Legislation

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left), General Lewis Hershey (seated, right), Col. Louis H. Renfrow (standing, left), and Brig. General Carlton S. Dargusch (standing, right) after the signing of the Selective Service Record Bill upon the expiration of the Selective Training and Service Act.

President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Medicare Bill at the Harry S. Truman Library, with former President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Truman, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and Senator Stuart Symington. Others attending.

President Harry S. Truman signing legislation to aid Mexico. Several Senators and Representatives stand behind President Truman, including Senator Arthur Capper on the right. The legislation was for cooperation in controlling livestock diseases.

(left to right) Brigadier General Carlton S. Dargusch, Major General Lewis B. Hershey, Colonel Louis Renfrow watch as President Harry S. Truman signs the draft bill.

President Harry S. Truman signs the School Lunch Act. Present are (standing, from left to right) Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson, Senator Allen J. Ellender, and Senator George D. Aiken.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Government Workers Pay Raise Bill. Standing, left to right: Representative Edward H. Rees; James B. Burns, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Representative Jennings Randolph; Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees; Senator Sheridan Downey; Harry B. Mitchell, President of the United States Civil Service Commission; Representative Henry M. Jackson; and Arthur S. Flemming, United States Civil Service Commissioner.

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (third from the left) and other unidentified men watch as President Harry S. Truman signs the postal pay raise bill.

President Harry S. Truman signs legislation regarding the rate of postage of domestic air mail, with Postmaster General Robert Hannegan looking on. A group of unidentified men stand behind them.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Government Workers Pay Raise Bill. Standing, left to right: Representative Edward H. Rees; James B. Burns, National President of the American Federation of Government Employees; Senator Harry F. Byrd; Representative Jennings Randolph; Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Luther C. Steward, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees; Senator Sheridan Downey; Harry B. Mitchell, President of the United States Civil Service Commission; Representative Henry M. Jackson; and Arthur S. Flemming, United States Civil Service Commissioner.

President Harry S. Truman signs the Administrative Procedure Act. Left to right: Congressman John Gwynne (R-Iowa); Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, Charles E. Long, Jr.; Representative of the Attorney General, Ashley Sellers; Representative of the American Bar Association, Carl McFarland; Senator Pat McCarran (D-Nevada); Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Congressman Hatton W. Sumners (D-Texas); Congressman Francis E. Walter (D-Pennsylvania).