Dinners and dining

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (right) and Irving Geist at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with Irving Geist (left) at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Man on right is unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with an unidentified man at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Irving Geist is pictured in center. All others unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and Irving Geist (right) with two unidentified men at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (center), Irving Geist (left), and an unidentified man at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (left) with Irving Geist (standing) and Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (right) at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (right) gives a speech during a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City. All others unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (second from right) with Irving Geist (right) and two unidentified men at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman (center) at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Pictured left to right: unidentified; Irving Geist; Vice-President Truman; Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified.

Vice-President Harry S. Truman at a dinner for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at the Hotel Astor in New York City. Pictured left to right (seated): unidentified; Vice-President Truman; Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert E. Hannegan; unidentified. Standing (left to right): Irving Geist; unidentified.