Narrated by Charles Collingwood and Douglas Edwards (Edward Murrow ill). Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Eric Sevareid comments on Dwight Eisenhower's address to Congress, then Congressional reactions. Senator Robert Taft speaks out against Truman Administration policies in Europe, Sam Rayburn doesn't share Taft's views. Vice President Alben Barkley talks about Rayburn's long tenure as Speaker of the House. British Prime Minister Atlee raises taxes and reaction from man on the street about meat rationing. Developments in Korea. Famine in India and Eleanor Roosevelt on why we should help out. The A-bomb in Nevada, reaction to a test by the public. National League's 75th anniversary.
Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Vice President Alben Barkley speaks in Topeka, Kansas about Republican unification. Congress holds hearings on sending troops to Europe. Voices of Governor Thomas Dewey, Senator Robert Taft, former President Herbert Hoover, and Governor Earl Warren. Developments in Korea. John Foster Dulles speaks about Communists and the Far East.