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Chairman Karl T. Compton (second from left) gives President Harry S. Truman (seated) the Report of the President's Advisory Commission on Universal Training at the White House as other members of the commission look on. L to R: (standing) The Rev. Edmund Walsh, Vice-President of Georgetown Univ. in Washington; Chairman Compton, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Judge Samuel Rosenman, former special counsel to the President; Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, Industrial Relations Consultant; Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Lawyer; and Dr. Daniel Poling, editor of Christian Herald.

First meeting of the Commission on the Reorganization of the Executive Branch of Government, popularly known as the Hoover Commission. Front Row, left to right: George H. Mead, former President Herbert Hoover, President Harry S. Truman, Joseph P. Kennedy, and Senator John L. McClellan. Back Row, left to right: Clarence Brown, James V. Forrestal, Arthur Flemming, Dean Acheson, James Rowe, and Representative Carter Manasco. Same as 59-1365-1.

President Harry S. Truman and former President Herbert Hoover discussing the problem of feeding the liberated peoples of Europe. This photo is similar to 66-2590.

President Harry S. Truman with former President Hoover, recently returned from a trip to South America. Hoover reported on the world food situation as representatives of 18 nations met to form an international emergency food council to chart the fight against hunger into 1947.

Former President Herbert Hoover, recently back from a world food mission, at the White House submitting his personal report to President Truman. Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Mr. Hoover and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with former President Herbert Hoover at the White House. Mr. Hoover, who was Relief Commissioner in Europe and Federal Food Administrator during World War I, conferred with President Truman on the food situation in the United States and Europe.

President Harry S. Truman announcing the surrender of Japan, ending World War II, to assembled reporters in the Oval Office. Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress on the left. Seated behind President Truman are John Snyder, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of State James Byrnes.

Dedication ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman statue outside the Jackson County Truman Courthouse in Independence, Missouri. President Gerald Ford is shown near the lectern, and the statue is yet to be unveiled. Donated by George Viegelmann. Scanned from original negative.

Slightly blurry image from the dedication ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman statue near Jackson County Truman Courthouse in Independence, Missouri. President Gerald Ford is obscured but speaking from a lectern with the unveiled statue behind him. Donated by George Viegelmann. Scanned from original negative.

President Harry S. Truman in the food line for lunch in the garden of the Little White House, while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Pictured with (from left to right) George M. Elsey, unidentified steward (on near side of table), Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Legislative Assistant to the President Joseph Feeney, Admiral William D. Leahy, and President Truman.