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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Truman's Remarks at a Meeting of a Training Orientation Course Conducted by the CIA

President Harry S. Truman's remarks at a meeting of a training orientation course conducted by the CIA. The President spoke at 12:27 p.m. in the Department of Agriculture Auditorium in Washington, to the final session of the Central Intelligence Agency's eighth training orientation course for representatives of various Government agencies. In his opening words he referred to Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Later he referred to Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, former Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief of the United States Army and Navy, and Vice Adm.

President Truman Awards the Harmon International Trophy

President Harry S. Truman reads the citations on awarding the Harmon International Trophy, White House Rose Garden. Trophies were awarded to Mme. Jacqueline Auriol, Lt. Carl J. Seiberlich, and Captain Charles F. Blair, Jr. The Harmon awards are made for the most outstanding international achievements in the art and/or science of aeronautics for the previous year, with the art of flying receiving first consideration.

President Truman's Remarks to the Directors of the National Newspaper Publishers Association

President Harry S. Truman's remarks to the Directors of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. The President spoke at 12:55 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. The group presented the President with a plaque bearing the following inscription: "To Harry S. Truman, 32nd President of The United States who has awakened the conscience of America and given new strength to our democracy by his courageous efforts on behalf of freedom and equality for all citizens. "National Newspaper Publishers Association, 1952."