Word: truman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harry S. Truman charged President Eisenhower last night with endangering the welfare of the country by running for a second term in office. The former President, after academically discussing the duties of the office, sharply criticized Eisenhower by implication for not leaving the White House before he has to be "carried...
...jobs of the President make no allowance for failing physical vigor or the slowing up of mental powers," Truman said, "and although I had never had a serious illness in my life, I did not want to take any chances with the welfare of the country by lingering on in office...
Pointing to his vice-presidential experience in 1945 when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in office, Truman said he had "experienced the confusion and difficulty that comes when a President dies in office, and aside from purely personal considerations, I thought it wrong to let the government run that risk. So I walked out while I could still walk, and I have never regretted...
Officials of the Law School Forum, co-sponsor of the speech with the MIT Lecture Series, said that there are no more seats available in the large lecture room--the only auditorium in which Truman may be seen speaking. They did say, however, that there may be some room in the smaller lecture room downstairs where Truman's speech will be played over an amplifier...
...contradiction of an earlier report, there will be no panelists to question Truman, and there will be no questions, allowed from the floor...