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President Roosevelt: Jackson Day Dinner – January 8, 1940 – Past Daily Reference Room – President Roosevelt - Andrew Jackson Day Dinner Address - January 8,1940 - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - President Roosevelt addressing a packed audience at the annual Jackson Day Dinner, on January 8, 1940: President Roosevelt: "The relative importance of politics and Government is...

December 13, 1968 – President-elect Nixon Unveils His Cabinet – Florynce Kennedy Has A Few Words About It – December 13, 1968 - EET: Newsfront - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - December 13, 1968 - Busy news day - at home and abroad. Starting with Defense Secretary-designate Melvin Laird saying in a press conference earlier that he hoped the war in Vietnam would be over by the...

December 12, 1980 – Transitions At The White House – Solidarity In Poland – December 12, 1980 - CBS Radio Hourly News - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - December 12, 1980 - A busy day on Capitol Hill, in Diplomatic circles, around the Gdansk Shipyards in Poland. News of the Reagan transition of the White House from Jimmy Carter - snags, ruffled feathers and attempts at cordiality...

Veterans Day/Remembrance Day – The War To End All Wars 1914-1918 – Past Daily Reference Room – Caption: The all-too familiar face of war. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/voices-of-world-war-1.mp3 The Voices Of World War 1 – 1914-1918 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s...

Eric Hass And The Socialist View Of Things In 1956 – Past Daily Reference Room – Caption: Eric Haas – The Socialist Party Candidate For President. Back when equal time meant Equal Time. https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Eric-Haas.mp3 Eric Hass – Campaign Address – Socialist Labor Party Candidate For President – Nov. 3, 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We’ve always...

August 10, 1979 – The Carter White House Shuffle – August 10, 1979 - CBS Radio: The World Tonight - Gordon Skene Sound Collection - August 10, 1979 - News of shakeups and rearranging at the Carter White House this day. The controversy over President Carter's Cabinet changes finally simmered down, and the shakeup of the White House Staff was now underway. Opinions were the shakeups had...