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President Truman with reporters and photographers in new press conference room at Old State Department building

Still and newsreel photographers were permitted today for the first time to photograph President Harry S. Truman's meeting with reporters in the new press conference headquarters in the Old State Department Building (later known as the Old Executive Office Building). From: Beth Gore.

President Truman returns to Washington from South American Trip

President Truman returned to Washington today completing a 10,845 mile trip to South America. He is shown here leaving the Presidential Yacht Williamsburg which carried him to Norfolk, VA. At the White House awaiting Mr. Truman was a three weeks accumulation of work which had piled up during his first real vacation since he took office in April, 1945. From: Beth Gore.

President Truman on radio addressing nation

President Truman took to the air tonight, explaining his veto of the OPA Bill, to the American people. The President said that the Extension Bill was a choice between "inflation with a statute and inflation without one." He said that if the bill becomes law, the people of the country would think they had a workable price control law but would soon come to a "bitter realization" of the truth. From: Beth Gore.

Joseph Davies, President Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and Harry Hopkins

Two envoys of President Harry S. Truman today reported to him at the White House in an early morning meeting: Harry Hopkins, just back from Moscow, and Joseph E. Davies, who was in London. Left to right, standing: Mr. Davies, Admiral Leahy, the President's Personal Chief of Staff; and Mr. Hopkins. The President is seated. From: Beth Gore.