President Harry S. Truman's Message to the Special Session of the 80th Congress. The President spoke at 12:30 p.m. from the U.S. Capitol building. His address was carried on a nationwide radio broadcast. This is the second part of the speech only. For the full speech, see SR61-30.
The Wiley College choir under the direction of Gilbert Allen performs music on ABC radio. Wiley College of Marshall, TX, is a historically black college. The choir performs: Tchaikovsky's motet "O Praise Ye God;" Allen's arrangement of the spiritual "Amen;" Sergei Rachmaninoff's hymn "We Praise Thee;" Allen's arrangement of "We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace;" and two spirituals arranged by Hall Johnson, "Fix Me," and "I've Been 'Buked." The radio broadcast is undated, but the date is inferred based on the other item on the disc, which is a speech by President Truman.
WOR Electrical Transcription disc labeled, Democratic National Committee. "Operation Price Control." The story of meat with the voices of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Harry S. Truman. 10-2073.
President Harry S. Truman's Rear Platform Remarks, Wolf Point, Montana, September 29, 1952, 10:50 p.m. Transcript available in the Public Papers of the Presidents. The president gave two speeches in Wolf Point during his visit--this one late at night, and one early the next morning. Truman was campaigning on behalf of Adlai Stevenson for president.
Two Democratic party political radio programs from the 1950 election by India Edwards, executive director of the women's division of the Democratic National Party. The first part addresses the reaction to the Korean War; the second part addresses the national economy and uses a Tom Sawyer metaphor.
President Harry S. Truman's remarks are in the public domain. Also appearing on this recording is Hugh White of the state of Missouri Highway Patrol. Recordings of others may be subject to copyright. Recording skips significantly.
A series of non-partisan public service announcements encouraging all Americans to vote in the upcoming 1950 election. Includes a five minute recording by Vice President Alben Barkley, followed by 12 shorter voting PSAs.
Radio program in two parts commemorating Democratic Women's Day, sponsored by the women's division of the Democratic National Committee. India Edwards, executive director or the women's division, hosts the program. Guests include Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Georgia Neese Clark, Frieda Hennock, Ollie Remington Goldman, Perle Mesta, and Eugenie Anderson.
This is the speech where President Harry S. Truman announced he would not seek reelection to the presidency. The President spoke at 10:30 p.m. at the National Guard Armory in Washington, DC. His opening words referred to Wash. B. Williams who served as chairman of the dinner, Vice President Alben W. Barkley, Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Frank E. McKinney, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Later he referred to the 1950 Maryland senatorial campaign in which Senator John Marshall Butler defeated the incumbent Senator Millard E.
From a series of radio programs called "It's Up to You," sponsored by the Women's Democratic Committee. Hosted by India Edwards, executive director of the women's division of the Democratic party. The guest is Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady of the United States, diplomat, and activist. The subject is Democratic Women's Day, when women were admitted to the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party in 1919, and also women taking part in government.