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President Truman's Address at the 1952 Democratic National Convention

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Democratic National Convention, from the International Amphitheater in Chicago, IL. Broadcast from Convention Hall at 1:43 a.m. The President's opening words "Mr. Chairman" referred to the Honorable Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives and permanent chairman of the convention. In two parts.