Presidential campaign, 1948

BBC Series, "The Buck Stops Here. "Interview of Strom Thurmond conducted by John Major. Thurmond talks about his running for president in 1948 (on the Dixiecrat ticket). He discusses Thomas Dewey and seems to have low regard for President Harry S. Truman. He does give Truman credit for some things. Transcript of recording is in sound recording acquisitions case file under BBC. Reel 1: Length, 14 min. 23 sec. BBC Tape No. YLN09/504V537

Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 3. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This recording deals with such subjects as: the 1948 campaign; how he was helped by his Battery D boys. 

Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 1, Side A. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This recording deals with such subjects as: advice to young politicians; Alonzo Fields; Martha Ellen Truman's visit to the White House; 1948 Democratic convention and election; discussion of historical elections.

Representative Mary Norton (D-NJ) appears as a guest on the Democratic National Committee's political program, discussing inflation and the high costs of living, which are the result of the Republican 80th Congress. Actor Melvyn Douglas also makes remarks encouraging listeners to vote for Harry Truman on election day. This was the last of the Democratic Record Show series leading up to the 1948 election. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.

Dorothy Vredenburgh, Secretary of the Democratic National Committee, makes remarks on a political program by the Democratic National Committee called the Democratic Record Show. Governor Thomas Dewey makes brief remarks as well. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.

Mary McLeod Bethune of the National Council of Negro Women makes remarks on a political program by the Democratic National Committee called the Democratic Record Show. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.

Gladys Dickason, a union leader, makes remarks on a political program by the Democratic National Committee called the Democratic Record Show. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.

Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas (D-CA) makes remarks on a political program by the Democratic National Committee called the Democratic Record Show. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.

Eleanor Wilson McAdoo makes remarks on a political program by the Democratic National Committee called the Democratic Record Show. In three parts.

Senator Robert Taft's declaration to "eat less" is given the booby prize for cutting costs during this political program by the Democratic National Committee called the Democratic Record Show. The show criticizes the Republican 80th Congress, which has failed to curb the high costs of living. Katharine Elkus White, special assistant to India Edwards, appears as a guest speaker. Originally two discs, 12 inches, in three parts.