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Overview of guests at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Washington, D. C. This was the Democratic fund raising dinner at which President Harry S. Truman (not visible in this picture) announced he would not run again for President.

Overview of guests at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Washington, D. C. This was the Democratic fund raiser at which President Harry S. Truman (not visible in this picture) announced he would not run for President again.

Overview of guests at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Washington, D. C. This was the Democratic fund raiser at which President Harry S. Truman (not visible in this picture) announced he would not run for President again.

Gael Sullivan; Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee, as he called at the White House today. From: Beth Gore.

Gael Sullivan, who recently resigned as Second Assistant Postmaster General to accept an appointment as Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee, is shown as he assumed his new post today. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Gerald L. K. Smith, head of the American First Party, asking the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate Walter Winchell, Eddie Cantor, Frank Sinatra, Ingrid Bergman and Edward G. Robinson. "I am just an old-fashioned, Bible-believing, Christ-loving American," he said. From: Beth Gore.

James Roosevelt, eldest son of the late President, when meeting with President Harry S. Truman, assured him that the Democratic Party of California was solidly behind him. Roosevelt, chairman of the State Democratic Committee of California, is shown leaving the White House after conferring with President Truman. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and his press secretary, Charles G. Ross, viewing the activities at the Democratic National Convention via television in the Chief Executive's office. From: Beth Gore.

Photo of Senator J. Howard McGrath, (D), Rhode Island, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. From: Beth Gore.

After Postmaster General Robert Hannegan announced he was stepping down as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, it was then announced that Senator J. Howard McGrath (D), Rhode Island, had been designated as his successor. The Senator, shown here at a press conference, said he planned to keep on being a Senator. From: Beth Gore