Robert H. Brockhurst

President Harry S. Truman calls for action on high prices and housing. Truman told a truculent Congress today that he wants immediate action on high prices and the housing shortage. Before a joint session of Congress, which gave him scant applause and amid threats of a speedy adjournment, the President delivered in person a tough, 24 minute message to the Congress he has termed "one of the worst" in the Nation's history. This general view shows the President at microphones of the speakers rostrum in the House. In back of the President are Senator Arthur H.

President Harry S. Truman descends a ladder from a hatch of a Northrop YB-49 after inspecting the six jet flying wing at a ground display of Air Force fighters and bombers at Andrews Air Force Base during the Air Progress Demonstration. Left is General Robert Landry, the President's Air Force aide. Others in the background are unidentified.

A group of girls are preparing a welcome demonstration for President Harry S. Truman upon his arrival in Washington, D. C. after a campaign tour. The demonstration is staged by the Truman-Barkley Club of Washington, D.C. Shown from left to right are Clara Chapman, Margaret Kelley, Eleanor Maddox, Frances Cameron, Judy Thompson, and Emma Lou Heinie. The donkey remains anonymous. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.