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President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (right) in the Oval Office.

Jersey Joe Walcott, heavyweight champion of the world calls on President Truman at the White House. From left to right: Oliver Cowan, Joe Walcott, Walcott's manager, Felix Bocchicchio, and Reverend Elder Solomon Lightfoot Michaux. Others in background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) presents First Lieutenant Henry Commiskey (right) of the United States Marine Corps with the Medal of Honor for heroism in Korea in a Rose Garden ceremony. Commiskey's family looks on. Also present is Under Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett (bald man, third row, second from left). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman greets representatives from the Sixth Annual American Legion Boys Nation.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) meets with President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines (seated, right). Standing are the Filipino Ambassador to the United States, Joaquin Elizalde (left) and the United States Ambassador to the Philippines, Myron Cowen.

President Harry S. Truman (left) apparently receiving the gift of a cane from President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines (center). The man to the right is Joaquin Elizalde, Filipino Ambassador to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) receives a doll from Korean educator Dr. Helen Kim (seated, right). Dr. John Myun Chang, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States (standing, left) and Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, Chaplain of the Senate (standing, right) look on.

Photograph taken from overhead, showing President Harry S. Truman speaking to a group of foreign journalists in the White House Rose Garden.

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (right) and the Ambassador of Israel to the United States, Abba Eban (standing) in a gift ceremony in the Oval Office.

President Harry S. Truman (left) meets with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (right) and Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban (standing) in a gift ceremony in the Oval Office.