Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them out. But he learned, to the dismay of his colleagues, to the shame of the executive branch and to the delight of the press, how to bay the loudest when others were following the scent. The myth of McCarthy, The Red Hunter, was hard to kill during the Truman Administration, which had gone on record as considering some of the most serious and necessary Red hunts as "red herrings...
Some of the most timid Republicans in the Senate voted against McCarthy. Of those Republicans who voted for him, few if any were intimidated by Joe. They voted their convictions. The source of those convictions can be found in the amazing failure of the Truman Administration to take early alarm at Communist infiltration...
...Harry Truman's candidate was fat, witty Michael DiSalle, former mayor of Toledo and Office of Price Stabilization director. Truman was not at the meeting, and it was apparent that his influence was weak and that neither DiSalle nor Finnegan had close to the 53 votes needed...
...third candidate was Indiana Committeeman Paul M. (for Mulholland) Butler, a 49-year-old South Bend attorney, a faithful Stevenson backer, and a long-time enemy of Truman's friend, former National Committee Chairman Frank McKinney. Like DiSalle, Finnegan, and all Democratic chairmen since 1928, Butler is a Roman Catholic...
Texaco Star Theater (Sat. 9:30 p.m., NBC). Guest: Margaret Truman...