Presidents

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) giving a speech to Congress. In his address to Congress, President Truman asked for price and wage controls to reduce the high cost of living for Americans.

President Harry S. Truman after his speech to a Joint Session of Congress, pictured with Mrs. Truman and select Cabinet members. Left to right, front row: Secretary of State George Marshall, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, President Truman. Back row, left to right: Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Attorney General Tom Clark and Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (left, standing) giving a speech to Congress. Behind President Truman, seated from left to right (far upper left corner), is President of the Senate Pro Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg (Michigan) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin. In his address to Congress President Truman was asking for price and wage controls to reduce the high cost of living for Americans.

President Harry S. Truman (back to viewer) shaking hands with President of the Senate Pro Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin (right) after giving a speech to Congress. In his address to Congress, President Truman asked for price and wage controls to reduce the high cost of living for Americans.

President Harry S. Truman (right) with Senator J. Howard McGrath at a luncheon.

President Harry S. Truman (left) at the airport with Secretary of State George Marshall (right) before the Secretary left for the London Conference of Foreign Ministers.

President Harry S. Truman (left) receiving his first sheet of Christmas seals of the 1947 Campaign from Averell Harriman, the Secretary of Commerce.

President Harry S. Truman with new members of the Federal Loyalty Board. Pictured with President Truman (front row, seventh from the right) are Meta Glass (front row, eighth from the right); former Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins (front row, sixth from the right); Chairman Seth W. Richardson (front row, fifth from the right); Harry B. Mitchell (fourth from left); Charles Sawyer (second from left); and Attorney General Tom C. Clark (right). Others in the group include Dean Harry A. Bigelow; Dr. Aaron J. Brumbaugh; John Kirkland Clark; Tom J. Davis; Dr. Burton L.

President Harry S. Truman (center) giving a speech to Congress. Behind President Truman, standing from left to right, is President of the Senate Pro Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg (Michigan) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin. In his address to Congress, President Truman was asking for price and wage controls to reduce the high cost of living for Americans.

President Harry S. Truman (lower left-hand corner)shown leaving after his speech to Congress. In his address, President Truman was asking for price and wage controls to reduce the high cost of living for Americans.