Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Well-fed, and beaming with good humor, Harry Truman met the press, felt the cloth of a reporter's cord suit and allowed as how he had one just like it. A reporter wanted to know what he had to say about rumors that McKinney might be called back as Democratic national chairman. "I'd be in complete agreement," said Truman. "Frank's the best chairman the party ever had." Then, as if he suddenly realized that this would not be sweet music to the unhappy ears of Democratic National Chairman Steve Mitchell, Truman tried (with little...
...Adlai Stevenson for President in 1956? Truman replied that he has "no candidate" right now, but "when the time comes, I'll make my sentiments known." But he did have a ready formula for 1956: "I hope the party will nominate a Democrat who can be elected easily. If we do that, we'll have no trouble...
Having spoken, Harry Truman slipped behind the wheel of the Imperial, Bess got in the front seat beside him, and they rolled on east. A day and a half later the ex-President, in shirtsleeves, drove up in front of the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. It was the Trumans' first return to the capital since they left on Jan. 20, and they just wanted to "have a good time" before pushing on to Philadelphia and New York. Would Truman see President Eisenhower? No, said Harry. "He's too busy to see every Tom, Dick and Harry that...
...stands, the bill calls for $476 million less than the Eisenhower Administration requested, and $2.6 billion less than Harry Truman proposed. Before Congress is through, the total may be cut further, by slashes in specific appropriations bills...
...Passed and sent to the Senate a bill appropriating $5.2 billion to run the Veterans' Administration, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Selective Service System during the next fiscal year. This is 18% less than the Truman Administration requested and 6% below the Eisenhower Administration's request...