Labor unions

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) peruses a $5,000 check and medallion presented by an unidentified labor leader at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) is presented with a $5,000 check and a commemorative medal by an unidentified labor leader at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) is presented with a $5,000 check and a commemorative medal by an unidentified labor leader at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York, 16, N.Y.

A beaming former President Harry S. Truman (right) and an unidentified labor leader hold a $5,000 check which was presented to the former President at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

After an introduction as guest of honor at an AFL-CIO banquet in New York City, former President Harry S. Truman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified labor leader. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) sits at the dinner table at a banquet given by the AFL-CIO in New York City and acknowledges the applause engendered by his introduction. The two men on his right are unknown. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

In New York City at an AFL-CIO banquet, former President Harry S. Truman sits at the dinner table listening to the conversation of two unidentified labor leaders. From: AFL-CIO Community Service Activities, 9 East 40th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Former President Harry S. Truman and his daughter, Margaret, breaking ground at the site of the future Truman Library at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. The Independence Lions Club donated the gold-plated shovel used for the groundbreaking. Members of Local 34 of the American Federation of Musicians played at the event. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

The Independence Lions Club donated a gold-plated shovel for former President Harry S. Truman (center, foreground) to use at the Harry S. Truman Library groundbreaking at Slover Park in Independence, Missouri. Members of Local 34 of the American Federation of Musicians played at the event. Others in the background are unidentified. From: Copied from original photographs loaned to the library by Harry Barth. Originals were returned to Mr. Barth.

Wage Stabilization Director John R. Steelman is shown signing the government wage policy to pave the way for payment to striking American Federation of Labor seamen of wage increases twice disapproved by the Wage Stabilization Board. He said he amended the existing wage regulations to provide that government agencies may pay wages and salaries "comparable to the wages and salaries paid for the same or comparable services by other operators". From: Beth Gore