Fund raising

President Harry S. Truman stops to take Terry Tullos, three-year-old Laurel, Mississippi infantile paralysis victim, in his arms today as the boy with braces on his legs walks up the Chief Executive. Terry has been selected as "poster boy" for this year's March of Dimes campaign to raise funds for treatment of infantile paralysis. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman poses at a microphone today as he rehearses his radio address opening the 1947 Community Chest campaign for funds. From: Houston Post.

In a prepared radio address from Key West submarine base, President Harry S. Truman asks the American people to give their "whole-hearted support" to the Red Cross drive. From: Houston Post.

Nice portrait-type photo of former President Harry S. Truman in his Federal Reserve Bank Building office, wearing his buddy poppy, looking at a globe. From: Houston Post.

Ten-year-old Michael Danna of South Ozone Park, New York, chats with Mrs. Harry (Bess) Truman at the White House today before presenting a puppy, "Buttons, Jr." (on lap), to the wife of the President. Michael, selected as the national Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Poster Boy, has a dog of his own and advocates one for "every family." He decided "Buttons, Jr.," the seven-week-old cocker spaniel, should belong to the Trumans. The visit marked the official opening of the 1952-1953 Muscular Dystrophy Appeal Campaign. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman poses in front of a mobile chest x-ray unit which was parked outside his White House office today in connection with a 1952 Christmas Seal sale promotion. He earlier was given the first sheet of new Christmas Seals by officials of the District of Columbia Tuberculosis Association, which distributes them. From: Houston Post.

Close-up view of Senator Herbert H. Lehman of New York speaking at a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Many dignitaries are in attendance. The banquet is being held to honor former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and is a fund raiser for the Democratic party. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan speaks at a banquet honoring former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. It was also a fund raiser for the Democratic Party. It was in New York, New York at the Waldorf-Astoria. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan speaking at a banquet to honor former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The event was also a fund raiser was the Democratic Party. It was at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, New York. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.

Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan speaks at a banquet honoring former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The event was also a fundraiser for the Democratic party. This was held in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.