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President Truman's Address at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York City

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. He is introduced to the crowd by New York Democratic Committeewoman, Alice Campbell Good. The President spoke at 9:30 p.m. During his address he referred to Secretary of State George C. Marshall, former Secretary of State Cordell Hull, former Senator from Pennsylvania Joseph R. Grundy, and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio. The Democratic National Committee paid for the air time of this campaign speech, as broadcast by CBS.

President Truman, Address at the Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn, New York

President Harry S. Truman's address at the Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn, New York, October 18, 1952, 9:30pm. During his remarks, the President referred to, among others, Robert F. Wagner, Sr., former United States Senator; Senator Herbert H. Lehman, former Governor; John Cashmore, Democratic candidate for Senator; Representatives Emanuel Celler, Abraham J. Multer, John J. Rooney, Eugene J. Keogh, Louis B. Heller, Edna F. Kelly, Donald L. O'Toole, and James J. Murphy, all of New York; William C. Revercomb, Senator from West Virginia, 1943-49; and Senators William E.

Margaret Truman at the Launching of the USS Missouri

The Truman Family attends christening and launching ceremonies of the battleship USS Missouri from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York. Standing on the platform, from left to right: Jane Tunstall Lingo, Margaret Truman (holding a bottle of champagne), Senator Harry S. Truman, Rear Admiral Sherman S. Kennedy, and Rear Admiral Monroe Kelly. In front of the platform are Bess Truman (left) and Drucie Snyder (right).