Legislators

President Harry S. Truman addresses a joint session of Congress advocating a program for Universal Military Training. Seated behind President Truman is President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Senator Kenneth McKellar (left) and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (right). Others in the photo are unidentified.

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).

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Surplus Property Act in the Oval Office of the White House. Standing behind President Truman are Senator J. William Fulbright (left) and Assistant Secretary of State William Benton (right).

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a bill regarding immigration and naturalization for Filipinos and East Indians in the Oval Office of the White House. Standing behind President Truman are (left to right): Representative John Lesinski of Michigan; Antonio Gonzalez, President of the Philippine Inter Community of the Western States; J. C. Dionisio; Joseph R. Farrington, Delegate from Hawaii; Representative Emanuel Celler from New York; M. O. A. Baig, First Secretary of the Indian Agency General; J. J. Singh, President, India League of America; Dr.

President Harry S. Truman signs an act regarding the control and development of atomic energy. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right: Senator Tom Connally, Senator Eugene Millikin, Senator Edwin Johnson, Senator Thomas Hart, Senator Brien McMahon, Senator Warren Austin, and Senator Richard Russell.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs H.R. 4590, the Silver Bill. Standing behind President Truman, from left to right: Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Edwin Johnson; Senator Abe Murdock; Senator Elbert Thomas; Senator Eugene Millikin; Senator Patrick McCarran.

President Harry S. Truman signs a bill amending an act regarding bankruptcy laws in the Oval Office of the White House. Among those standing behind President Truman are Senator James Huffman (fifth from the right) and Representative Martin Gorski (right). Others are unidentified.

Lt. Col. Lewis Jackson (left) and Senator Olin Johnston (right) present President Harry S. Truman (center) with a turkey.

From left to right, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, President Harry S. Truman, and Secretary of State James Byrnes. They are escorting Secretary Byrnes to the airport to leave for the Paris Peace Conference.

In the Oval Office, President Harry S. Truman receives a gift of a woven bag from residents of Bikini Atoll. From left to right: Senator Carl A. Hatch, President Truman, Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy, and Major General W. E. Kepner.