President Truman's press secretary, Charles Ross (fifth from the left), points to a painting in the Oval Office called "The Peacemakers" by George P. A. Healy. It depicts President Lincoln's meeting in March, 1865 with General Grant, General Sherman, and Admiral Porter. The painting was recently purchased with White House maintenance funds for $10,000.
President Harry S. Truman (left) blessed by the Most Reverend Archbishop Athenagoras of the Greek Orthodox Church.
President Harry S. Truman (right) awards the Medal of Honor to Commander Richard N. Antrim in a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House.
President Harry S. Truman with the Special Committee on Civil Rights. They are posing in the oval office. L to R: Right Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church; Channing Tobias, of New York City, Director of Phelps-Stokes Fund; Richard Potter, a guest not on the committee; Rabbi Roland G. Gittelsohn, Rockville Center, New York; Francis P. Matthews, Omaha, Nebraska; Morris Ernst, New York City; John S. Dickey (rear), President of Dartmouth College; James B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer of the C.I.O.; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. E.
President Harry S. Truman (left) and O. Max Gardner. Gardner is departing for London, England, as the new United States Ambassador.