First Lady Bess Truman, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., Cornelia Otis Skinner, and actress Elizabeth Taylor appear on behalf of the 1946 "March of Dimes" broadcast over the Columbia Broadcasting System, from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, 3:15 P.M. EST. The broadcast explains what efforts are being done on behalf of infantile paralysis patients and recalls President Roosevelt's efforts to help polio patients. Recorded in four parts.
Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (leftmost standing in foreground) and Basil O'Connor (rightmost standing in foreground) pass out Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamps to polio patients at Warm Springs, Georgia. Standing on the far right in the background is Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall. All others are unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.
A group of polio patients receive Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamps from Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (standing center foreground) at Warm Springs, Georgia. Standing to the left of Hannegan is Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall. Standing at right of Hannegan is Basil O'Connor, President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. All others in photo are unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.