Congresses and conventions

Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs W. Averell Harriman (center, holding glass) and unidentified people gathered at a conference in Baguio, Philippines.

Ambassador to Japan Edwin Reischauer (foreground, center) is standing with other unidentified conference attendees at Baguio, Philippines.

Ambassador at Large Chester Bowles exiting a vehicle at the Baguio Conference in Baguio, Philippines.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center) is escorted to the front of the convention of the Future Farmers of America at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. Newsmen at right are filming the event. Mr. Truman will address the convention. See also photos 2004-174, 2004-215, and 93-200. From: Montgomery Photo Service.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Future Farmers of America Convention at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. He is almost full length, at podium. See also photos 2004-174, 2004-215, and 93-200.

Public relations consultant to the Institute of Industrial Launderers John W. Gibson (left) speaking with Mr. Cohen and Ernest Posner at the Institute of Industrial Launderers Convention.

From left to right: Vice President Alben Barkley, Under Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; and Senator Hubert Humphrey at the Midwest Farm Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Oscar Chapman (right) with an unidentified man at the 97th annual men's convention of the B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge #2.

Oscar Chapman (at podium) speaks at the 97th annual men's convention dinner of the B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge #2. All others unidentified.

Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (standing) speaks to the Bureau of Reclamation's Operation and Maintenance Regional Supervisors during a conference at the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Assistant Secretary of the Interior William Warne (along wall, second from left); Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (along wall, second from right); and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Straus (left of O'Mahoney). All others unidentified.