Speeches, addresses, etc.

Dedication of the Harry S. Truman Library. Franklin G. Floete addressing gathering after accepting deed for the General Services Administration.

Written, mounted quotation from the 1949 Inaugural address of President Harry S. Truman.

Senator Harry S. Truman speaking at Pocahontas Theatre, Welsh, West Virginia, for the American Legion.

President Harry S. Truman sitting at a desk in his Independence, Missouri home while reading an address in connection with the lighting of the National Community Christmas Tree on the White House grounds.

President Harry S. Truman addressing the Pan-American Union in the Pan American Union Building in Washington, D. C.

President Harry S. Truman speaking at the testimonial dinner for William Boyle, in Kansas City, Missouri. Original is oversized.

Photograph of President Harry S. Truman's handwritten draft of the Fair Deal message.

President Harry S. Truman addressing the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, California. From left to right: Unknown person, President Truman, Harry Vaughan, Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, and Alger Hiss. Armed Service personnel and the flags of nations are in the background. (Original is oversize)

President Harry S. Truman calls for action on high prices and housing. Truman told a truculent Congress today that he wants immediate action on high prices and the housing shortage. Before a joint session of Congress, which gave him scant applause and amid threats of a speedy adjournment, the President delivered in person a tough, 24 minute message to the Congress he has termed "one of the worst" in the Nation's history. This general view shows the President at microphones of the speakers rostrum in the House. In back of the President are Senator Arthur H.

President Harry S. Truman addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations as they meet at their temporary headquarters in Flushing Meadows, New York.