Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...That Oppenheimer, as chairman of the General Advisory Committee to the AEC, strongly opposed the development in 1949 of the hydrogen bomb, and lobbied against it even after President Truman gave the go-ahead order...
...based on an opinion the scientist expressed at a meeting of the AEC's Advisory Board in 1950. At that point he opposed the plan to develop the Hydrogen bomb, partly for technical and strategic reasons which apparently retain much force, and partly on grounds of morality. After Truman's decision on the matter, Oppenheimer continued to express his doubts and, if Fortune is any guide, continued to press upon his friends and officialdom his idea that a comprehensive radar defense system should have priority over the government's bigger-bang-for-a-buck project...
Professor Ramsey said Oppenheimer only argued against a "crash program" for the H-bomb and that once ex-President Truman ordered the hydrogen bomb project started, he dropped all opposition...
Beat the Devil. Director John Huston and Author Truman Capote tell a completely wacky shaggy-dog story; with Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre (TIME, March...
...citizenship of any person found guilty of advocating the overthrow of the Government by force. In introducing the bill, Michigan's Senator Ferguson said it would mean the end of the Communist party; actually, it would have little effect at all. For the Smith Act, used during the Truman administration, provides punishment for anyone conspiring to advocate the Government's overthrow. In addition, such a conspiracy is a felony, and persons convicted of a felony are now deprived of virtually all the rights of citizenship. Further, persons convicted of actual treason have every right of citizenship taken away...