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President Truman and Winston Churchill in Fulton, Missouri

ABC's radio coverage of President Harry S. Truman's and former Prime Minister Winston Churchill's appearance at Fulton, MO, where they both received honorary degrees from Westminster College, under the auspices of the Green Foundation lecture series. President Truman introduces Mr. Churchill, who gave a speech entitled "The Sinews of Peace," where he introduced the concept of an Iron Curtain descending across Europe. The recording is in five parts and covers much of the ceremony.

President Truman's Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Situation in Korea

President Harry S. Truman's speech was broadcast from the White House at 10 p.m. Recording was in two sections; there's a brief break where the second section begins. The speech is followed by the National Anthem, then music by the NBC orchestra, "March of the Kings." President Truman's speech is in the public domain, but music may be restricted.

Louis F. Budenz Speaking to the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities

Louis F. Budenz, currently an assistant professor of economics at Fordham University in New York City and former editor of the Communist Daily Worker newspaper, testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, DC. He told the committee that the Soviet government is engaged in a "war of nerves" against the U.S. and asserted "it could go to military conflict." From: Beth Gore