Official Proceedings of the Democratic National ConventionNational Document Publishers, 1948 - Campaign literature |
Contents
Monday July 12 1948 | 1 |
Call for the Convention read by Mrs Dorothy Vredenburgh Secre | 12 |
Address of Hon Arthur C Kaufmann President Philadelphia | 18 |
Address of Mr Albert M Greenfield Chairman of the All | 24 |
SECOND SESSION | 30 |
Address of Mrs India Edwards Executive Director Womens | 48 |
Address of Miss Frances Perkins Former Secretary of Labor | 54 |
Invocation by Rev E Felix Kloman Christ Church Philadelphia | 62 |
Resolution of Hon Richard J Daley Illinois | 225 |
Nomination of President Harry S Truman by Gov Phil M Donnelly | 234 |
Seconding of the Nomination of Harry S Truman by Mrs Mar | 241 |
Nomination of Hon Paul V McNutt by Hon Byrd Sims Delegate | 247 |
Nomination of William Alexander Julian of Ohio by Hon Robert | 260 |
Roll Call of States for Nominations for VicePresident of | 280 |
Nomination of Alben W Barkley for Vice President of the United | 281 |
Address of Hon Samuel D Jackson Indiana Seconding the Nomina | 287 |
Address of Hon Oscar R Ewing Administrator Federal Security | 68 |
Address of Hon Michael J Kirwan Chairman National Democratic | 77 |
Address of Mrs Charles W Tillett ViceChairman Democratic | 83 |
Announcements | 89 |
Address of Rabbi Aryeh Lev Director Religious Activities National | 96 |
Report of Committee on Credentials | 102 |
Report of Committee on Rules and Order of Business | 108 |
Remarks of Hon Edgar A Brown Senator from South Carolina | 111 |
Report of Committee on Permanent Organization | 117 |
Address of Hon Mary Norton Congresswoman New Jersey | 127 |
Address of Hon Helen Gahagan Douglas Congresswoman | 134 |
FIFTH SESSION | 143 |
Address of Hon William L Dawson Congressman from Illinois 150 | 155 |
Address of Hon Scott W Lucas Senator from Illinois | 161 |
Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions | 167 |
Minority Report of the Committee on Platform and Resolutions | 178 |
Remarks by Mr Cecil Sims Delegate from Tennessee | 184 |
Remarks of Aaron L Jacoby Delegate from New York | 192 |
Roll Call on Biemiller Resolution | 202 |
Resolutions | 211 |
Address of Hon Brien McMahon Senator from Connecticut | 219 |
Address of Alben W Barkley in Accepting the Democratic Vice | 299 |
NAMES OF DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO DEMO | 317 |
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC | 381 |
Reading of the Call | 438 |
Roll Call 383 | 441 |
Report of the Secretary | 445 |
July 15 1948 at Philadelphia | 457 |
Secretarys Report | 468 |
Nomination of Officers of the Democratic National Committee | 474 |
Resolutions | 481 |
Tribute to Gael Sullivan | 487 |
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia Committee | 492 |
Biography of President Harry S Truman | 493 |
History of the Democratic Party | 499 |
History and Functions of Democratic National Committee | 515 |
Summary of Democratic Platforms and Performances 19321944 | 521 |
Parade of American ProgressDemocratic Achievements since 1933 | 539 |
Democratic National Congressional Committee | 548 |
Maps of United States Showing Last Six Presidential Elections | 554 |
Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States | 560 |
Executive Office of the President | 566 |