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President Harry S. Truman Receives President's Airport Commission Report

General James H. Doolittle presents the report of the President's Airport Commission to President Harry S. Truman. Standing, left to right: Mr. Charles F. Horne, General Robert Landry, and Paul Johnston, Seated: Dr. Jerome Hunsaker, President Harry S. Truman, and General James Doolittle. This photograph appeared in the June 1952 issue of LIFE Magazine.

President Truman With Others Assembled for National Employment of the Physically Handicapped Week

Outdoor view with President Harry S. Truman standing in the front center holding a poster associated with National Employment of the Physically Handicapped Week. A man in a wheelchair can be seen on Truman's left. View includes numerous men and women including Department of Labor official Robert C. Goodwin wearing a light suit and standing directly behind Truman mid-way back in the group. The president's committee on NEPH week is probably included in the group. Location is the White House Rose Garden.

Harry Truman With Others in the Office of Charles S. Murphy

Former President Harry S. Truman is seated at a table in the center of the picture. Seated to the right of him is seated Charles S. Murphy, Mr. Truman's former Special Counselor and Administrative Assistant. The location is Murphy's office in the Pennsylvania Building in Washington, D.C. and the group is working on the testimony Truman will give before the House Banking and Currency Committee. Others in view are not identified.

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office with members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony. From left to right: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.; unidentified man (behind Firestone); Mrs. Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Chairman of the Commission, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; President Truman; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverend Emmet M.

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office with members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights on the occasion of their swearing-in ceremony. From left to right: unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; President Truman; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverend Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown.

President Harry S. Truman At Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: Miss Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath); Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: Miss Anna Lord Strauss; unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (administering the oath); Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.

Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security

President Harry S. Truman at the swearing-in ceremony for members of the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, in the Oval Office. From left to right: unidentified man; Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz; the President; Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; Right Reverend Karl Morgan Block, Episcopal Bishop of California; Most Reverent Emmet M. Walsh, Coadjutor Bishop of Youngstown; unidentified man.