President Harry S. Truman's remarks to state and territorial Civil Defense Directors and their assistants, Washington, D.C.. The President received the group in his office at 12:30 p.m. Text of remarks not available in Public Papers.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks upon presenting the 1950 Collier Award Trophy, Washington, D.C. President Truman spoke at 11:55 a.m. in his office at the White House. The Trophy was presented jointly to the helicopter industry, the military services, and the United States Coast Guard for their respective parts in the development and use of rotary-wing aircraft for air rescue operations. Dr. Igor I. Sikorsky represented the helicopter industry; Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett, the military services; and Vice Adm. Merlin O'Neill, Coast Guard Commandant, the Coast Guard.
President Truman's two hundred and seventy-fifth news conference was held in the Indian Treaty Room (Room 474) in the Executive Office Building at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 16, 1951.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to the 73rd General Conference of the National Guard Association, Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The President spoke at 10:30 a.m., telling the story of wearing a blue uniform to his grandmother's house and being told not to bring it back. The 73d General Conference of the National Guard Association of the United States was held in Washington October 22-24, 1951.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks at a breakfast of the National Cartoonist Association. The President spoke at 9:05 a.m. at the Carlton Hotel in Washington. In the course of his remarks he referred to cartoonists Rube Goldberg and Ham Fisher.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to members of the Executive Committee of the Polish Legion of American Veterans. He mentions the composer, Paderewski. The President spoke in the Rose Garden at the White House at 12:15 p.m. His opening words "Mr. Commander" referred to George L. Mark of Cleveland, Ohio, commander of the Polish Legion of American Veterans. The organization presented President Truman with a portrait of himself painted in Warsaw, Poland, in 1946 by Bernard Frydrysiak.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to members of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. He tells a story of his grandmother, who routed a band of Indians by herself. The end of his remarks were cut off the recording. The President spoke in the Rose Garden at the White House at 12:10 p.m. The Committee met in Washington on November 4 and 5. The Committee had recently announced plans for a recruiting drive to focus the Nation's attention on the urgency of the defense effort and to increase the percentage of women in the services.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks upon presentation of the Congressional Medals of Honor to Major Reginald R. Myers, USMC and Major Carl L. Sitter, USMC. An unidentified person reads the first citation for Myers, and President Truman reads the second citation for Sitter. The ceremony took place in the Rose Garden at the White House at 12 p.m. Text of remarks not found in Public Papers.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks on receiving the 1951 Histadrut Humanitarian Award. The President spoke at 12:15 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. The plaque was presented to the President by the National Committee for Labor Israel "in grateful appreciation of his outstanding efforts in fostering maximum understanding between the Peoples of the United States and the State of Israel and for his warmhearted recognition of the cause of the Histadrut, the General Federation of Jewish Workers in Israel."
President Harry S. Truman's remarks to a group of United Nations veterans from the fighting front in Korea. The President received the group on the portico outside his office at the White House at 3:05 p.m. as part of the observance of United Nations Day. The group was composed of 48 veterans of the Korean conflict from each of the 19 nations having forces serving in the United Nations command in Korea. They had been brought to the United States by the Department of Defense and were scheduled to tour the country.