President Harry S. Truman prepares to throw the first pitch at the 1951 opening game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. In the first row are, from left to right: two unidentified men, Jane (Mrs. Alben) Barkley, Vice President Alben Barkley, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, Washington Senators manager Bucky Harris, Senators President Clark Griffith, and New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel. Standing behind and between Griffith and Stengel is United States Supreme Court Justice Fred Vinson.
President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with members of the Utah tribes. The Native Americans are (l to r): Reginald Curry of the Uncompahgre Ute Tribe, Lawrence Appah of the White River Ute Tribe, and Julius Murray of the Uintah Ute Tribe, all of Fort Duchesne, Utah. The president holds in his hand a peace pipe said to have been smoked for 15 years by Sitting Bull. The Indian tribe members were visiting the president in his office to witness a bill signing creating an Indian Claims Commission. (As enacted, H.R. 4497 is Public Law 726, 79th Congress.) Donor: New York Herald Tribune.