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President Truman's Address at the National Conference on Citizenship, Selected Excerpts

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.

President Truman's Address at the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner, Statler Hotel

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner, Statler Hotel, Washington, DC. In his opening words the President referred to Wilson W. Wyatt, chairman of the dinner, and Senator J. Howard McGrath, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast and was televised as far west as St. Louis, MO. NOTE: President Truman gave two different speeches at dinners at two different hotels this date. This one is the Statler Hotel speech.