President Harry S. Truman speaks to the Conference on Fire Prevention, calling on state and local government officials to join the federal government in mapping a program to cut the nation's staggering fire loss. Seated in the front row behind the president are (left) Washington, DC District Commissioner J. Russell Young and (right) Major General Philip B. Fleming, conference chairman.
President Harry S. Truman's 299th news conference, held in the Indian Treaty Room (Room 474) in the Executive Office Building at 10:30 a. m. on Thursday, April 10, 1952. Topics discussed include President Truman's announcement at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner that he would not seek another term; resolutions to the steel dispute; possible resignation of General Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of NATO; recommendations of the Wage Stabilization Board; the successor to Charles E.
After winning the 1948 presidential election, President Harry S. Truman returned to Washington and gave this speech. The President spoke at noon from the North Portico of the White House. He was greeted and introduced by President of the Board of District Commissioners, John Russell Young. The Vice President-Elect, Alben Barkley, also makes remarks.