Speeches, addresses, etc.

Former President Harry S. Truman (extreme left) speaking to the crowd, with Hal Parker (lower right) behind movie camera. Truman is speaking at the Fourth of July celebration at the Harry S. Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman speaks at the Old President Harry S. Truman at the Stockyards in Spokane, Washington. He has received a Blue Ribbon naming him "Champion of Everything." The President called for a fight for the "Power Lobby" and to demand passage of his civil rights program. Donor: John E. Boos.

General scene from former President Harry S. Truman's 77th birthday luncheon, held at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Former Attorney General James P. McGranery speaking; seated on the left of McGranery is Henry Talge; seated on the right of McGranery is Rev. Harold M. Hunt. Others are unidentified.

Navy Under Secretary Francis P. Whitehair at the podium during a visit to the Naval Air Station in Olathe, Kansas. Others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaking to a group in the Harry S. Truman Library auditorium. W. Wallace Smith, president of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Days Saints Church (now Community of Christ) seated.

Dedication of New Baptist Church at Grandview, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman in pulpit. President Truman led the capacity crowd of more than 400 persons in the formal Act of Dedication, after speaking briefly on the 102-year history of the church and his family's association with it. Sitting on the platform from left to right are: Reverend I.F. Whitcomb, a Baptist associational pastor, Revered Welbern Bowman, pastor of the church; Dr. T.W.

From left to right: former President Harry S. Truman (turned toward the Library), David D. Lloyd, Thomas Hart Benton, Mrs. Bess W. Truman, and Chief Justice Earl Warren, who is speaking at the dedication of the mural by Thomas Hart Benton at the Harry S. Truman Library. All others are unidentified.

Chief Justice Earl Warren prepares to speak to the crowd at the dedication of Thomas Hart Benton's mural at the Harry S. Truman Library. In the left background are Thomas Hart Benton and Bess Wallace Truman.

Thomas Hart Benton speaks at the ceremony dedicating his mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," at the Harry S. Truman Library. Third from the left (with hat on) is former President Harry S. Truman; on Mr. Truman's left is David Lloyd, President of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute. All other figures are unidentified.

Thomas Hart Benton addresses the gathering during the dedication of his mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," at the Harry S. Truman Library. All other figures are unidentified.