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Seven 16-inch phonograph albums, Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth, with highlights from the speeches of featured speakers:

President Harry S. Truman;

Federal Security Agency Administrator, Oscar Ewing;

Executive Secretary of the Association for Aid of Crippled Children, Leonard W. Mayo, "Putting our Present Knowledge to Work;"

Professor of Education at the University of Chicago, Allison Davis, "Social and Economic Factors in Personality Development;"

President Harry S. Truman's Message to the Special Session of the 80th Congress. The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. from the U.S. Capitol building. His address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. This is the second part of the speech only. For the full speech, see SR61-30.

The Wiley College choir under the direction of Gilbert Allen performs music on ABC radio. Wiley College of Marshall, TX, is a historically black college. The choir performs: Tchaikovsky's motet "O Praise Ye God;" Allen's arrangement of the spiritual "Amen;" Sergei Rachmaninoff's hymn "We Praise Thee;" Allen's arrangement of "We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace;" and two spirituals arranged by Hall Johnson, "Fix Me," and "I've Been 'Buked." The radio broadcast is undated, but the date is inferred based on the other item on the disc, which is a speech by President Truman.

WOR Electrical Transcription disc labeled, Democratic National Committee. "Operation Price Control." The story of meat with the voices of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman. 10-2073.

President Harry S. Truman's Rear Platform Remarks, Wolf Point, Montana, September 29, 1952, 10:50 p.m. Transcript available in the Public Papers of the Presidents. The president gave two speeches in Wolf Point during his visit--this one late at night, and one early the next morning. Truman was campaigning on behalf of Adlai Stevenson for president.

Two Democratic party political radio programs from the 1950 election by India Edwards, executive director of the women's division of the Democratic National Party. The first part addresses the reaction to the Korean War; the second part addresses the national economy and uses a Tom Sawyer metaphor.

President Harry S. Truman's rear platform remarks in Reading, PA. President Truman spoke from the platform near the Outer Reading Railroad Station at 7:58 p.m. He was campaigning for Adlai Stevenson.

President Harry S. Truman's address opening the President's Second Highway Safety Conference. The President spoke at 11:30 a.m. at the opening meeting of the conference. Maj. Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Federal Works Administrator, presided over the conference as general chairman. President Truman's remarks are in the public domain. Also appearing on this recording is Hugh White of the state of Missouri Highway Patrol. Recordings of others may be subject to copyright. Recording skips significantly.

A series of non-partisan public service announcements encouraging all Americans to vote in the upcoming 1950 election. Includes a five minute recording by Vice President Alben Barkley, followed by 12 shorter voting PSAs.

Radio program in two parts commemorating Democratic Women's Day, sponsored by the women's division of the Democratic National Committee. India Edwards, executive director or the women's division, hosts the program. Guests include Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Georgia Neese Clark, Frieda Hennock, Ollie Remington Goldman, Perle Mesta, and Eugenie Anderson.