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Representing the members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Erwin D. Canham (right), managing editor of the Christian Science Monitor and President of the Society is shown greeting President Harry S. Truman. From: Beth Gore.

St. Louis, Missouri Postmaster Barney Dickmann (left) and President Harry S. Truman with Chicago Tribune paper headlined "Dewey Defeats Truman". They are on the back of a train stopped at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri. This photo was sent to President Truman by Frank Horak, Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, Oconto, Wisconsin.

Copy of Chicago Daily Sun-Times front page showing photo of President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train in St. Louis, Missouri, holding a Chicago Tribune newspaper with headlines "Dewey Defeats Truman." A line at the bottom states: "The President: 'That's one for the books.'" From: Mrs. John Stewart.

Copies of pages from the New York Daily News with articles on the coal strike of 1946 and the disagreement between President Harry S. Truman and John L. Lewis in the time frame between November 18 and December 8, 1946. From: John W. Cassidy, President, Harry S. Truman Chapter, A.P.I.C.