Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 3. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This recording deals with such subjects as: the 1948 campaign; how he was helped by his Battery D boys.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to members of the Eighth Annual Institute on the Preservation and Administration of Archives. The President spoke at 12:50 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. The Institute, held in Washington, June 16-July 11, was under the direction of the American University in cooperation with the Library of Congress, the National Archives and Records Service, and the Maryland Hall of Records.
President Truman shakes hands with Governor-elect Sidney McMath of Arkansas and Leslie L. Biffle, a native of Arkansas, when the President and other officials dropped in on the Arkansas Society State Meeting today in Washington, D.C. Left to Right; John Steelman, Assistant to the President; President Harry S. Truman; John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury; Governor-elect McMath; and Leslie L. Biffle, slated to become the Secretary of the Senate. From: Houston Post.
Color group photo of President Harry S. Truman and staff in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, taken during the President's post-election vacation. Left to right, front row, are William Hassett, Vice President Alben Barkley, President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, and John Steelman. Standing are Donald Dawson, Eben Ayers, Colonel Robert B. Landry, Major General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, Brig. General Wallace Graham, Captain Robert Dennison, William Bray, and Jonathan W. Daniels. (Same as 65-2383.