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President Truman's Address at Symphony Hall in Boston

President Harry S. Truman's address at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, 9:30 p.m. He had been campaigning on behalf of the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign. In this speech President Truman refers to Senator Joseph McCarthy and the subject of national security and hysteria in America. In his opening remarks he referred to Governor Paul A. Dever of Massachusetts and Representative John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, chairman of the occasion. Later he referred to Representative John F. Kennedy, Democratic candidate for Senator, Frederick C. Hailer, Thomas P. O'Neill, and David J.

President Johnson meeting with National Security Council

Shown in the White House Cabinet Room during a meeting of the National Security Council, are from left to right: Averell Harriman, unidentified, Dean Rusk, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara. Others around the table are unidentified. On the far back row from the right: Unidentified, unidentified, James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, unidentified, Pierre Salinger. All others are unidentified.

President Truman and two of the "cloak and dagger boys" (Smith and Lay)

President Harry S. Truman and two of the "cloak and dagger boys" seated at his desk in the White House. Left to right: President Truman, General Walter Bedell Smith, and James S. Lay, Jr. One of a series of photographs taken by Alfred Wagg for the book "Mr. President", published in 1952, by William Hillman. See Page 63. (Similar to 78-897) From: Papers of William Hillman, "Mr. President" file, Box 2 - Loose Dummy (2 of 2).