Memorials

This recording is a compilation of three items related to Dr. Henry G. Bennett, president of Oklahoma A&M and director of the Point Four program. Part 1: Gene Shipley, farm reporter for WIBW news, interviews Dr. Bennett in Stillwater, OK. Dr. Bennett speaks on the post-World War II status of Oklahoma A & M College and its welcoming of military veterans as students. He gives many details about the campus, housing, curriculum, and student population. This interview lasts 8:30. Part 2: Dr. Bennett is heard speaking to the alumni of A & M College about the status of the college.

President Harry S. Truman's remarks broadcast as part of a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Program at the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, NY. President Truman's recorded remarks were delivered from Kansas City and start around 13:00. The President spoke at 3:40 p.m. from his room in the Muehlebach Hotel in Kansas City, MO. Also included in the recording are remarks by Henry Morgenthau, Reverend Frank Wilson, and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. After the president's remarks is a recording of the National Anthem. This program was broadcast nationwide, and this recording is by NBC.

President Harry S. Truman's remarks at the dedication of a Memorial Plaque honoring Pvt. Leslie Coffelt. The President spoke at 12:40 p.m. at the Blair House in Washington. In his opening words he referred to Capt. Russell B. Wine, U.S. Army, national president of the National Sojourners. Private Coffelt, a member of the White House Police, was killed during the assassination attempt on the President on November 1, 1950. The plaque was presented by the National Sojourners, a patriotic military Masonic organization. Private Coffelt was a Mason.