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President and Mrs. Truman with group facing Lincoln Memorial

President and Mrs. Truman with dignitaries (backs turned) attended commemorative exercises at the Lincoln Memorial, held by the District of Columbia Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. L to R: General Ulysses S. Grant III, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan and W. Elkins Reed.

President Truman signs a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency" with dignitaries

President Harry S. Truman (seated) signs a proclamation entitled "Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency." Dignitaries present L to R: Sargent Shriver, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Oscar Ewing, The Hon. G. Howland Shaw, Chairman of National Conference on Prevention and Control of Juvenile Delinquency, Katharine Lenroot, Eunice Kennedy, Frank L. Weil, John W. Andrews, Vice Chairman of National Conference.