Radio Newsreel Television Working Press Association 11th Annual Mike and Screen Dinner

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

At the 11th Annual Radio Newsreel Television Working Press Association Mike and Screen Dinner, Harry S. Truman receives the 1962 Freedom of Information Award. He could not attend, however, due to a recent surgery. His daughter, Margaret Truman, accepts the award on his behalf and unveils a gift to his presidential library, a statuette portrait of Woodrow Wilson by Archimedes Giacomantonio.

Association President Tom Costigan hosts the dinner, and NBC radio broadcaster Charles Collingwood presents the newly elected officers.

Gabe Pressman delivers a short speech introducing Robert Moses, "I once asked Robert Moses what the most important qualities needed by someone who wants to go into public service are. He replied, "An instinct for the jugular and a rhinoceros hide."

Moses defends the World's Fair against its critics, particularly in the media, and delivers a tribute to Harry S. Truman.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


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