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Senator Symington Acceptance Speech for the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award

This is Senator Stuart Symington's acceptance speech of the Harry S. Truman Public Service Award at the Harry S. Truman Library. He relates a story about being investigated by the Truman Committee in 1941. Afterward, Senator Harry S. Truman offered him a job, saying, "I want to dump a load of coal on you." Symington considered not taking the job as his family had a history of being conservative Republicans. He reconsidered and gained high respect for Senator Truman. Side 1 contains speech; side 2 is blank.

Members of the 1961 Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives

Shown together are members of the Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee of the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives. Left to right are: Rep. John McCormack, Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Chairman Edward H. Foley, Rep. Sam Rayburn, Senator John J. Sparkman, and Senator Carl Hayden.

Truman with President's Committee on National Employment of the Physically Handicapped

President Harry S. Truman (center) met with the members of The President's Committee on National Employment of the Physically Handicapped to discuss the employment of physically handicapped throughout the year. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Labor, Lewis B. Schwellenbach; Secretary of the American Federation of the Physically Handicapped, Mildred Scott; Morris S. Frank of the Seeing Eye Dog, Incorporated, with his canine; President Truman; Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Medical Corps U.S.

President Truman with U.N. cake

Birthday cake presented to President Harry S. Truman (center) by members of the National Citizens Committee for United Nations Day. The cake is to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the United Nations. The cake is made from a recipe of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman's that is in the United Nations cookbook, sponsored by the Committee.

President Truman with press and Highway Safety Conference members

President Harry S. Truman with the managers of the State Press and Publishers Associations, who are working with the President's Conference on Highway Safety. Front row, left to right: Thomas H. MacDonald, Chairman, Coordinating Committee, President's Highway Safety Conference; President Truman; Major General Philip B. Fleming, General Chairman, President's Highway Safety Conference. The rest of the men are unidentified.