International News Photos

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated) attends a Christmas Bag Party to give presents to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right) at the children's emergency home of the Central Union Mission, Washington, D.C.

Bess Wallace Truman (front row, second from the left) and others watching a show which included the clown seen in the foreground.

Bess Wallace Truman (front row, right) and others take in a show.

Bess Wallace Truman and Representative Jessie Sumner at the Spanish Club Luncheon held at the Canadian Embassy.

Bess Wallace Truman and her Independence, Missouri, bridge club at the White House. From left to right: Mrs. Leslie (Mary) Shaw, Mrs. Thomas (Adelaide) Twyman, Mrs. Frank (Natalie) Wallace, Mrs. Mize (Lucy) Peters, Margaret Truman, Mrs. James H. (Anne) Boyle (mostly obscured behind Margaret), Mrs. George (May) Wallace, Mrs. E. K. (Helena) Crow, Bess Wallace Truman, Mrs. Melvin (Thelma) Pollette, Mrs. James C. (Mag) Noel, Mrs. John (Edna) Hutchison, and Mrs. Oscar (Linda) King.

Bess Wallace Truman (right) talking to a nurse and girl in a therapy bath. Mrs. Truman was visiting the hospital in relationship to the polio drive that was taking place.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a joint session of Congress regarding monetary aid and military advisors for Greece and Turkey. Behind him (left to right) is President Pro-tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg and Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr. can be seen.

President Harry S. Truman addressing a Joint Session of the 80th Congress, requesting aid for Greece and Turkey (Truman Doctrine). On the front row, lower right foreground, from left to right are Cabinet Secretaries John Snyder, Dean Acheson, Robert Patterson, Tom Clark, James Forrestal, Clinton Anderson, W. Averell Harriman, and Lewis Schwellenbach.

Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson signs North Atlantic Treaty. Canadian Ambassador to the United States H.H. Wrong stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands right. President Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson look on in the background. Donor: Dorothy Girton

Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Dirk U. Stikker signs North Atlantic Treaty. Netherlands Ambassador to the United States Eelco van Kleffens stands at left; John W. Foley of the United States State Department Treaty Affairs Department stands at right. President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and Canadian Foreign Minister Lester Pearson look on. Donor: Dorothy Girton