Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S STATEMENT ON THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S STATEMENT ON THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, WASHINGTON, D.C.

1954

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LS INT, officials assembled to hear Pres Eisenhower's speech. The President enters from L of hall and a band strikes up official anthem. MS, Vice Admiral Ross McIntire (retired) introduces Pres Eisenhower to radio audience and assembled guests. CU, Pres Eisenhower at rostrum. He opens speech by stating that no enterprise gives him more satisfaction than the welfare of the physically handicapped. He cites the splendid work being done by organizations dedicated to the physically handicapped and finally presents a plaque to Mr H.E. Smithson of Detroit, Mich, as the individual who has contributed most to their rehabilitation.

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McIntire, Ross T., 1889-1959

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Ross T. McIntire (August 11, 1889 – December 8, 1959) was an American physician and United States Navy officer. An otolaryngologist, he was appointed physician to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1932, becoming the first Physician to the President with a board-certified speciality. In 1938, he became the Surgeon General of the United States Navy, overseeing a major expansion of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery during World War II. Following his retirement from the Navy with the rank of vice adm...