Word: trumans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Minnesota Democrats and to millions of women.. It was expected to sit well with the Danes; the new Ambassador had manners, dignity, quiet but expensive clothes and, best of all, a Scandinavian name. It got India Edwards, chief of Democratic women's activities, out of Harry Truman's hair, at least temporarily. And it made Mrs. Anderson happy...
...Voted the sliding-scale Anderson plan for support of farm prices, despite a hurried conference called by President Truman to urge costlier and rigid 90% supports. The bill deadlocked in conference with the House, which insisted on extension of 90% support level...
...most crushing defeat President Truman has yet taken on a nomination...
...Harry Truman had not helped matters by trying to apply the political thumbscrews to reluctant Democrats, after Olds had been unanimously rejected in subcommittee...
...skilled a congressional vote counter as Harry Truman knew that Olds had no chance. But since Olds had the undying opposition of the power lobby, the President was able to make a fine grandstand play against "the special interests." No one knew better than Harry Truman that an abrupt order to vote for Olds as a matter of party loyalty was no way to put Olds over. It only stimulated the opposition...