Dinners and dining

Former Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman at podium addressing the audience, with former President Harry S. Truman seated at left. They are at the Four Freedoms Foundation awards dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Unidentified speaker at lectern during Four Freedoms Foundation Awards dinner, with Basil O'Conner (far left) and former President Harry S. Truman seated. They are in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) and former Secretary of State Dean Acheson engaged in conversation. They are attending the banquet in New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria for the Four Freedoms Dinner.

Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson at the lectern addressing the Four Freedoms Award Dinner. Former President Harry S. Truman seated at left. They are in New York City.

Judge Ferdinand Pecora, President of the Four Freedoms Foundation, at the lectern addressing the awards dinner. Seated around him (Left to Right) are Basil O'Connor, former President Harry S. Truman, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and diplomat Averell Harriman. They are at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Former President Harry S. Truman smiling, standing at lectern before microphone during the Four Freedoms dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Employment Security, is seated in the center of the table. He is attending a dinner event associated with a VES (Veterans Employment Security?) conference held in Phoenix, Arizona at the Ramada Inn. According to Goodwin's appointment book, he was scheduled to speak at a dinner session on April 11, 1963. The conference was held on April 10-11, 1963. Others in view are not identified.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Employment Security, is seen standing behind a podium addressing a dining event at what is identified as an IAPES (International Association of Personnel in Employment Security) Institute. The location is the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The man seated in view is not identified.

Robert C. Goodwin, Director of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Employment Security, is shown seated second from the left. He is attending a Minority Groups Conference held in Washington, D.C., July 13-15, 1960. Goodwin's appointment book indicated this luncheon event was held at the Occidental Restaurant in Washington, D.C. The woman seated second from the right has on a name tag which reads "Miss Church." Others in view are not identified.

Unidentified guests of New York City Mayor Robert Wagner together at a table at a fund raising event honoring former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The event was at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.