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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Truman Commission Reorganizes Executive Branch

President Harry S. Truman (seated center) is flanked by members of a 12-man commission engaged in a study to increase the efficiency of the Executive Branch of the government. Front, L to R: George H. Mead, Dayton, Ohio; former President Herbert Hoover; President Truman; Joseph P. Kennedy; and Senator John J. McClellan (D-Arkansas). Rear, L to R: Representative Clarence J. Brown (R-O); Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal; Arthur S. Flemming, Civil Service Commission; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; James Rowe; and Representative Carter Manasco (D-Alabama). From: Houston Post.

Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh Visit President and Mrs. Truman

(L-R) Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Princess Elizabeth; Margaret Truman; First Lady Bess Truman, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, and President Harry S. Truman pose for a photograph at the Canadian Embassy during the Princess's visit to Washington, D.C. This photograph is a larger color version of 2003-1668. Original Signal Corps photo C-6741.

Second Annual Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board of Directors

Second Annual Meeting of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute Board of Directors. From left to right: Herman Kahn, Director, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park; Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chancellor, University of Kansas, Lawrence; James V. Jones, St. Louis University, St. Louis; Dean Francis M. Heller, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean, Lawrence; Dr. Richard M. Drake, Chancellor, Kansas City University; Dr. W.D. Aeschbacher, Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Lawrence; Dr. Pete Kyle McCarter, Vice President, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Andrew J.