Radio addresses, debates, etc.

President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk before a microphone announcing the end of World War II in Europe.

President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk smiling at an unidentified assistant at the time of his announcement of the end of World War II in Europe.

President Harry S. Truman seated at a desk before a microphone announcing the end of World War II in Europe. An unidentified photographer in the foreground is taking his picture.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson tells the nation over a national network, that the world will watch the Chinese Communists in Korea and in the United Nations and will decide whether they represent China or are dupes of others.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson makes a radio-television broadcast to the nation from Washington. Speaking about the Lisbon NATO meetings, Acheson said that "giant strides" were made at the conferences, but warned that "vigorous" measures were still needed.

President Truman took to the air tonight, explaining his veto of the OPA Bill, to the American people. The President said that the Extension Bill was a choice between "inflation with a statute and inflation without one." He said that if the bill becomes law, the people of the country would think they had a workable price control law but would soon come to a "bitter realization" of the truth. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman again took to the air waves tonight, discussing the administration's wage-price policy. It was described as one of the most important speeches of his career in the domestic field. From: Beth Gore.

Mrs. Franklin D. (Eleanor) Roosevelt, broadcasting for her husband, the President of the United States, on his 63rd birthday, shown at the microphones at the White House with Basil O'Connor, Chairman of the National Infantile Paralysis Fund. From: Beth Gore.

In a special broadcast from Washington, Undersecretary of State Joseph C. Grew warned that Japan has prepared herself for a long time to carry on the war after Germany's defeat. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman tonight made his annual appeal by radio in support of the Community Chest Drive. From: Beth Gore.