President Harry S. Truman addresses a joint session of Congress regarding monetary aid and military advisors for Greece and Turkey. Behind him (left to right) is President Pro-tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg and Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. can be seen.
President Harry S. Truman addressing a Joint Session of the 80th Congress, requesting aid for Greece and Turkey (Truman Doctrine). On the front row, lower right foreground, from left to right are Cabinet Secretaries John Snyder, Dean Acheson, Robert Patterson, Tom Clark, James Forrestal, Clinton Anderson, W. Averell Harriman, and Lewis Schwellenbach.