Word: generaled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week, President Truman read to his press conference these soldierly words from George Catlett Marshall. The President was grave as he went on reading his own written reply. Suddenly Truman grew impatient with the inadequacy of his own words. He looked up to reporters and blurted: "In my opinion, General Marshall is the outstanding man of the World...
Throughout 1948, a record number of workers (an average of over 59 million) were employed. Wages in general had kept pace with higher prices. Said the President's Economic Report: "Percentagewise, lower-income groups have enjoyed the larger gains." There had not been enough strikes to cause very much worry. Corporation profits were at a record high; in fact, having increased 16.6% over 1947, they were excessive, said the President...
People were spending their money with more caution; some businessmen were encountering some bumps; some wage groups had been left behind. But in general, he said, the country breathed confidence in the future. Moreover, he said, it breathed a new air of democracy...
Wanted: A Fighting General. Was there still time to save China? Yes, said Bill Bullitt, if the U.S. really wanted to, and really went at it, i.e., if the U.S. were actually to take over the war against the Chinese Communists...
...well-trained, well-fed and well-led, is as good as any, Bullitt reported. But, he said, many of the top-ranking officers are both incompetent and dishonest. Therefore, to turn the tide of the war in China, Bullitt said, requires American direction and control, exercised by "a fighting general of the highest qualities, with an adequate staff of able officers." He thought that General Douglas MacArthur could do the job quickest. But he also mentioned as prospects, General Mark W. Clark, and Lieut. Generals Albert C. Wedemeyer and J. Lawton Collins. He called for the revival of the volunteer...