Category: Harry S. Truman
June 17, 1947 – A Princeton Commencement – President Truman
June 17, 1947 – President Truman – Princeton University Commencement Address – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 1947; graduation season and the season for commencement addresses. Princeton University conferred Doctor of Laws degrees on a number of notables in 1947. Among them, General Eisenhower and Judge Learned Hand
March 29, 1952 – President Truman: Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner – Presidents Being Presidential
President Truman: Jefferson-Jackson Day Address – March 29, 1952 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – President Truman addressing fellow Democrats at the annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner on March 29, 1952. Harry S. Truman had the unenviable task of filling the shoes of Franklin Roosevelt when, as vice-President, he was thrust
September 22, 1993 – President Clinton – Making A Bid For Health Care Reform
President Clinton Address To Congress- Health Care – Sept. 22, 1993 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 22, 1993 – Lest you think the issue of getting adequate, affordable, comprehensive Health Care in America has been a recent issue in our Socio-Political culture, I hate to be the bearer
June 21, 1945 – Fall Of Okinawa
June 21, 1945 – Announcement of Surrender of OKinawa – June 21, 1945 – NBC – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 21, 1945 – Word had flashed across newswires that the island of Okinawa, after some 82 days of endless siege, with some 250,000 casualties, Okinawa fell to the
May 18, 1951 – Fallout From A Firing – The MacArthur Dismissal
May 18, 1951 – MBS: Fulton Lewis Jr. News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 1951 and the controversy surrounding the abrupt dismissal and relieving of duties of General Douglas MacArthur by President Truman back in April was still having repercussions around Capitol Hill. And depending
March 15, 1948 – The East Is Maybe Going Red.
March 15, 1948 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – March 15, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1948 – A day where news was happening in Europe, and the growing influence of Communism in the East was causing many in Western Europe to become alarmed. President