Dinners and dining

Left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and American Legion Commander Paul H. Griffith shown seated at a banquet with unidentified people.

Left to right: Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder and American Legion Commander Paul H. Griffith shown seated with an unidentified man at a banquet.

American Legion Commander Paul H. Griffith (at left) shown with an unidentified man and woman at a banquet.

Left to right: General Omar Bradley and American Legion Commander Paul H. Griffith shown at the microphone at a banquet.

Unidentified naval officer speaking at a dinner. Paul H. Griffith, head of the American Legion, is seated second from left.

King Tut dinner honoring American Legion National Commander Paul H. Griffith at the Nicollet Hotel. Photo of twenty men gathered around a dining table. Paul H. Griffith is seated on the left at the end of the table.

Overview of banquet at meeting of the American Legion. Sign welcomes Paul H. Griffith, National Commander of the American Legion.

Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner, fund raising dinner for the Democratic party. Senator Harry S. Truman is seated fifth from the left at the long table. Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley is seated seventh from the left.

Guests having cocktails before a dinner held in honor of Ambassador Edwin W. Pauley at the Imperial Hotel. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

President Harry S. Truman (right) congratulating new Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson. President Truman was an unexpected guest at a dinner given in Washington by Post Office employees in honor of the new Postmaster General.