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Biddle, Francis B. (Francis Beverley), 1886-1968

President Truman - Oval Office Recording

Oval Office Memovox disc recording, which includes May 23, 1945 press conference in the Oval Office. President Harry S. Truman's eighth news conference was held in his office at the White House at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, May 23, 1945. The recording is poor quality except for the press conference, which can be heard fairly plainly. Also contains other conversation fragments that are hard to understand. The Oval Office recordings were made from 1945 to 1948 by a Memovox machine kept in the Oval Office. This recording was made from Memovac disc 500x.

President Truman's Remarks at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action

President Harry S. Truman's Remarks at the National Convention Banquet of the Americans for Democratic Action. The President spoke at 9:32 p.m. in the presidential Room of the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his opening words he referred to Francis Biddle, former Attorney General of the United States, and national chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action. Later he referred to, among others, Henry A. Wallace, candidate for President in 1948 on the Progressive Party ticket, Robert A. Taft, Senator from Ohio, Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York, General of the Army Dwight D.

President Truman Takes Oath of Office

President Harry S. Truman takes the oath of office after President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in the Cabinet Room, Executive Offices, at the White House. Left to right: Francis Biddle, Attorney General; Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury (behind Biddle); Edward Stettinius, Secretary of State; Harry S. Truman; Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman; Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Margaret Truman; Harlan Stone, Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court; Sam Rayburn, Speaker, House of Representatives.

President Roosevelt and his Cabinet

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Cabinet members. From left to right around the table: Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, President Roosevelt, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Attorney General Francis Biddle, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox.

Judges of the International Military Tribunal behind the bench at the Nuremberg Trials, Germany

Judges of the International Military Tribunal confer as War Crimes Trials open at Nuremberg, Germany. Passing a word with each other during the reading of the indictment are (center left) Lord Justice Geoffrey Lawrence, presiding Judge of Britain, and (center right) former United States Attorney General Francis Biddle.