Legislators

A presentation is made of a small cotton mattress to Congressman Malcolm Tarver. From left to right stands Ivy W. Duggan, Marvin Jones, Malcom Tarver, and Grover Hill. The men in the background are unidentified.

Ivy Duggan sits with others at the National 4-H Breakfast at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Seated from the left to right: Ivy W. Duggan, Farm Credit Administration; Charles Dana Bennett, for American Agriculture; William A. Davis Jr., of Valdosta, Georgia, national winner in 4-H leadership; Senator Walter F. George; Rhonwyn Lowry, 4-H Fellow from Georgia; Congressman E. L. Forrester; Adrian Short, national winner in 4-H citizenship; and Walter S. Brown, Associate Director of Extension, Georgia. Others are unidentified.

From left to right, Ivy W. Duggan, Congressman William Poage, and Grover Hill converse while evaluating the AAA Cotton Mattress Program.

Major General Robert Landry (left) and Senator Barry Goldwater (right) attend closing exercises of the National Resources Conference in Tucson, Arizona.

Missouri Senator and former Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (right) and Gill Robb Wilson (left) attend the Air Force Association Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.

President Harry S. Truman receives a pair of cowboy boots made by Tony Lama from members of the House of Representatives and the Chamber of Commerce of El Paso, Texas. From left to right: Representative Ken Regan, President Truman, Representative George H. Mahon, Representative W. R. Poage and Representative Ed Gossett.

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Foreign Assistance Act which would send $6,098,000,000 around the world to combat Communism. This bill created the European Recovery Program to implement the Marshall Plan. Standing behind President Truman from left to right are: Senator Arthur Vanderburg, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Representative Charles Eaton, Senator Tom Connally, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, (mostly obscured), Speaker of the House Joseph Martin, Representative Sol Bloom, and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (behind Bloom, mostly obscured).

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs the Smith-Mundt Bill, also known as the "Voice of America Bill,' which authorizes foreign informational activities, including radio broadcasts to Soviet Russia and other countries. Standing, from left to right; Senator H. Alexander Smith; Dr. Walter Lemon, President of the World Wide Broadcasting Foundation; Howland H. Sargent; Representative Karl E. Mundt; and Under Secretary of State Robert Lovett.

Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson (right) told Senator Charles W. Tobey (left) on the Senate Banking Committee, during testimony before that committee, that "We may have to use limited price control on commodities affecting the cost of living" if inflation is to be curbed.

Attorney General Tom Clark (center) speaks with Representative Karl E. Mundt (left) and Representative Richard M. Nixon (right) during Clark's testimony before the House of Representatives' Un-American Activities Committee. Clark discussed his opposition to proposals to ban the Communist Party in the United States.