Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...early to think of nominations, but I would like you to consider ex-President Truman for his outstanding achievement in the completion of digging his own political grave at the Democratic National Convention. It is a contribution that should be deeply appreciated by every American...
...traditional in an election year, no coattail will be ignored. At week's end Harry S. Truman poured a little of his hellfire into the farm country of Iowa, and the Democratic National Committee announced that he would campaign (two or three speeches a week) "in his inimitable...
...Beyond these, the issues are struck. The Democrats urge restoration of rigid price supports at 90% of parity, aim toward 100% of parity with a variety of proposals for more federal farm legislation. (Notably avoided: any mention of the ill-famed Brannan Plan, long the official policy of the Truman Administration.) The Republicans stand by the farm policies of Eisenhower and Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson, favor a "versatile, flexible program to meet . . . rapidly changing conditions" and "full freedom instead of ... more regimentation...
Overrun by History. Adenauer, said a Foreign Office aide, is "hurt and bitter" at U.S. treatment. In his new bitterness at Dulles, the Chancellor talks pointedly of the honestly and sincerity of Harry Truman (whom he met for the first time two months ago). And over and over again he laments, "The least they could have done was tell...
...roll. As the drums spun in unison 1,500 times a minute, electronic equipment carried impulses along the transcontinental circuit and converted them back into light, forming an image of the page on the film. A four-man technical crew supervised by Timesman E. Clifton Daniel Jr. (Mrs. Margaret Truman Daniel served coffee and sandwiches) rushed to develop the negatives, sent them, still wet, to a photoengraver's. The photoengravings went in turn to a printing plant...