Title: Washington (Truman to National Council of Negro Women, 1949)
08:10:22 LS, then MS of President Truman, Ralph Bunch, Mrs. Bethune, Madame Pandit (Indian Ambassdor to US); audience applauding.
08:10:39 Woman in formal gown at microphone reading SOF: “The National Council of Negro Women commends & honors you for your distinguished service to mankind, Miss Bethune, Doctor Bunche.
08:10:58 ?? at microphone SOF: “The President of the United States.” Truman: “While the individual members of the United Nations are working to compose their differences by the peaceful processes of concilliation & negotiation, they are also moving vigorously towards the fulfillment of ideals which are deeply rooted in our own American history & tradition. Our own founding fathers were deeply concerned w/ the preservation of individual liberties under the Federal union. The United Nations Commission On Human Rights has formulated these principals in a great document which can apply to all the peoples of the earth, The Declaration of Human Rights.”
08:11:50 “All of us who are here tonight have a deep interest in that great enterprise. The extension of freedom of opportunity to all our citizens w/o racial or religious discrimination. The people of this country have made, and we are making, progress in this call. We are...to the true meaning of equality, equality of opportunity, equality of a chance to get an education, equality in the economic world. We will continue to advance in our program of bringing equal rights & equal opportunities to all citizens.”
Civil Rights; Blacks; Ethnic Lobbying;
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Title: Washington (Truman to National Council of Negro Women, 1949) 08:10:22 LS, then MS of President Truman, Ralph Bunch, Mrs. Bethune, Madame Pandit (Indian Ambassdor to US); audience applauding. 08:10:39 Woman in formal gown at microphone reading SOF: “The National Council of Negro Women commends & honors you for your distinguished service to mankind, Miss Bethune, Doctor Bunche. 08:10:58 ?? at microphone SOF: “The President of the United States.” Truman: “While the individual members of the United Nations are working to compose their differences by the peaceful processes of concilliation & negotiation, they are also moving vigorously towards the fulfillment of ideals which are deeply rooted in our own American history & tradition. Our own founding fathers were deeply concerned w/ the preservation of individual liberties under the Federal union. The United Nations Commission On Human Rights has formulated these principals in a great document which can apply to all the peoples of the earth, The Declaration of Human Rights.” 08:11:50 “All of us who are here tonight have a deep interest in that great enterprise. The extension of freedom of opportunity to all our citizens w/o racial or religious discrimination. The people of this country have made, and we are making, progress in this call. We are...to the true meaning of equality, equality of opportunity, equality of a chance to get an education, equality in the economic world. We will continue to advance in our program of bringing equal rights & equal opportunities to all citizens.” Civil Rights; Blacks; Ethnic Lobbying;