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President Harry S. Truman's address before a Joint Session of Congress in observance of the 50th anniversary of Cuban independence. The President spoke at 12:17 p.m. In his opening words he referred to Representative Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives; Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, President pro tempore of the Senate; Guillermo Belt, Cuban Ambassador to the United States; and Senator Edward Martin of Pennsylvania, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Arrangements. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. The prepared text in the Public Papers contains additional paragraphs not verbally delivered by the President. Text released in English and Spanish.