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Bess Truman Appears on March of Dimes Broadcast

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Recording Date(s)
January 7, 1946
Accession Number
SR64-23
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First Lady Bess Truman, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., Cornelia Otis Skinner, and actress Elizabeth Taylor appear on behalf of the 1946 "March of Dimes" broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System, from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, 3:15 P.M. EST. The broadcast explains what efforts are being done on behalf of infantile paralysis patients and recalls President Roosevelt's efforts to help polio patients. Recorded in four parts.

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