Harris & Ewing

Airbrushed portrait of House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin at his desk. From: Beth Gore

Rep. Helen D. Mankin, (D), Georgia, after taking her oath of office. From: Beth Gore

Shown here against a backdrop of the Capitol Dome, is Mrs. Helen D. Mankin (D), Georgia. She represents nearly a half million people in the Fifth Congressional District of Georgia. From: Beth Gore

Photo of Representative Helen Mankin (D) Georgia (center), taking her oath of office. She replaced Rep. Ramspeck who resigned to take an airline post. She is shown here with Speaker Sam Rayburn (Right) and Rep. Carl Vinson, Georgia, Chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee. From: Beth Gore.

W.L. MacKenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, shown leaving the White House. The Prime Minister said President Truman would soon pay a visit to Canada. The Prime Minister had been visiting at Virginia Beach and stopped for three days in Washington en route to Canada. From: Beth Gore.

Pfc. Jacklyn H. Lucas, 17, of Belhaven, NC, is congratulated by his girlfriend Carolyn Brown on the South Lawn of the White House after he received the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman. Pfc. Lucas joined the Marines at the age of 14 and was wounded when he covered two grenades with his body on Iwo Jima. From: Beth Gore

Charles Luckman, Chairman of the President's Citizen's Food Committee, displays the new food saving poster at his first press conference at the White House. From: Beth Gore

President Truman reported to the nation tonight on the food situation, as did Charles Luckman, right, head of the Citizen's Food Committee. It marked the first time that television has entered the White House to televise a broadcast, as photographed here. From: Beth Gore

This candid photo of Senator Scott W. Lucas was taken during a session of the Congressional Pearl Harbor Committee. From: Beth Gore

Robert A. Lovett, former Assistant Secretary of War, after being nominated to succeed Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson. From: Beth Gore