Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dismissed, with a shrug and a grimace, a suggestion that the resounding defeat of Governor Allan Shivers in the recent Democratic delegate battles in Texas could be construed as a repudiation of his Administration. Asked for comment on Estes Kefauver's -suggestion that he designate ex-President Harry Truman a sort of ambassador of good will during Truman's European trip, Ike looked blank, said that was one he hadn't heard before...
Friendly Capitalist. So could another Democrat. Last week former President Truman rolled into Manhattan to present a Four Freedoms Foundation award to New York's Governor Averell Harriman...
...psychiatrist, because I'd know it was mental." When union-labor leaders turned him down in a dramatic hotel room conference, Barkley withdrew, deeply hurt. Two days later he went before the convention to make one of his best speeches and receive a hero's farewell. Harry Truman still believes, according to his memoirs, that Barkley could have been nominated if he had not given...
Died. Alben William Barkley, 78, Vice President of the U.S. under Harry Truman, junior Senator from Kentucky; of a heart attack; in Lexington, Va. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Butler asserted that Presidents must often sacrifice their popularity to do what they think is best for the nation. Citing Truman's decision to enter the Korean war as an example of courageous, popularity-losing leadership, he stated "Eisenhower has shown none of this courage, none of this leadership...