Foreign aid

Copy of a paragraph from the Point Four message, in a scroll-like illustration.

Washington, D. C. Former President Harry S. Truman waves a hand today as he addresses a bi-partisan conference on foreign aid. The former Chief Executive hailed, then lambasted the Eisenhower administration as devoid of new ideas on how to administer it. The Truman address, given in typical give-em-hell fashion, jarred the non-partisan atmosphere.

At the White House, President Harry S. Truman signs the Foreign Aid Bill. Looking on from left to right are Senator Arthur Vandenberg, Secretary of Interior Julius Krug, House Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and (partially hidden at right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. From: Houston Post.

Wearing a big grin, President Harry S. Truman reaches for the inkwell with one of his pens that he used to sign the Foreign Aid Bill. From: Houston Post.

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."

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, Paul Hoffmann, and Averell Harriman confer in the Oval Office on the Marshall Plan.

On the quays in Bordeaux, unloading wheat coming from America after World War I. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Paul Porter (right), former Federal Communications Commission Chairman and Office of Price Administration Chief, reviewing papers with former Governor of New York Herbert Lehman, prior to testifying on the Marshall Plan before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From: Beth Gore

President Harry S. Truman is shown as he addressed the nation. The President asked Congress for nearly eight billion dollars in new foreign aid funds. Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society