Secretary of the Army Frank Pace attended a speaking engagement at Purdue University. From left to right Lieutenant Colonel Deane, Colonel F. B. Porter, Purdue University President Dr. Frederick L. Hovde, Secretary Pace, Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker, Dr. J. Sellek, Congressman Teague, unidentified, Dr. R. B. Stewart, unidentified.
Senator Harry S. Truman is the keynote speaker at the ground breaking ceremony for the Pratt and Whitney Plant in Kansas City. He is shown speaking at the podium, the sky in the background. Pratt and Whitney later became the Bendix Plant, located in Kansas City, Missouri at 95th and Troost. Donor: Harvey H. Lippincott, archivist of Pratt and Whitney. It was sent to the Truman Library by Floyd A. Walker, editor of Bendix newsletter. Credit photo to Pratt and Whitney. The Pratt and Whitney Archives are located in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Former President Harry S. Truman (center) with Senator Hubert Humphrey (left) and Senator Claiborne Pell (right) looking at a copy of Senate Resolution 78, which gives former Presidents permission to speak on the floor of the Senate. Mr. Truman is the first President to have this privilege. Truman was in Washington, D.C., to celebrate his 80th birthday. From: Truman Wing.
President Harry S. Truman is greeted by dignitaries upon his arrival at the Naval Air Statin in San Juan, Puerto Rico. From left to right: Dr. Francisco Susoni, Speaker of the House of Puerto Rico; Mr. Luis Munoz Marin, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico; President Truman; Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico; Secretary of the Interior of Julius Krug. Others in the background are unidentified.
Assistant to the President John R. Steelman is attending a dinner with numerous members of Congress present. Standing at Speaker's table from left to right: Reverend Cranford, Majority Leader John W. McCormack, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee J. Howard McGrath, Congressman Frank W. Boykin, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Minority Leader Joe Martin, Vice President Alben Barkley. Immediately behind Barkley is Attorney General Tom Clark, Chairman of the Arrangement Committee Colonel Albert Ernest.