Word: trumans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...signed the instrument of ratification this week, President Harry Truman declared: "This treaty is a historic step toward a world of peace . . . but it is only one step." One hour later, he submitted the next step to Congress. He asked for $1,450,000,000 military aid to the U.S.'s friends (see INTERNATIONAL...
Said Harry Truman: "The U.S. has no intention, in the event of aggression, of allowing the peoples of Western Europe to be overrun before its own power can be brought to bear. This program ... is a tangible assurance of our purpose...
...nothing the Speaker could do or say was going to save Harry Truman from another defeat. The rebellious House was out to kill the Administration's spectacular Brannan farm plan (TIME, April 18). And to make the chase more annoying, some of Sam Rayburn's most stalwart followers were leading the posse...
With General Vaughan standing in his usual place behind him, Mr. Truman faced the press. Had the President heard that "General Vaughan was mixed up in all this?" The President had read the newspaper stories, he said, but didn't believe them. General Vaughan smiled sadly. Did Mr. Truman "believe General Vaughan's statement [blurted out in anger] that there are 300 five-percenters in Washington?" General Vaughan glared at the questioner. Mr. Truman avowed he didn't know anything about it. The newspaper fellows were supposed to know all about those things...
Voice from Beyond. When President Truman asks Lanny to undertake just one more mission to Stalin, Lanny lectures the dictator on world peace and leaves him barely able to reply. Author Sinclair also arranges for Lanny to hold an astonishing conversation with the voice of the Boss from the beyond...