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President Harry S. Truman speaks to Congress

Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio (right, seated in third row from floor) sits with his hand to his mouth as he hears President Harry S. Truman (at rostrum, extreme left) denounce the Taft-Hartley Act and ask congress to quickly give him power to seize and operate the struck steel industry. Seated in the same row as Senator Taft are from left: Joseph McCarthy (Wisconsin), Richard Nixon (California) and Andrew Schoeppel (Kansas). Donor: Hennepin County Historical Society

President Harry S. Truman delivers State of the Union message to Congress

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress. Prime Minister Winston Churchill (upper left-center) holds a text of the speech as he sits in the front row of the balcony. Seated directly in front of the President are members of his cabinet. From left: Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin, Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer, Agriculture Secretary Charles Brannan, Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett, Treasury Secretary John W.

Photo of Lauchlin Currie Appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee

Lauchlin Currie, former aide to late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, denounced as lies the charges that he fed U. S. secrets to a wartime Soviet espionage network. He said the charges of his accuser, Miss Elizabeth Bentley, were based upon "hearsay three times removed." From: Beth Gore.