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Former President Truman with C. Douglas Dillon at International Conference

Former President Harry S. Truman chats with C. Douglas Dillon, left, nominated yesterday by President Dwight D. Eisenhower as Under Secretary of State. The two were guests at last night's banquet honoring Harry S. Truman for launching the government's Point Four program. The banquet was sponsored by the Sixth National Conference on International Economic and Social Development now in session here in Washington, D. C. From: Houston Post.

Harry S. Truman and Eric Johnston at International Conference

Washington, D. C. Former President Harry S. Truman receives a leather bound book containing letters of thanks from 55 nations for his initiation of the Point Four program at a banquet of the Sixth National Conference on Economic and Social Development here tonight at which Truman was speaker. Eric Johnston, left, chairman of the Committee for International Economic Growth, made the presentation. In center, rear, is Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman, chairman of the banquet. From: Houston Post.

Former President Truman Enjoys a Laugh with Clement Attlee

Kansas City, MO. Former President Harry S. Truman and Britain's former Prime Minister Clement Attlee enjoy a laugh together during a chat today at a downtown Kansas City hotel. Mr. Attlee is on a lecture tour and stopped off here to see Mr. Truman while en route to Lawrence, Kansas, where he will speak at the University of Kansas tomorrow. Same as 68-1049, only better print. From: Houston Post.