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President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) receives a sheet of stamps honoring General Omar Bradley (seated, right) being appointed Army Chief of Staff. Standing from left to right are: General Harry Vaughan, Colonel Robert Landry, Captain Robert Dennison, and Commander Harold Gutekunst. These stamps will raise money for a trophy room honoring General Bradley in the public library in Moberly, Missouri, General Bradley's hometown.

President Harry S. Truman (right) signs a message attached to a presidential veto of a tax bill on the Presidential yacht USS Williamsburg while en route to Williamsburg, Virginia. From left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross, William J. Hopkins, and Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Foreign Assistance Act which would send $6,098,000,000 around the world to combat Communism. This bill created the European Recovery Program to implement the Marshall Plan. Standing behind President Truman from left to right are: Senator Arthur Vanderburg, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, (mostly obscured), Speaker of the House Joseph Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (behind Bloom, mostly obscured).

President Harry S. Truman receives a "forget-me-not" flower from Ginger Leonard as the Disabled Veterans of America prepared their annual fund drive.

Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath (center) announces to White House reporters that President Harry S. Truman authorized Mr. McGrath to say that he will definitely be a candidate for re-election on the Democratic ticket. Standing with Mr. McGrath on the right is the Executive Director of the Democratic Committee, Gael Sullivan. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman makes his formal address at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with Nicholas Kostrukoff (left), conductor of the Don Cossack chorus. President Truman and his family attended a performance of the chorus in Washington, D. C.

This is a composite photo of President Harry S. Truman as he delivers his State of Union address.

President Harry. S. Truman (left) welcomes fourteen-year old Frankie Harrison (right), of Valdosta, Georgia in his office at the White House after he was selected the "National Boy of the Year" by the Boys Clubs of America.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents General Dwight D. Eisenhower (right) with the third leaf cluster to the Distinguished Service Medal during a ceremony at the Pentagon.