Speeches, addresses, etc.

President Truman speaking with Bess Truman seated at the head table at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.

President Truman speaking at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.

President Truman speaking at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.

Overview of head table and guests at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. President Harry S. Truman is barely visible at the podium.

Long view of President Harry S. Truman speaking at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner.

Overview of head table and guests at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner. President Harry S. Truman announced he would not run for re-election at this banquet.

Close up view of President Truman at podium as he addresses the crowd upon receiving the Franklin Roosevelt Award in Harlem, New York. President Truman spoke on the subject of civil rights.

President Truman and Vice President Alben Barkley at the dinner table during the Civil Defense Conference. President Truman addressed the conference later in the evening.

President Truman addressing a large crowd in California during a stop in the 1948 western trip.

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.