Labor leaders

Former President Harry S. Truman (standing) speaks at the Harry S. Truman Birthplace Dedication Ceremony in Lamar, Missouri. Seated, left to Right: Leonard Woodcock, Vice President of United Auto Workers Union; Governor James Blair; Stuart Symington; Randall Jessee. Photo from Joseph Jaeger, Missouri State Park Board.

Chief Justice Earl Warren (behind microphone) getting ready to give a speech at the dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. Also pictured in the photo is Herbert Hoover (front left), Harry S. Truman (second from left), Basil O'Connor (third from left), and Jacob Potofsky (directly right of the podium). Others in the photograph are unidentified.

Copies of pages from the New York Daily News with articles on the coal strike of 1946 and the disagreement between President Harry S. Truman and John L. Lewis in the time frame between November 18 and December 8, 1946. From: John W. Cassidy, President, Harry S. Truman Chapter, A.P.I.C.

John L. Lewis (right), President of the United Mine Workers, chats with former President Harry S. Truman (third from right), former Senator Tom Connally and an unidentified man while attending a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. From: Charles Patrick Clark.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left), attending a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., speaks with former Senator Tom Connally, John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers, and an unidentified man. From: Charles Patrick Clark.