President Harry S. Truman invited the media into the newly renovated White House to give a televised tour of the work. Representatives from NBC, CBS, and ABC accompanied the president on the tour: Bryson Rash, Frank Bourgholtzer and Walter Cronkite. This recording is a radio adaptation of that tour. In two parts.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to a group of students from Kansas high schools. The President spoke at 3:05 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. In his opening remarks he referred to Frank F. Eckdall, Commander of the Kansas Department of Veterans of foreign Wars, who introduced him to the students.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks upon receiving the key to the newly-renovated White House, North Portico. A gold key was presented by Jess Larson, Director of the General Services Administration. President Truman and First Lady Bess Truman moved back into the White House after several years of living at Blair House.
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.