International News Photos

President Harry S. Truman presents Charles Ross II, the grandson of the White House Press Secretary, to newsmen. This happened shortly before President Truman's departure from Washington on his Eastern Campaign trip. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman made a one-day campaign trip through Pennsylvania, and made this stop in Scranton. In this photo he lays a wreath on the statue of the late John Mitchell who was at one time President of the United Mine Workers Union. The men off to the left are unnamed coal miners. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman meets with the Interim Committee on the Headquarters of United Nations in the Oval Office at the White House. From left to right, Dr. Shushi Hsu of China, President Truman, and Dr. Stojan Gavrilovic of Yugoslavia. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

James A. Farley (foreground), Ex-Postmaster General and former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, applauds the entrance of President Harry S. Truman (left, background) to the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in the Mayflower Hotel. Matthew Connelly greets President Truman in the center background. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (center) speaks to large crowd on his 1948 Campaign, possibly at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, North Carolina. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Presidential Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly receives a report from the General Motors fact finding panel that resolved the General Motors and United Auto Workers dispute. From left to right, Milton Eisenhower, Lloyd Garrison, and Matthew Connelly. From the Scrapbook of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (left), an unidentified young woman (center), and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) at a nation-wide radio broadcast from the White House to promote fundraising efforts for infantile paralysis. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Matthew Connelly (left), Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman, accepts a sack of potatoes from Senator Francis J. Myers (right), as Nina Herschner (center) looks on. Ms. Herschner is the Pennsylvania Potato Blossom Queen and from Felton, Pennsylvania.

President Harry S. Truman (left) stands next to a "Hoover Cart" with the Governor of North Carolina, Gregg Cherry (right) at a campaign stop in Raleigh, North Carolina. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Maurice Latta (left) points at President Harry Truman's signature as Matthew Connelly (right) holds the bill that authorized emergency relief to France, Italy, and Austria.