Rural electrification

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Clyde T. Ellis (right), Executive Manager of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, are shown with backs to the camera, climbing stairs, just after the former President spoke at the breakfast of an Electric Consumers Workshop at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. From: Clyde T. Ellis.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from the right) is shown in a four-way handshake with Clyde T. Ellis (left) and two unidentified men, members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. The former President spoke at an Electric Consumers Workshop breakfast at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. From: Clyde T. Ellis.

Former President Harry S. Truman addresses members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association at an Electric Consumers Workshop breakfast held at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified. From: Clyde T. Ellis.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Clyde T. Ellis chat at a breakfast held at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., where the former President spoke to members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in the Electric Consumers Workshop. From: Clyde T. Ellis.