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Truman receiving desk sign

President Harry S. Truman, wearing a Shrine fez presented to him by Imperial Shrine Potentate William Woodfield of San Francisco, California, holds a sign that Mr. Woodfield also presented. The sign is triangular and has "Yes," "No," and "Scram," each written on one of the three sides. Mr. Truman is displaying the side that says "Scram."

British officer and U.S. Military Personnel in Berlin

(Left to right): Lieutenant General Sir Charles Keightley, British Army Commander; William H. Draper, Jr., American Undersecretary of Army; General Lucius Clay, the head of the OMGUS, the Office of Military Government, United States; and Lieutenant General  A.C. Wedemeyer, Chief of Planning and Operations, U. S. Army, walk around the American headquarters in Berlin on June 29, 1948, pondering their moves to counter Russian steps that have frozen Berlin from the West.

Paul E. Fitzpatrick speaking at the Democratic State Committee meeting in 1946

At the Democratic State Committee meeting in New York on July 18th, Paul E. Fitzpatrick (on podium), Democratic State Chairman, enters the resolution naming Albany as the site for the state convention. The resolution was adopted unanimously, and the date was set for September 3rd and 4th. From: President's Committee on Civil Rights