Charities

Margaret Truman (left) and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) contribute to the Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive by placing coins in a bottle labeled "Missouri". The man in the center is unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman is delivering a radio speech to open the 1946 Red Cross Drive. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from right) and Margaret Truman (right) contribute to the fight against infantile paralysis by dropping their dimes into the Missouri bottle outside the Capitol Theater. With them on the left is Richard Dobson, who recovered from infantile paralysis last year. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Margaret Truman (right) presents baby dolls to Bill Herson (right), Radio Station WRC timekeeper, at the Doll House on F Street, launching WRC's campaign to provide dolls and toys for Washington's under-privileged children. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) buys a Forget Me Not from Barbara Rahm (center) and Phillis Rahm, seven year old twins, representing Disabled American Veterans. President Truman is in his office in the Federal Courthouse at 9th and Grand in Kansas City. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

Photograph of an advertisement created by the Advertising Council for CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe). Caption: "Our friends abroad are hungry! Send $10. CARE, New York. CARE is non-profit Government approved."

Photograph of an advertisement created by the Advertising Council for CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe). Caption: "Our friends abroad are hungry! Send $10. CARE, New York is non-profit Government approved."

Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (right) greeting members of the Swedish Red Cross at Pusan Air Base, Korea. All others are unidentified.

Head of the Citizen's Food Committee Charles Luckman (center) and Assistant to the President John R. Steelman (left) examine a map with James E. Colliflower (right), a member of the Governors' and Mayors' Food Committees. Charles Luckman and John Steelman spoke on a closed circuit television broadcast that originated at WTOP, Washington to 169 CBS stations.

A portion of the 21,000 lbs. of "Christmas Star" packages collected in the greater Kansas City area. The boxes are shown on a large Air Force Trailer at Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base.