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Democracy at Work
by C. "Edgar ""Ed""" Brown, C. "Edgar ""Ed""" Brown,. 576 pgs.
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FIRST SESSION Monday, July 12, 1948 |
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Opening remarks, Hon. David L. Lawrence, of Pennsylvania |
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Invocation, by His Eminence, Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia |
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Address of Hon. J. Howard McGrath, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
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Call for the Convention read by Mrs. Dorothy Vredenburgh, Secretary, Democratic National Committee |
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Address of Welcome, by Hon. Bernard Samuel, Mayor of Philadelphia |
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Address of Hon. Arthur C. Kaufmann, President, Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce |
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Address of Hon. Francis J. Myers, United States Senator from Pennsylvania |
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Address of Mr. Albert M. Greenfield, Chairman of the All- Philadelphia Committee for the Democratic Convention |
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Report of Hon. Joe L. Blythe, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee |
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Recommendations for Temporary Officers of Convention |
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SECOND SESSION Monday, July 12, 1948 |
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Invocation by Reverend Fred Pierce Corson, Resident Bishop of the Methodist Church of Philadelphia |
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Address of Hon. Alben W. Barkley, Temporary Chairman of the Democratic National Convention |
33 |
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Address of Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee |
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Address of Miss Frances Perkins, Former Secretary of Labor |
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Appointment of Committees |
59 |
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THIRD SESSION Tuesday, July 13, 1948 |
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Invocation by Rev. E. Felix Kloman, Christ Church, Philadelphia |
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Announcements |
63 |
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Address of Roy G. Baker, President of The Young Democratic Clubs of America |
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Address of Hon. Oscar R. Ewing, Administrator, Federal Security Agency |
68 |
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Address of Hon. Michael J. Kirwan, Chairman, National Democratic Congressional Committee |
77 |
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Address of Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee |
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Announcements |
89 |
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FOURTH SESSION Tuesday, July 13, 1948 |
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Invocation by Rabbi Max D. Klein, of the Congregation Adath Jeshurun, of Philadelphia |
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Memorial Program |
92 |
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Address by His Excellency, Bishop William R. Arnold, Former United State Army Chief of Chaplains |
94 |
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Address of Rabbi Aryeh Lev, Director Religious Activities, National Jewish Welfare Board, New York |
96 |
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Address of Van Heflin, Los Angeles, California |
98 |
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Prayer of Captain Francis Lee Albert, Chaplain, United States Army |
100 |
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Report of Committee on Credentials |
102 |
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Minority Report of Committee on Credentials by Mr. George Vaughn, of Missouri |
102 |
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Remarks of Hon. Carl A. Hatch, Senator from New Mexico |
105 |
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Report. of Committee on Rules and Order of Business |
108 |
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Remarks of Hon. Wright Morrow, Texas |
109 |
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Remarks of Hon. Edgar A. Brown, Senator from South Carolina |
111 |
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Address of National Committeeman Elect from the State of Georgia, the Honorable Robert J. Elliott |
113 |
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Address of Hon. Oscar Ewing, Delegate from New York |
115 |
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Report of Committee on Permanent Organization |
117 |
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Address of Hon. Sam Rayburn, Permanent Chairman of the Democratic National Convention |
118 |
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Address of Hon. Mary Norton, Congresswoman, New Jersey |
127 |
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Address of Hon. Helen Gahagan Douglas, Congresswoman, California |
134 |
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FIFTH SESSION Wednesday, July 14, 1948 |
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Invocation by Rev. Marshall L. Shapard, Mount Olivet Tabernacle Baptist Church, Philadelphia |
143 |
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Address of Hon. James Roosevelt, California |
144 |
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Address of Hon. Homer Cummings, Former Attorney General of the United States |
148 |
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Address of Hon. William L. Dawson, Congressman from Illinois |
150 |
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Address of A. F. Whitney, President, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen |
155 |
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Address of Hon. Scott W. Lucas, Senator from Illinois |
161 |
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Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions |
167 |
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Minority Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions by Former Governor Dan Moody, Texas |
178 |
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Minority Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions by Mr. Cecil Sims, Delegate from Tennessee |
179 |
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Minority Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions by Mr. Walter Sillers, Delegate from Mississippi |
180 |
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Minority Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions by Hon. Andrew J. Biemiller, Delegate from Wisconsin |
181 |
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Remarks by Hon. Dan Moody, Former Governor of Texas |
182 |
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Remarks by Mr. Cecil Sims, Delegate from Tennessee |
184 |
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Remarks by Mr. Walter Sillers, Delegate from Mississippi |
185 |
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Remarks by Hon. Chauncey Sparks, Former Governor of Alabama |
186 |
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Remarks of Hon. Maurice J. Tobin, Former Governor of Massachusetts |
188 |
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Remarks of Hon. Hubert H. Humphrey, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota |
