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Syngman Rhee (right), first President of Korea, sits beside General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, as they attend the August 14, 1948 ceremony in Seoul inaugurating the new Republic of Korea. From: Pershing Touseley, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Phil Donnelly, Lebanon, Missouri, is the Democratic candidate for governor of Missouri. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of career diplomat John Paton Davies after he was fired by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Mr. Davies had been counselor of the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru. The firing was the result of a decision by a five member special security hearing board whose finding was that Davies's continued employment would go against the interests of national security. From: Beth Gore.

Sketch of J. Lawton Collins drawn by Associated Press Newsfeatures artist H. E. Munhall. Army Chief of Staff J. Lawton Collins believes "the air has been cleared considerably" by the armed forces row. He qualifies as an expert in combat. He earned his reputation as "Lighting Joe" on two fronts in the last war. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman congratulates an unidentified man who has received a medal or merit during a ceremony on the White House lawn at the Rose Garden. Gen. Harry Vaughan is shown over the shoulder of the President, at right. Other staff and friends look on.

St. Louis, Missouri Postmaster Barney Dickmann (left) and President Harry S. Truman with Chicago Tribune paper headlined "Dewey Defeats Truman". They are on the back of a train stopped at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri. This photo was sent to President Truman by Frank Horak, Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, Oconto, Wisconsin.

President Harry S. Truman sits at his desk in the Oval Office and affixes his signature to the National Housing Bill, Public Law 171. Those who can be identified are, left to right, Senator Burnet Maybank (third from left, with head turned), Senator Ralph Flanders (fourth from left), Senator John Sparkman (fifth from left), and Housing Administrator Raymond Foley (sixth from left). (See 78-614 and 66-1919.) From: Nathaniel S. Keith

A smiling President Harry S. Truman stands behind the podium outside the West Wing of the White House where he will speak to the second session of the Council of the Intergovernment Committee for European Migration on the occasion of electing Hugh Gibson (4th from left, top row) as Director of the Council. George L. Warren, Advisor on Refugees and Displaced Persons, Department of State, is on the left, bottom row. The others are unidentified.

Conference of Democratic National Committee leaders at their headquarters in Washington, D. C. At left is Senator J. Howard McGrath, committee chairman. With him are Joseph L. Blythe, treasurer, and Mrs. India Edwards, director of the women's division.