Legislators

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes the hand of Senator John J. Sparkman (right) as he descends the steps of a small airplane. Mr. Truman is to speak at the Democratic Party Rally in Decatur, Alabama.

Bess Truman, wife of the President, and Col. Mary Hallaren (right), WAC Director, smile as Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers (R-Mass) (center) cuts the fifth birthday cake of the Women's Army Corps. Members of the corps (rear), who requested that Rep. Rogers cut the cake, look on at the anniversary party in Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Left to right: Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson, unidentified man, and former President Harry S. Truman at a dinner honoring the Truman Committee at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Left to right: former President Harry S. Truman, Charles P. Clark, Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, and Rep. John McCormick at a dinner at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. honoring the Truman Committee.

Southeast view in the main kitchen of the White House, after the renovation. Unidentified members of Congress and their wives are receiving a tour of the facilities.

From left to right: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; President Harry S. Truman; Congressman John R. Murdock; Senator Joseph O'Mahoney; and Senator Zales Ecton attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior for members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works.

President Harry S. Truman (back of table, fourth from right) and members of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, the House Public Lands Committee, and the Senate Committee on Public Works attend a luncheon in the dining room of the Department of the Interior. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (back of table, fifth from right); Senator Joseph O'Mahoney (back of table, third from right); Senator Zales Ecton (back of table, second from right); Congressman John R. Murdock (back of table, standing); and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (back of table, left).

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan," on the occasion of his trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Army-Navy football game. From left to right: unidentified, Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel, Pennsylvania Governor James Duff, President Truman, unidentified, and Senator Francis J. Myers.

An unidentified group of Senators and Congressman at the White House to call on President Harry S. Truman. Others in background are also unidentified.