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President Harry S. Truman's Address at the National Conference on Citizenship. This tape contains selected excerpted highlights. The President spoke at 11:50 a.m. at the Statler Hotel in Washington. In his opening words he referred to Corma Mowrey, president of the National Education Association, and Attorney General J. Howard McGrath. The sixth annual meeting of the National Conference on Citizenship was sponsored by the Department of Justice and the National Education Association. From: Tom Evans.

Pre-recorded coverage of the Fourteenth Conference National Council of Negro Women. The occasion is International Night, observing the fourth anniversary of the United Nations, from the Departmental Auditorium in Washington, DC. Jean Putnam narrates the progression of the evening. The first speaker is Mary McLeod Bethune, founder and president of the National Council of Negro Women. Ambassador of India Lakshmi Pandit speaks next, regarding the importance of peace. Dr. Ralph Bunche, head of the Trusteeship Department of the United Nations speaks next. Finally, Congressman William L.

Dedication ceremony for Thomas Hart Benton's mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West," at the Harry S. Truman Library. Full recording is 41:35; former president Harry S. Truman's remarks are 3:15.

Former president Harry S. Truman's Remarks at the presentation of a bust of Dean Acheson; Truman's remarks are 2:00. Dean Acheson speech and presentation of a bust of him. Presentation made at the Truman Library March 31, 1962 in the Library Auditorium.

President Harry S. Truman's address in San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House, October 17, 1950. The speech was given subsequent to the President's Wake Island Conference with General MacArthur. The President spoke at 8:30 p.m. In his opening remarks he referred to Mayor Elmer E. Robinson of San Francisco. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.

President Harry S. Truman's address in St. Louis at the site of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The President spoke at 3 p.m. from a platform erected on the riverfront in St. Louis. In his opening words he referred to W. Smart Symington, Chairman of the National Security Resources Board, Forrest Smith, Governor of Missouri, Joseph M. Darst, Mayor of St. Louis, and the Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, Archbishop of St. Louis. In the course of his remarks the President referred to Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States.

President Harry S. Truman's remarks at the election victory celebration in Independence, MO. The President spoke at 8 p.m. His opening words "Mr. Mayor" referred to Mayor Roger T. Sermon of Independence.

Radio remarks on Election Eve, Senator Alben Barkley and President Harry S. Truman. Senator Alben Barkley speaks first from Kentucky and introduces President Truman. The President spoke at 9:37 p.m. from his home in Independence, MO. The remarks were carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. Total length: 15 min. HST: 5 min. 32 sec. 

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. He is introduced to the crowd by New York Democratic Committeewoman, Alice Campbell Good. The President spoke at 9:30 p.m. During his address he referred to Secretary of State George C. Marshall, former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, former Senator from Pennsylvania Joseph R. Grundy, and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. The Democratic National Committee paid for the air time of this campaign speech, as broadcast by CBS.

President Harry S. Truman's campaign speech in Oklahoma City on communism. The President spoke at 4 p.m. from the grandstand at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.