Flood damage

Remarks of President Harry S. Truman after viewing the flood disaster in the Kansas City area. The President spoke at 5:45 p.m. at the airport in Grandview, Missouri, after viewing the disaster area from the air. His remarks were broadcast. Accompanying the President on the inspection trip were Charles E. Wilson, Director, Office of Defense Mobilization; Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, United States Army; Donald E. Smith, Director of the Kansas City Commodity Stabilization Office, Department of Agriculture; and Chester W.

President Harry S. Truman's remarks on the floods in the Upper Missouri and Mississippi Valleys. The President spoke at 2:25 p.m. at Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska. The seven Governors that met with the President were Val Peterson of Nebraska, Sigurd Anderson of South Dakota, C. Norman Brunsdale of North Dakota, William S. Beardsley of Iowa, Walter J. Kohler, Jr. of Wisconsin, C. Elmer Anderson of Minnesota, and Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois. During his remarks the President referred to Lt. Gen. Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers of the United States Army.

President Harry S. Truman's 300th news conference, held in the auditorium of the National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), Washington, D.C., at 4:30 p.m., on Thursday, April 17, 1952. The news conference was held for the American Society of Newspaper Editors as well as the regular White House newspaper correspondents. Motion pictures and still photographs were taken at the conference. Topics discussed include: introduction and statement by the President's Secretary, Joseph H. Short, on press protocol; statement of appreciation to the President by Alexander F.

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.