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Unnamed band plays the Star Spangled Banner. Reverend Yager is introduced and gives a prayer related to the dangers of fire: "Open their eyes, Oh God, to the causes of fire ...

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Theme of Conference: "To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance,"
170th Anniversary of George Washington's letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island where he wrote the phrase ...

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Unidentified female (a judge?) and male (Arnold Michaelis?) speakers introduces the topic of the broadcast: the work of the Department of Correction's Women's House of Detention and the work Mrs. Roosevelt ...

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As part of a fundraising effort for the March of Dimes, Eleanor Roosevelt reveals her "hidden talent" as a disc jockey. Several New York City teenagers suffering from polio attend the ...

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Mrs. Roosevelt answers questions about United Nations, the US foreign policy, and human rights in America from the foreign press.

Moderated by Col. Joseph M. Murphy
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American Association for the United Nations and the American Jewish Committee.

Prepared for United Nations Week - October 18-24, 1953

Spots for the UN:

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Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations General Assembly.

She discusses human rights and urges the audience to not forget that their our those who would like to go ...

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"Books are basic to culture."

American Library Association.

Talks about the current attack on UNESCO. Early UNESCO projects may not have gone well but things ...

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National Association of Practical Nursing

Mrs. Roosevelt acts as representative of the consumers of nursing services. Listeners would be interested in what she sees as the importance of ...

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Mrs. Roosevelt frames her support for Mayor O'Dwyer by talking about what he was able to accomplish with very few resources during the war years. Additional topics include labor, strikes, and ...

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Presentation of Henrietta Szold award to Mrs. Roosevelt, by an unnamed woman, in recognition for her work with Hadassah to rescue children through Youth Aliyah. During her speech, Mrs. Roosevelt discusses ...

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Interview with Mary McLeod Bethune of the National Council of Negro Women

The day before Lincoln's birthday, Mrs. Roosevelt interviews Mary McLeod Bethune, the daughter of former slaves ...