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Murray, Philip, 1886-1952

President Truman's Remarks to Delegates to a CIO-PAC Rally

President Harry S. Truman's remarks to delegates to a CIO-PAC Rally. The President spoke at 12:35 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. In his opening remarks he referred to Philip Murray, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, who had introduced the President to the assembly as "the greatest friend that labor has had in my lifetime." Later the President referred to Jack Kroll, director of the Political Action Committee of the CIO.