Washington, DC, Department of the Interior Auditorium

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.

President Harry S. Truman's remarks at the showing of a film, "The Great Flood," of flooding in the Middle West. The announcer says this was at Constitution Hall, but the president's appointment book says this was at the auditorium of the Interior Department.