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Comedian Red Skelton (right) and his wife Georgia (left) with former President Harry S. Truman (center) walking down a Kansas City, Missouri street. The Skeltons were driving in a motorcade on their nationwide 'Whistle Stop" junket.

Left to right: New York Governor-Elect Averell Harriman, former President Harry S. Truman, and Democratic Committee Chairman Paul M. Butler. They are conferring before attending a party victory dinner at the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. Similar to photo 69-1309.

Public relations consultant to the Institute of Industrial Launderers John W. Gibson (left) sitting with Mr. Cohen, and President of the National Safety Council Ned Dearborn (left) at the Institute of Industrial Launderers meeting.

Head-and-shoulders profile photograph of a smiling Bess Truman in a polka-dot dress. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman (right) meets Evlyn Horton (center), granddaughter of Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder (left). All others unidentified.

Guests leave the head table at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Washington, D.C. after President Truman announced that he would not be running for another term of office. Left to right: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Attorney General J. Howard McGrath; and Alice (Mrs. Dean) Acheson. All others unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) takes an early morning walk past the National Presbyterian Church, where President Eisenhower attends services. The former President who is on a four-day visit to Washington, D. C., will attend a dinner honoring Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Flanked by reporters, Mr. Truman walked for half an hour. (Similar to 69-545) From: Morris Cunningham, Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance, Washington, D. C.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right), newly appointed Supreme NATO Commander, review the "Guard of Honor" at MATS Terminal, Washington National Airport as General Eisenhower prepares to leave for Europe for a three-week inspection of European defenses and for a series of conferences with North Atlantic Treaty countries. The other man is unidentified. (Original negative) From: Maurice Lamarre.

Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer signs orders directing the 74 steel companies that they are in the possession of the United States Government. President Truman had earlier seized the steel mills to prevent a strike set for midnight.

Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson (center) is shown leaving the White House with Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer (left) and John R. Steelman, Labor Advisor to the President. The men are coming from a discussion with President Truman and his cabinet concerning the steel wage-price dispute which had an April 8th strike deadline.