Speeches, addresses, etc.

President Harry S. Truman speaking, with flags in background. The place and event are not identified. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, speaking before a Joint Session of Congress today, demands limited price control and an excess of profits tax to help check the rising cost of living. From: Houston Post.

These were the facial expressions of President Harry S. Truman (3 photos) as he placed before Congress an eight-point program. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman presents his program before the special session of Congress today. Seated in front of flag, at left, are Senate President Pro Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and House Speaker Joseph W. Martin. A portion of the President's audience, which included cabinet members, members of the diplomatic corps, and of both houses of congress, is in foreground. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, speaking before a Joint Session of Congress today, demands limited price control and an excess of profits tax to help check the rising cost of living. From: Houston Post.

President Truman stands at a rostrum bearing the seal of the Presidency of the United States, just before he delivered a message to the nation from the White House tonight. He called for "prompt and courageous action" to stop inflation at home and to protect France and Italy against "totalitarian pressures." From: Houston Post

Three-in-one photo of President Harry S. Truman, who speaks with emphasis (left), purses his lips (center), and drinks from a glass of water (right) as he addresses a Joint Session of the Senate and House. Asking for powers to fight inflation he cautioned: "If we fail to prepare and disaster results, we shall have gambled with our national safety and lost." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman (left), and their daughter, Margaret, stand beside a car upon leaving the south entrance of the White House today to ride to the Capitol for the President's address on the State of the Union before a Joint Session of Congress. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman poses at a microphone today as he rehearses his radio address opening the 1947 Community Chest campaign for funds. From: Houston Post.

In a prepared radio address from Key West submarine base, President Harry S. Truman asks the American people to give their "whole-hearted support" to the Red Cross drive. From: Houston Post.