Charities

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Basil O'Connor, chairman of the American Red Cross, giving a radio broadcast on behalf of the American Red Cross.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with Basil O'Connor, chairman of the American Red Cross, during a radio broadcast on behalf of the Red Cross Fund Campaign.

Bess Truman (third from left) pours "Oakite" into the hands of an unidentified woman as they clean a door in a what seems to be a church in preparation for a USO fund drive. The two other woman and the soldier in the background are also unidentified. From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman, in the Oval Office, receives a bid to open the first performance of the 8th annual Shrine circus on April 19. Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Renah F. Camalier, Chief Rabban of Almas Temple; Howard P. Foley, Managing Rector of the Shrine Circus; and Omer W. Clark, Illustrious Potentate of Almas Temple.

Margaret Truman (foreground, right) in downtown Washington, D. C. with three year old Terry Tullos, poster boy for the March of Dimes. They are at an outdoor ceremony launching the 1948 Polio Fund Drive, as Terry places a dime in one of the bottles for each state. Others are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (second from right) in downtown Washington, D. C. with Terry Tullos, the three year old poster boy for the March of Dimes. They are launching the 1948 Polio Fund Drive, and Terry is preparing to drop a dime in one of the bottles for each state. On the right is Mrs. Clarence Tullos, Terry's mother.

Margaret Truman (second from left) at an outdoor microphone in downtown Washington, D. C. with Terry Tullos, three year old poster boy for the March of Dimes. They are launching the 1948 Polio Fund Drive. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Margaret Truman at an outdoor microphone (second from right) in downtown Washington, D. C. with Terry Tullos, three year old poster boy for the March of Dimes. They are launching the 1948 Polio Fund Drive. Others are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (standing at microphone, left) at outdoor microphone with Terry Tullos, three year old poster boy for the March of Dimes. He is being held by his mother, Mrs. Clarence Tullos. Others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) signs S. 591, the Red Cross Reorganization Bill, at his desk in the Oval Office as Basil O'Connor (center), Chairman of the American Red Cross, and Howard Bonham (right), American Red Cross public relations director, look on.