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President Harry S. Truman's remarks to members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. He tells a story of his grandmother, who routed a band of Indians by herself. The end of his remarks were cut off the recording. The President spoke in the Rose Garden at the White House at 12:10 p.m. The Committee met in Washington on November 4 and 5. The Committee had recently announced plans for a recruiting drive to focus the Nation's attention on the urgency of the defense effort and to increase the percentage of women in the services.