President Harry S. Truman, John D. Rockefeller III, and another unidentified person walk away from the Governor's Palace in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.

The official party celebrating Canadian-American Day gathers in the Great Hall of the Wren Building at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Left to right: Virginia Governor William Tuck, unidentified, W&M president John Edwin Pomfret, Senator Alben Barkley, Governor General of Canada Alexander of Tunis, Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King, 2 unidentified, President Harry S. Truman, and 2 unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands at the lectern during his speech during an honorary degree ceremony on Canadian-American Day at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Governor General of Canada Alexander of Tunis, W&M president John Edwin Pomfret, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King are seated in the front row. The Wren Building is in the background.

In a ceremony outside of the Wren Building, President Harry S. Truman receives an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. All others are unidentified.