Speeches, addresses, etc.

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.

Former president Harry S. Truman addressing the Hadassah Club in the auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Copy of a paragraph from the Point Four message, in a scroll-like illustration.

Judge Harry S. Truman at Thayer, Missouri, speaking on the steps of a building. Men are seated on the steps listening to him. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

Harry S. Truman speaking at microphone on the steps of a building in Poplar Bluff. All others in the background are unidentified. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

Judge Harry S. Truman speaking at microphone on the steps of the courthouse in Poplar Bluff while campaigning for the United States Senate. All others in the background are unidentified. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

Judge Harry S. Truman speaking in Greenville, Missouri in a park standing at a tall microphone. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album was from the Truman home.