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Former President Truman Declares a Political Lie

Former President Harry S. Truman was serious Friday as he scanned a news report of a speech made by Attorney General Herbert Brownell. The Attorney General charged Harry S. Truman named an official to a high post despite two FBI reports branding the man, the late Harry Dexter White, as a Soviet spy. Harry S. Truman declared the statement was a "political lie." The former President is in his office at the Federal Reserve Bank building. From: Houston Post.

Sgt. Bell Escorts Former President Truman to New Office

Kansas City, Missouri. Ex-President Truman gets a helping hand from Sgt. Arthur Bell as he opens his portable typewriter shortly after arriving at his new office in the Federal Reserve Bank Building today. He announced no plans for the day as he arrived to go through some correspondence. Sgt. Bell, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has been assigned to escort the former chief executive. From: Houston Post.

Former President Truman Reading the Mail

Harry Truman, the ex-President, is in full swing -- working six days a week in his offices in downtown Kansas City. He is shown here this morning dictating letters to his secretary, Rose Conway -- answering piles of correspondence, some of which may be seen on the tables. The picture was taken prior to a press conference held by Truman. He is at his office at the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman Meets Marshall Plan Advisors

Conferring with his chief Advisors on International Affairs, President Harry S. Truman decided that the European Recovery Program, or the Marshall Plan, be continued on a large scale. Seated in President Truman's office from left to right are President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State George Marshall, Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman, and Ambassador W. Averell Harriman. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.