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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.

Radio interview with Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and Senator Harold H. Burton of Ohio and Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri on energy conservation.

President Harry S. Truman's rear platform remarks in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This recording also includes reporter commentary by Ed Gundaker, the introduction of President Truman by PA State DNC chairman Colonel Philip Mathews, and additional commentary after the speech. Donor: E. Dan Leibensperger.

Former president Harry S. Truman's revised remarks describing the Oval Office replica at the Harry S. Truman Library. Recorded for museum exhibit. 

CBS's coverage of the Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman. Commentators include Edward R. Murrow and Charles Collingwood. Arrival of the dignitaries on the platform; music by the Marine band; opening prayer by Dr. Edward Pruden; Star-Spangled Banner by Phil Regan; Justice Stanley Reed administers the oath of office to Vice President Barkley; prayer by Rabbi Samuel Thurman; Chief Justice Fred Vinson administers the oath of office to President Harry Truman; President Truman's Inaugural Address starts around 49:30; benediction by Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle; music by the Marine band.

President Harry S. Truman's annual message to a joint session of Congress on the State of the Union. The President spoke at 1 p.m. His address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast.

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.

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.