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Matthew Connelly receives a report from the General Motors fact finding panel, tasked with resolving the dispute between the company and the United Auto Workers. From left to right, Milton Eisenhower, Lloyd Garrison, and Matthew Connelly, Appointment Secretary to President Harry S. Truman. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 2.

Staff Sergeant Eugene List (right), presents a copy of sheet music that he played at the Potsdam Conference to President Harry S. Truman (left). He played the piano at a dinner that President Truman hosted for Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Joseph Stalin and other Allied leaders.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with George E. Allen (right), who resigned from his post as Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. His successor, John D. Goodloe, stands in the center. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.

From left to right, newly sworn in Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, and outgoing Secretary of State James F. Byrnes have a good laugh. Visible in the background between General Marshall and President Truman is Secretary of War Robert Patterson. Visible in the background behind Mr. Byrnes is Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman delivers his State of the Union Address to the members of the 80th Congress. All others are unidentified. From: scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 3.

On center stage, President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech to a large crowd on the South Grounds of the White House. The recently lit Christmas Tree is on the right, and the White House is in the background on the left. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.

George C. Marshall (left) is taking the oath for the position of Secretary of State, as President Harry S. Truman (center, background) looks on. Marshall is sworn in by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson (right). Visible in the background behind President Truman are, from left to right: Senator Arthur Vandenburg (partially obscured by Marshall's shoulder), Rear Admiral James Foskett, Major General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and Attorney General Tom Clark. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

The Cabinet members meet with President Harry S. Truman and his family outside the White House to accompany him to Capitol Hill as he delivers the State of the Union address. From left to right, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Attorney General Tom Clark, Secretary of War Robert Patterson, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Bess Wallace Truman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, and Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach.

President Harry S. Truman (center) delivers the State of the Union Address to the members of the 80th Congress from the rostrum. Seated behind President Truman are Senator Arthur Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph Martin. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

A closeup of President Harry S. Truman delivering the State of the Union Address to the members of Congress. In the background is President Pro Tempore of the Senate Arthur H. Vandenberg (left) and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin (right). From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.