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Dr. Philip C. Brooks: Excerpts from Interviews Regarding the Marshall Plan

This is a 2-tape set of Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, doing numerous beginnings of interviews in 1963 and 1964 with individuals connected to the Marshall Plan and the European Recovery Program in their respective countries. Dr. Brooks mentions that he is starting and stopping a tape recorder at times. Dr. Brooks tells the date and location when he begins an interview. He interviews people in Italy, Germany, France, Greece, London, The Hague, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium. None of the excerpts lasts longer than 5 minutes.

President Truman with John Snyder and Frederick J. Lawton Holding the U. S. Budget

President Harry S. Truman (center) is in a pleasant mood this morning, attending a budget seminar at which reporters received an advance briefing on the federal budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1. With him are Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (left) and Frederick J. Lawton (right), director of the Bureau of the Budget. The President holds a copy of the bulky document which will be made public tomorrow. From: Houston Post.

Department of Labor Official Robert C. Goodwin Addressing Defense Mobilization Conference

Robert C. Goodwin, Bureau of Employment Security, U.S. Department of Labor, is shown standing at a podium and addressing the morning session of a Defense Mobilization Conference held in Richmond, Virginia. The exact location is the Palm Court of the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond with 425 attending. A state of President Thomas Jefferson is in view.