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Enroute to Bonham, Texas on President Harry S. Truman's special train, President Truman (left) talks with Walter Bedell Smith, Russian Ambassador, after Smith boarded the train in Dallas. From: Houston Post.

A fancy maroon necktie was presented to President Harry S. Truman by three Denver junior high school students during President Truman's visit to Denver today. Then they vanished in the crowd before a photographer could get their picture. The trio -- Robert Stark, 14; his sister Shirley, 12; and Bessie Chance, 14 -- told a reporter they bought the tie this morning. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman speaking in Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan on Labor Day. Distance view, Truman from back, crowd shot. From: Houston Post.

President Truman greets members of the family of his new Secretary of Labor, Maurice J. Tobin of Boston, at the White House. L to R: Carol Ann, 13; Mrs. Tobin; Maurice, Jr., 10 (front); Tobin; Truman; and Helen Louise, 15. The former Massachusetts mayor was sworn in as successor to the late Lewis Schwellenbach earlier in the day. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (right front), Mrs. Bess Truman, and cabinet members leave the Capitol today after the President addressed a Joint Session of the House and Senate. Left to Right: Front, Secretary of State George Marshall; Bess Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; and the President. Back: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson; Attorney General Tom Clark; and Charles Ross, Press Secretary to the President. From: Houston Post.

President Truman stands at a rostrum bearing the seal of the Presidency of the United States, just before he delivered a message to the nation from the White House tonight. He called for "prompt and courageous action" to stop inflation at home and to protect France and Italy against "totalitarian pressures." From: Houston Post

President Harry S. Truman tries on a "lucky" ten gallon hat presented to him at the White House by John Ben Shepperd (right) of Texas, President of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce. The donor said the hat had been rubbed with the left hind foot of a Texas jackrabbit. Photo is airbrushed. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman speaks today before a Joint Session of Congress, delivering a 10-minute anti-inflation program of what he called "drastic measures." The President asked for limited price and wage controls and rationing authority to stave off inflation at home while helping friendly countries. From: Houston Post.

Three-in-one photo of President Harry S. Truman, who speaks with emphasis (left), purses his lips (center), and drinks from a glass of water (right) as he addresses a Joint Session of the Senate and House. Asking for powers to fight inflation he cautioned: "If we fail to prepare and disaster results, we shall have gambled with our national safety and lost." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman with Brazil's President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (right) stands at attention on his arrival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Monday. From: Houston Post.