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President Harry S. Truman's address on foreign policy at the luncheon of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The President spoke at 2 p.m. at the Hotel Statler in Washington. His opening words "Mr. Chairman" referred to B. M. McKelway of the Washington Star, president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. In the course of his remarks he referred to Mark Ethridge, publisher of the Louisville Times and the Louisville Courier-Journal, Erwin D. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, and Dr. Harvie Branscomb, chancellor of Vanderbilt University. The annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors was held in Washington, April 20-27, 1950.
This recording is approximately the last third of the speech. It is followed by music, an advertisement for cameos and jewelry for Mother's Day, and multiple takes for a silverware ad, on the CBS radio network. The Truman speech portion of this recording is in the public domain. The rest of the recording may not be.