Presidents

President Lyndon Johnson at the Harry S. Truman Library to sign Medicare into law. Seated at the table (l-r): President Lyndon B. Johnson; former President Harry S. Truman. Standing directly behind President Johnson is First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Standing directly behind former President Truman is Bess Wallace Truman. Standing in the back row between Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Truman is Vice-President Hubert Humphrey. Standing directly behind Mrs. Johnson is Senator Stuart Symington. All others are unidentified. Same as 66-161.

President Lyndon Johnson at the Harry S. Truman Library to sign Medicare into law. Seated at the table (l-r): President Lyndon B. Johnson; former President Harry S. Truman. Standing directly behind President Johnson is First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. Standing directly behind former President Truman is Bess Wallace Truman. Standing in the back row between Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Truman is Vice-President Hubert Humphrey. Standing directly behind Mrs. Johnson is Senator Stuart Symington. All others are unidentified. Same as 66-159.

An pencil sketch of President Harry S. Truman. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman (left) stands with two unidentified men during a military review. The President has his hat over his heart as does one of the other men during the review. The Washington Monument is clearly seen in the background. From: Beth Gore.

Still and newsreel photographers were permitted today for the first time to photograph President Harry S. Truman's meeting with reporters in the new press conference headquarters in the Old State Department Building (later known as the Old Executive Office Building). From: Beth Gore.

Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (standing behind Mr. Truman) and President Harry S. Truman inspect the flood damage from the Columbia River in Vanport, Oregon. From: The Album The President's Trip to the West Coast of the United States, Captain Robert Dennison, United States Navy, donor.

President Truman returned to Washington today completing a 10,845 mile trip to South America. He is shown here leaving the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg which carried him to Norfolk, VA. At the White House awaiting Mr. Truman was a three weeks accumulation of work which had piled up during his first real vacation since he took office in April, 1945. From: Beth Gore.

After a week in Florida where he rested for what may be a tough fight with John L. Lewis in regard to the coal strike, President Truman returned to Washington by air this afternoon. From: Beth Gore.

Members of the Council of Economic Advisors took the oath of Office in the President's office today. Left to right; Leon H. Keyserling; Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, Chairman; John Davidson Clark; President Harry S. Truman; and Judge Bennett Champ Clark who performed the ceremonies. From: Beth Gore.

President Truman took to the air tonight, explaining his veto of the OPA Bill, to the American people. The President said that the Extension Bill was a choice between "inflation with a statute and inflation without one." He said that if the bill becomes law, the people of the country would think they had a workable price control law but would soon come to a "bitter realization" of the truth. From: Beth Gore.