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David Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower, Personnel, and Reserve Forces and Major General Robert Landry meet at the Headquarters for the 4th Air Force in California.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Foreign Assistance Act which would send $6,098,000,000 around the world to combat Communism. This bill created the European Recovery Program to implement the Marshall Plan. Standing behind President Truman from left to right are: Senator Arthur Vanderburg, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, (mostly obscured), Speaker of the House Joseph Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (behind Bloom, mostly obscured).

President Harry S. Truman (right) greets Prince Charles, the Regent of Belgium (center) as the Prince arrives at the White House. On the left is Stanley Woodward, chief of Protocol of the State Department. The photographer in the background is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Smith-Mundt Bill, also known as the "Voice of America Bill,' which authorizes foreign informational activities, including radio broadcasts to Soviet Russia and other countries. Standing, from left to right; Senator H. Alexander Smith; Dr. Walter Lemon, President of the World Wide Broadcasting Foundation; Howland H. Sargent; Representative Karl E. Mundt; and Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett.

Margaret Truman (right) receives congratulations from Secretary of Treasury John W. Snyder (left) and Evlyn (Mrs. John) Snyder after Margaret's concert in Washington's Constitutional Hall.

President Harry S. Truman congratulates Admiral Chester W. Nimitz after a ceremony in the White house awarding Nimitz a Gold Star in lieu of earning a fourth Distinguished Service Medal. From Left to Right; President Harry S. Truman, Catherine F. Nimitz, Chester W. Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John L. Sullivan. Others in the background are unidentified.

From left to right: General Dwight Eisenhower, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, and General Omar Bradley. General Eisenhower is swearing in General Bradley as the new Army Chief of Staff.

From left to right, Secretary of the Defense James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark and President Harry S. Truman share a laugh after the President arrived home at the National Airport from a vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (right) told Senator Charles W. Tobey (left) on the Senate Banking Committee, during testimony before that committee, that "We may have to use limited price control on commodities affecting the cost of living" if inflation is to be curbed.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with wounded veterans from the Washington area during a garden party at the White House. Over 800 veterans attended the event. President Truman is shaking hands with Army Nurse Lieutenant Joan Cruchacz. Standing in the receiving line from left to right: unidentified woman, Secretary of State James Byrnes, unidentified woman (partly obscured), President Truman, General Harry Vaughan, and Captain Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.