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Secretary of State Dean Acheson signs the Atlantic defense treaty for the United States, April 4, 1949. Vice President Alben W. Barkley, left, and Pre...

Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is shown April 1, 1949 in his New York hotel suite during a visit to the city. (AP Pho...

President Harry Truman, foreground, left of center, with members of the National Press Club, is shown when he attended the 41st anniversary reception...

Associated Press science editor Howard Blakeslee stands beside earth fill barricade at Rochester, N.Y., which is built next to the building of the cyc...

President Harry Truman and first lady Bess Truman inspect gifts presented to them at the White House, March, 28, 1949 by a delegation of Greeks in obs...

President Harry Truman, right, congratulates James V. Forrestal after presenting the Distinguished Service medal to him in a surprise ceremony at the...

President Harry Truman, left, receives and honorary card to the Shrine Circus to be held in Washington, March 25, 1949, from Howard S. Payne, captain...

President Harry Truman awards a Distinguished Service medal to fleet admiral Williams D. Leahy, 73, in a surprise ceremony at the White House, March 2...

Winston Churchill gives his famous

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., sits at a desk in his New York City office, on March 24, 1949. The son of the late president has announced his candidacy...

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., sits at a desk in his New York City office, on March 24, 1949. The son of the late president has announced his candidacy...

President Harry Truman asks a million fewer work accident annually as he addressed president's conference on Industrial Safety at the Labor Department...

President Harry Truman shakes hands with James V. Forrestal after a speech in which he praised the

Ralph Beard of Kentucky falls as he grabs loose ball in second half of NCAA Eastern regional game against Villanova in Madison Square Garden in New Yo...

Mayor George W. Welsh of Grand Rapids, Mich., right, shakes hands with President Harry Truman as the chief executive arrived to address meeting of...

President Harry Truman (center), denounces

President Harry Truman (left) shakes hands with Louis A. Johnson, who has been nominated to be Secretary of Defense, at Washington's National Airport...

San Francisco center Joe McNamee (16) appears to be getting a helping hand from Loyola guard Jim Nicholl (11) as he goes up for a rebound off Loyola b...

President Harry Truman, tanned and smiling, sits in his car at National Airport, on March 19, 1949 after his return by plane from a two weeks vacation...

President Harry Truman, tanned and smiling, sits in his car at National Airport, on March 19, 1949 after his return by plane from a two weeks vacation...

President Harry Truman presenting the Sonarman Class with their diplomas at Key West, Florida, on March 18, 1949. The school trains men in the tech...

President Harry Truman is shown presenting the Sonarman Class with their diplomas at Key West, Florida, on March 18, 1949. The school trains men i...

President Harry Truman in a vacation press conference at Key West, Florida, on March 18, 1949, voiced hope of enactment of major part of his program...

President Harry Truman in a vacation press conference at Key West, Florida, on March 18, 1949, voiced hope of enactment of major part of his program...

President Harry S. Truman (waving pith helmet) tries his luck at deep sea fishing from a Navy crash boat in Key West, Florida, on March 16, 1949. He...

President Harry S. Truman (waving pith helmet) tries his luck at deep sea fishing from a Navy crash boat in Key West, Florida, on March 16, 1949. He...

President Harry S. Truman (left) and John R. Steelman, Presidential advisor, leave the

President Harry S. Truman (left) and John R. Steelman, Presidential Advisor, leave the

General George C. Marshall visits with President Harry S. Truman, in Key West, Florida, on March 15, 1949. Marshall's visit was

General George C. Marshall visits with President Harry S. Truman, in Key West, Florida, on March 15, 1949. Marshall's visit was

These leaders gathered to meet with the president at the

These leaders gathered to meet with the president at the

Fired by a Mother's Day sermon in 1946 after the lost her son in war, Mrs. Victoria Booth Demarest founded World Association of Mothers for peace. I...

Fired by a Mother's Day sermon in 1946 after the lost her son in war, Mrs. Victoria Booth Demarest founded World Association of Mothers for peace. I...

Johnny Sain, Boston Braves pitcher who won 24 games last year while losing 15, pitches at Bradenton spring training camp, March 15, 1949. (AP Photo/Pr...

Johnny Sain, Boston Braves pitcher who won 24 games last year while losing 15, pitches at Bradenton spring training camp, March 15, 1949. (AP Photo/Pr...

Johnny Sain, Boston Braves pitcher who won 24 games last year while losing 15, pitches at Bradenton spring training camp, March 15, 1949. (AP Photo/Pr...

Ralph Beard, left, of Kentucky, and Jim Nicholl, of Chicago Loyola pursue a loose ball in the National Invitational basketball tourney game in Madison...

Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson paid President Harry S. Truman a visit at the

President Harry S. Truman (left), pulls rope which drops a commemorative stone from his boyhood home, Grandview, Mo., into place in Rollins College Wa...

President Harry Truman stands under the wing of his presidential plane,

President Harry Truman pulls rope which drops into place a commemorative stone in the walk of quadrangle at Rollins College on March 8, 1949 in Winter...

Truman arrives for Rollins College degree in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 1949. Left to right: President Harry S. Truman; President Hamilton Holt, of...

Federal Judge Harold R. Medina sits in his chambers in Federal Courthouse, New York, on March 7, 1949. The jurist denied a motion by defense attorney...

President Harry Truman arrived at Key West on March 6, 1949 for a two-week vacation. On hand to meet him was Chief of Staff Adm. William Leahy (le...

Ernest Vaccaro (right, bareheaded), a reporter for the associated press, is interviewed at Boca Chica Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, on March...

Ernest Vaccaro (right, bareheaded), a reporter for the associated press, is interviewed at Boca Chica Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, on March...

President Harry Truman with pad and pencil in hand greeted the White House press group when they landed at Boca Chica Naval Air Station on March 6,...

President Harry Truman (second from left) presents a $500 check for the Raymond Clapper Memorial Award to Peter Edson (second from right), Newspaper...

Robert G. Nixon, International News Service Washington Bureau, from Atlanta, Ga., new president of the White House correspondent association; Preside...