– President Truman – Radio Address on the Taft-Hartley Bill- June 20, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 20, 1947 – on this day President Harry Truman was handed a bill, the Taft-Hartley Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, authored by Senator Robert Taft and Representative Fred Hartley
Subscribe and help keep us going: Become a Patron! A day fairly overflowing with drama, but for different reasons and in different parts of Planet Earth for this last day of May in 1947. Starting with news that the democratically elected Premier of Hungary, Ferenc Nagy (Pronounced: Fairenz Nahhjjh) had
Coffee, anyone? Surprising news from Ottawa and the Canadian elections, this May 23rd in 1979. An upset victory by the Tories over the incumbent Liberals and the defeat of PIerre Elliott Trudeau by a 39 year-old dark horse named Joe Clark. It signified a sudden shift to the right in
– April 3, 1947 – John L. Lewis – Testimony before Congress – Mine Safety – Excerpts – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 3, 1947. John L. Lewis, an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America (UMW) from 1920 to
– NBC Radio – Labor Racketeering Hearings – March 27, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this March 27th in 1957 had much to do with the ongoing Labor Racketeering Hearings going on in Washington. One of the up-and-coming stars of the hearings was a young Chief
Become a subscriber: Become a Patron! – CBS Radio – The World This Week – ending March 22, 1981 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 22, 1981 – Ending a week of turmoil and uncertainty. The situation in El Salvador, the drumbeat of war and the fear of another
Check us out for 7 days free: Become a Patron! – Pres. Roosevelt, vice-President Wallace, Sec. of Agriculture Claude Wickard – Farm Day 1941 – March 8, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection March 8, 1941 marked the 2nd annual National Farm Day. To commemorate the event, President Roosevelt,vice-President Henry
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– January 18, 1987 – CBS News on The hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 18, 1987 – a day of cautious diplomacy. News from West Germany that suspected 22-year old Palestinian terrorist Muhammed Ali Hamedi was scheduled to be freed. The U.S. wanted to extradite Hamedi back
We don’t have ads, we just have you: Become a Patron! – May 1952 – CBS Radio: The People Act: Migrant workers and families in San Joaquin Valley – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before the age of tape recording, the only method of producing a documentary was either by
