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A group of residents from Fairfield, Iowa and three Iowa Republican Congressmen pose on the White House steps after visiting with President Harry S. Truman. Left to Right: Representative Karl M. Lecompte, Paul B. Junkin, Charles H. Gage, Representative Thomas E. Martin, Representative Charles B. Hoeven, F.H. McQuisten, Wallace E. Sherlock.

President Truman unfolds his speech as he prepares to address the Civil Air Patrol banquet attendees in Washington, D. C.. He said that we are winning the Cold War, but expressed great fear that the United States may lose it if Congress continues its efforts to cut the administration's defense and foreign aid programs. Donor: Houston Post

A group of men from Fairfield, Iowa, along with members of Congress from Iowa after visiting with President Harry S. Truman. From left to right are Representative. Karl M. Lecompte, Paul B. Junkin, Charles H. Gage, Rep. Thomas E. Martin, Rep. Charles B. Hoeven, F.H. McQuisten, and Wallace E. Sherlock.

Copy of Chicago Daily Sun-Times front page showing photo of President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train in St. Louis, Missouri, holding a Chicago Tribune newspaper with headlines "Dewey Defeats Truman." A line at the bottom states: "The President: 'That's one for the books.'" From: Mrs. John Stewart.

President Harry S. Truman (center) congratulates Master Sergeant Hubert L. Lee (left) of Leland, Mississippi, and Sergeant First Class Joseph C. Rodriguez (right) of San Bernardino, California, after presenting Medals of Honor to them for valor on Korean battlefields. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman is shown at his desk during his second year in office.

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt chat as they stand on the parch of the library at the Hyde Park estate of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt during dedication ceremonies making the home and grave site a national shrine. Man at right is unidentified. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (center, on porch) and guests stand during ceremonies at the Hyde Park, New York estate of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, dedicating the home and grave site as a national shrine. This is a distance view of the ceremony. Donor: New York Herald Tribune