Speeches, addresses, etc.

Among several men, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) speaks from the back of a campaign train in Iowa City, Iowa. Also on the train platform with President Truman is Guy Gillette, candidate for Senator (second from right). All others are unidentified. Taken from the campaign scrapbook of HST.

President Harry S. Truman edits a campaign speech while on a train in California. Taken from the campaign scrapbook of HST.

Stuart A. Rice speaking at International Statistical Institute Meeting in New Delhi, India. Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, is seated behind Dr. Rice.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) delivering his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, with Cabinet members present.

Former President Harry S. Truman speaks at the podium during the ground breaking ceremonies for the Harry S. Truman Library. All others unidentified.

In his farewell address to the American people President Harry S. Truman tonight said in a coast to coast radio and television broadcast that American people are on the way to victory in the cold war with Soviet Russia without an atomic conflict that might "dig the grave of the free world and Communism alike." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman turns his head for a word with his daughter, Margaret, tonight at a dinner here preceding his address to the Labor League for Political Education (AFL). Truman accused Dwight D. Eisenhower, in effect, of posing as a superman, promising quick, easy solutions to Korea and other problems. They are at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd of 12,000 jamming Roosevelt Plaza, in Camden, New Jersey. He continued his whistlestop tour of New Jersey and Pennsylvania on behalf of Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. The President continued to attack the Republicans for it's charges against his administration. This is a distance view of the crowd, with President Truman visible on the right side of the photo.

This is a general view of the speaker's platform at Spokane, Washington, Armory as President Harry S. Truman addressed a whistlestop crowd. His daughter, Margaret, is seated to the rear of the President.

Audience in the Harry S. Truman Library auditorium. Former President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) has spoken to the audience, then plans to take questions. From: George S. Zimbel Collection.