Legislators

Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stands by a car in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he is to attend the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman, Library."

Disembarking from a plane are (left to right) Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Warren Austin, U.S. Representative to the United Nations; and George Marshall, Secretary of State, who flew to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the presidential plane the "Sacred Cow" to attend the Pan American Conference of Foreign Ministers and the Inter-American Defense Conference. Shaking hands with Senator Vandenburg is United States Ambassador to Brazil William Pawley, and Lt. Col. Austin is on his Pawley's left, shaking Warren Austin's hand. Please credit: "Maj.

Senator Alben Barkley and Katharine Elkus White, special assistant to India Edwards (who is Executive Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee), are shown sitting at a table. The event takes place during the 1948 campaign, but the exact date and location are unknown.

Conference of Democratic National Committee leaders at their headquarters in Washington, D. C. At left is Senator J. Howard McGrath, committee chairman. With him are Joseph L. Blythe, treasurer, and Mrs. India Edwards, director of the women's division.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Bennet Champ Clark who was a U.S. Senator and Judge. The photo is autographed (not original) as follows: "To my good friends of the Key Club with affectionate regards. Bennett Champ Clark." The Key Club is associated with St. Louis, Missouri. From: Mickey McTague.

Autographed portrait of Senator Alben Barkley.

Senator Warren Barbour of New Jersey spars with boxer Jim Jeffries.

Polish-American leaders presenting plaque to President Truman at the Hotel Biltmore in New York. L-R: Reverend Joseph Swaltek, Right Reverend Felix Burant, Congressman Alfred Sieminski, President Harry S. Truman, Alexander Sudnik, and Thaddeus Maliszewski.

This is a signed photograph of Senator Samuel Jackson (left side) holding Senator Harry S. Truman's (right side) hand high after Mr. Truman was chosen as Vice-President at the Chicago Convention. The photo is autographed by Truman: "Best wishes to the greatest chairman the Democrats ever had, from Harry S Truman, U.S.S. Missouri." Original photo has been transferred to the museum collection.

Senator Harry S. Truman (right) visits Camp Crowder, Missouri and shakes hands with Colonel Sol P. Fink (left). Other people in the photograph are unidentified.