189 |
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Remarks of Aaron L. Jacoby, Delegate from New York |
192 |
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Remarks of Hon. James M. Curley, Massachusetts |
194 |
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Roll Call on Moody Resolution |
196 |
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Roll Call on Biemiller Resolution |
202 |
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Resolutions |
211 |
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SIXTH SESSION Wednesday, July 14, 1948 |
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Invocation by the Reverend John D. Lindsay, Pastor, The Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia |
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Address of Hon. Herbert B. Maw, Governor of Utah |
214 |
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Address of Hon. Brien McMahon, Senator from Connecticut |
219 |
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Resolution of Hon. Richard J. Daley, Illinois |
225 |
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Resolution of Mr. David G. Kelly, North Dakota |
225 |
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Resolution of Hon. Edward J. Kelly, Chicago |
226 |
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Roll Call for Nominations for President of the United States |
228 |
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Nomination of Hon. Richard Brevard Russell |
230 |
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Nomination of President Harry S. Truman by Gov. Phil M. Donnelly of Missouri |
234 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Hon. Will Rogers, Jr |
239 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Mrs. Marguerite Peyton Thompson |
241 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Thomas J. Dodd |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Hon. Mon C. Wallgren, Governor of Washington |
243 |
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Nomination of Hon. Paul V. McNutt by Hon. Byrd Sims, Delegate, Florida |
247 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Richard B. Russell by Hon. Albert A. Carmichael |
249 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by John J. Kane, Pennsylvania |
250 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Hon. Benjarain S. Adamowski, Illinois |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Richard B. Russell by Hugh Wilkinson, Delegate, Louisiana |
253 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Miss Catherine V. Danehy, Massachusetts |
254 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Orville L. Freeman, Minnesota |
257 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Frank Sorrell, Nebraska |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico |
258 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S. Truman by Doris I. Byrne, New York |
259 |
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Nomination of William Alexander Julian of Ohio by Hon. Robert J. Bulkley, Ohio |
260 |
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Address by Hon. William Alexander Julian, Treasurer of the United States |
262 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Richard B. Russell by Hon. J. Strom Thurmond, Governor of South Carolina |
263 |
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Seconding of the Nomination of Richard B. Russell by Hon. Wright Morrow, Texas |
264 |
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Remarks of Hon. James M. Tunnell |
267 |
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Roll Call on the Nomination for President of the United States |
270 |
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Roll Call of States for Nominations for Vice-President of the United States |
280 |
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Nomination of Richard B. Russell for Vice President of the United States |
280 |
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Nomination of Alben W. Barkley for Vice President of the United States by Wilson W. Wyatt, of Kentucky |
281 |
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Remarks of Dr. R. B. Robins, Delegate, Arkansas |
283 |
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Remarks of James Roosevelt, Delegate, California |
284 |
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Address of Hon. Millard Tydings, Senator from Maryland, Seconding the Nomination of Senator Alben W. Barkley for the Vice Presidency |
284 |
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Address of Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois, Seconding the Nomination of Sen. Albert W. Barkley for the Vice Presidency |
286 |
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Address of Hon. Samuel D. Jackson, Indiana, Seconding the Nomination of Sen. Alben W. Barkley for the Vice Presidency |
287 |
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Address of Hon. James A. Farley, New York, Seconding the Nomination of Sen. Alben W. Barkley for the Vice Presidency |
288 |
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Address of Alben W. Barkley in Accepting the Democratic Vice Presidential Nomination |
299 |
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Address of President Harry S. Truman in Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination |
300 |
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STANDING COMMITTEES AND OTHERS AS CONSTITUTED : |
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Committee on Credentials |
307 |
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Committee on Rules and Order of Business |
308 |
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Committee on Permanent Organization |
310 |
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Committee on Platform and Resolutions |
311 |
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Committee to Notify the Presidential Nominee |
313 |
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Committee to Notify the Vice Presidential Nominee |
315 |
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NAMES OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION |
317 |
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 1947-1948 |
381 |
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October 29, 1947, at Washington |
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Call to Order, Chairman Robert E. Hannegan |
381 |
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Invocation, Reverend Daniel M. Galliher |
381 |
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Call of Meeting, Mrs. Dorothy Vredenburgh |
382 |
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Roll Call |
383 |
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Resolution re Rules of Committee Meeting |
385 |
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Appointment of Parliamentarian and Reading Clerk |
386 |
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Appointment of Credentials Committee |
387 |
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Appointment of Committee on Resolutions |
387 |
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Report of Credentials Committee |
387 |
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Adopted |
387 |
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Motion to ratify and approve minutes of last meeting and dispense with reading |
388 |
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Statement and resignation of Chairman Robert E. Hannegan |
388 |
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Acceptance of resignation |
391 |
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Nomination of Senator J. Howard McGrath as Chairman |
391 |
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Election |
