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Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth

Seven 16-inch phonograph albums, Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth, with highlights from the speeches of featured speakers:

President Harry S. Truman;

Federal Security Agency Administrator, Oscar Ewing;

Executive Secretary of the Association for Aid of Crippled Children, Leonard W. Mayo, "Putting our Present Knowledge to Work;"

Professor of Education at the University of Chicago, Allison Davis, "Social and Economic Factors in Personality Development;"

Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")

Former president Harry S. Truman talks about how rewarding it is to talk to youngsters and have them ask questions about what's going on in the world. He says, "I feel always uplifted when they do that," and "you'll find out that these youngsters are vitally interested in the welfare of the country and they want to do the right thing by it." 

Early Snapshot of James E. Webb with Unidentified People in Swimwear

Snapshot of three men and a woman, in bathing dress, standing by a swimming pool. James E. Webb, who was Director of the Bureau of the Budget from 1946-1949, is on the right. The others are unidentified. The photo is from the James E. Webb papers, and it is concluded that the series of snapshots numbered 97-1653 through 97-1727 are of places he had visited and his relatives or acquaintances. Each includes an original snapshot size negative and is on a contact sheet of three pictures a page.