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Recording Date(s)
September 12, 1951
Accession Number
SR59-307
Description
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to the National Citizens' Committee for United Nations Day. The President spoke at 12:10 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. He was presented with the first copy of a United Nations cookbook sponsored by the Committee ("The World's Favorite Recipes," Harper & Brothers, New York, 1951) and with a pound cake made from a recipe which First Lady Bess Truman had contributed for the book. On the same day, the President signed Proclamation 2944 "United Nations Day, 1951" (3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 129).
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Speakers
Original Format(s)
Production and Copyright
U.S. Army Signal Corps
National Archives Identifier (NAID)