International News Photos

Aboard the USS Missouri at sea, the President, a land-lubber, is right pleased with himself as he poses in what he calls his six-star Admiral's cap" aboard the USS Missouri. Mrs. Truman (right) for her part, prefers a tropical pith helmet." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (center) waves from a train while campaigning in California with James Roosevelt (third from left). All others are unidentified. Taken from the campaign scrapbook of HST.

President Harry S. Truman (center at lectern) speaks to a joint session of Congress and the nation about the railroad strike. Standing behind the president, under the American flag are Senator Walter F. George and Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn.

President Harry S. Truman (at lectern) speaks to a joint session of Congress about the railroad strike. Senator Walter F. George (left) and Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn (right) sit behind the president. (see 59-1125)

From his desk in the Oval Office of the White House, President Harry S. Truman (left) watches as John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers (right) and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug (center) sign the new contracts that ended the coal miner strike. Vice Admiral Ben Moreell stands in the background, left. The other two men standing in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman steps out of a car holding a notebook and wearing a hat. He is probably on his way in to the Capitol Building to give his speech to the joint session of Congress on proposed railroad strike legislation.

In the Oval Office of the White House, President Harry S. Truman (front-left) shakes hands with John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers. Secretary of the Interior, Julius Krug, shakes hands with John O'Leary. Vice Admiral Ben Moreell is in the background, center, and another unidentified man looks on, right. The moment commemorates the signing of a new labor contract with the coal miners that ended the strike begun in April, 1946.

While Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was holding a press conference in Kansas City, an old friend walked in -- Harry S. Truman. Mrs. Roosevelt greeted the former President cordially and the photographer caught them in a jovial mood following on Mr. Truman's comical remarks. From: Houston Post.

Former President Harry S. Truman waves his statement to the press at his Waldorf-Astoria press conference. He is addressing a subpoena to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee about the Harry Dexter White case. From: Houston Post.

U.S. District Judge Albert A. Ridge shakes hands with his WWI Captain, former President Harry S. Truman. The occasion was just before the annual Armistice Day dinner of Battery D, at which "Captain Harry" was surprised with a $2,000 check for his memorial library. From: Houston Post.