394 |
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Address, Chairman J. Howard McGrath |
394 |
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Report of Women's Division, Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse |
396 |
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Report of Special Committee on Apportionment of Delegates, Mr. Frank M. McHale |
398 |
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Amendment defeated |
413 |
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Report adopted |
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Report of Resolutions Committee |
414 |
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Consideration of convention city for 1948 |
425 |
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Presentation on behalf of Philadelphia: Albert M. Greenfield |
426 |
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Hon. Francis J. Myers |
427 |
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Hon. Bernard Samuel |
430 |
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Hon. David L. Lawrence |
432 |
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Joseph E. Mears |
433 |
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Hon. Michael J. Bradley |
433 |
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Frank B. Murdoch |
434 |
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Robert W. Clipp |
435 |
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Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller |
436 |
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Statement on behalf of San Francisco, Mrs. Edward Heller |
438 |
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Selection of Philadelphia |
439 |
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Adjournment |
439 |
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July 10, 1948, at Philadelphia |
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Reading of the Call |
440 |
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Calling of the Roll |
441 |
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Tabulation of Roll Call |
441 |
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Report of the Secretary |
445 |
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Report of the Treasurer |
447 |
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Report of the Sergeant-At-Arms |
448 |
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Report of the Women's Activities at the Democratic National Convention |
450 |
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July 15, 1948, at Philadelphia |
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Remarks of Senator Alben W. Barkley |
458 |
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Report of the Treasurer |
460 |
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Roll Call of New Democratic National Committee |
461 |
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Secretary's Report |
468 |
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Report of Mrs. India Edwards on Women's Activities |
469 |
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Report of the Sergeant-at-Arms |
470 |
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Nomination of Officers of the Democratic National Committee |
474 |
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Resolutions |
481 |
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Remarks of Mrs. Charles W. Tillett |
482 |
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Tribute to Mrs. Charles W. Tillett |
482 |
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Tribute to Mrs. Dorothy Vredenburgh |
483 |
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Tribute to Mrs. India Edwards |
484 |
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Tribute to William Neale Roach |
485 |
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Tribute to James McGarry and Bill Primm |
485 |
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Tribute to Jack Redding |
486 |
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Tribute to Gael Sullivan |
487 |
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Tribute to Honorable Clarence Cannon |
487 |
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Tribute to Fred C. Kilguss |
487 |
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Tribute to Robert M. Moore |
488 |
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Tribute to Mrs. Mary C. Zirkle |
489 |
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Tribute to S. A. Carraway |
489 |
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Tribute to Retiring Members |
489 |
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Tribute to Joseph Lawrence |
490 |
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Tribute to Deceased Members |
490 |
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Tribute to the Staff of the Democratic National Committee |
490 |
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Announcement |
491 |
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Pennsylvania-Philadelphia Committee |
492 |
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Biography of President Harry S. Truman |
493 |
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Biography of Vice President Alben W. Barkley |
496 |
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History of the Democratic Party |
499 |
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History and Functions of Democratic National Committee |
515 |
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Summary of Democratic Platforms and Performances, 1932-1944 |
521 |
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Complete Text of 1948 Democratic Platform |
525 |
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Parade of American Progress--Democratic Achievements since 1933 |
539 |
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Officers of Democratic National Committee; Congressional Campaign Committee and Senatorial Campaign Committee |
543 |
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Democratic National Committee as a Permanent Organization |
544 |
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Democratic National Congressional Committee |
548 |
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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee |
549 |
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Manner of Selecting Delegates to National Conventions and Dates for Elections or Conventions |
550 |
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Qualifications for Voting by States |
551 |
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Electoral Vote for Presidents, 1908-1948 |
552 |
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Maps of United States Showing Last Six Presidential Elections |
554 |
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Popular Votes for President by States, 1928-1948 |
555 |
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Political Complexion of Congress, 1928-1948 |
559 |
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Presidents and Vice Presidents of toe United States |
560 |
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Record of Presidential Elections, 1876-1948 |
562 |
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Democratic National Conventions, 1832-1948 |
563 |
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Government of the United States |
565 |
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Executive Office of the President |
566 |
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United States Senate |
567 |
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House of Representatives |
568 |
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Picture Credits |
569 |
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