Presidential campaign, 1952

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman are in a car returning from a whistlestop tour of four east-central states. They are outside Union Station in Washington, D. C. They were met by about 2,000 people. The President said: "I'm always happy to go to a party, particularly when it's for me." He drew applause when he said that "once in a while I've polished a little brass but sometimes it needs polishing." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman speaks with former Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan. The President inspected the submarine Squalus at the Portsmouth Navy Yard today. The Squalus sank May 23rd, 1939, due to a mechanical failure; 23 crew members perished. She was raised and served against Japan, renamed as the Sailfish. The superstructure was kept after the war to serve as a memorial for the men lost. President Truman is in Kittery, Maine on behalf of the Stevenson campaign.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd estimated at 7,000 at Mustang Field in Shenandoah, Iowa today during his campaign stop. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman waves greetings to a throng that greets him as he emerges from Central Terminal just after his arrival in Buffalo, New York for a campaign speech. At right is U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman. At left is John Cashmore, Brooklyn Borough President and Democrat candidate for U.S. Senator. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman removes his hat as he meets Portsmouth High School cheerleaders during a brief visit to New Hampshire's only seacoast city today. The President is campaigning for Adlai Stevenson through lower New Hampshire. At the extreme right is Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan.

President Harry S. Truman and his daughter, Margaret, who sports a king-sized handbag boosting this year's Democratic Presidential candidate (ADLAI), board the special train here in Buffalo, New York to continue the President's whistlestop tour in support of Governor Stevenson.

President Harry S. Truman prepares for a campaign speech before a crowd. He is at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. To the President's left is John F. Kennedy, candidate for Senator, and to the President's right is Governor Paul A. Dever. The President acknowledges the applause he is receiving. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, on an Indianapolis Union Station platform early this morning, linked arms with Frank E. McKinney (left), Indianapolis banker and former Democratic national chairman, and Governor Henry F. Schricker (right) who is running for the Senate against Senator William E. Jenner, (R-Ind.) Same photo as 68-1620, but better quality. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking from the train to a crowd at Helper, Utah. He is working his way back eastward after a vigorous campaign through the west for Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. He attacked Senators Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, William Jenner of Indiana, James P. Kem of Missouri, and Robert A. Taft of Ohio, as men who have taken over GOP Presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower. He asked how the General could be elected "with the crew he has got around him" and it's "terrible record."

This is a general view of the speaker's platform at Spokane, Washington, Armory as President Harry S. Truman addressed a whistlestop crowd. His daughter, Margaret, is seated to the rear of the President.