Legislators

O'Mahoney Committee hearing regarding disposal of Government owned oil pipelines. All men unidentified.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Senator Harry S. Truman on a campaign poster (in two pieces), which reads "Senator Harry S. Truman, Democratic Candidate for Re-Election to United States Senate" and which bears a "Union Label" stamp. Photo only same as 71-4116. From: Truman Home

President Harry S. Truman as he addressed the Joint Session of the Special Session of the 80th Congress. This is the session that he stated he would call during his speech at the Democratic National Convention. Seated behind President Truman are Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (Republican-Michigan), President Pro Tempore of the Senate (left), and Representative Joseph W. Martin (Republican-Massachusetts), Speaker of the House (right).

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a bill authorizing a $65,000,000 loan for construction of a permanent United Nations Headquarters in New York City. At the White House ceremony are, from left to right: Secretary of State George C. Marshall; Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations; Byron Price, Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations; New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer; Representative Charles A. Eaton; Warren Austin, United States Representative to the United Nations; Senator Tom Connally; and Representative Sol Bloom.

Missouri Senator Stuart Symington (left) shown talking with three unidentified men at a political gathering for "Christopher for Congress."

President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses reporters during his visit to the White House. Also with him is Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (center left, in pinstripe suit) and Joseph Dodge (center, behind Lodge's shoulder). All others are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan is shown speaking before a group during a dinner. Shown left to right at the head table are Sam Rayburn, Eleanor Roosevelt, Robert E. Hannegan, Henry Wallace.

Unidentified man shown with a display at the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee hearings on communications satellites.

James E. Webb (third from left) with unidentified others during the Commerce Communications Subcommittee hearings on communication satellites.

James E. Webb (second from left) shown with three unidentified men examining a communications satellite; evidently the men are from the Senate Commerce Communications Subcommittee. Mr. Webb is the Director of NASA.