Legislators

Senator Tom Connally (left) and Senator Kenneth McKellar (center) attending a meeting at the White House. The Senator on the right is unidentified.

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 (mostly obscured), President Truman, unidentified, and Senator Francis J. Myers.

Photo of former President Harry S. Truman clasping the hands of other leading Democrats, taken at the "Black Tie" dinner during the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California, in mid-July. Left to right are: G. Mennen Williams, Hubert Humphrey, Leroy Collins, former President Truman, John F. Kennedy, Pat Brown, and Stuart Symington. From: Frank Cullen, Jr., FCA Company, 2040 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, California 90067.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Representative John McCormack, Senator Scott Lucas, and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn in consultation during their regular Monday morning meeting. This photo won third prize in the presidential class of the White House Photographer's Association contest in February, 1950. It is by New York Times photographer George Tames, and is entitled "Straight from the Boss."

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from left) talks with three unidentified men at the 20th Anniversary Dinner honoring former President Truman for his work chairing the Truman Committee during World War II. The dinner was held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman (head table, far right), Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn (center), and other unidentified dignitaries at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, held at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C.

President Harry S. Truman at his desk in the Oval Office, signing H.R. 5632, the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense and made other changes in the national security system.

President Harry S. Truman, seated behind his desk, distributes pens he used to sign the National Security Act Amendments bill to assembled on-lookers. From left to right: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, unidentified, Congressman Dewey Short, Congressman Carl Vinson, Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, unidentified, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, Under Secretary of Defense Stephen Early, and Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews.