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Martin L. Friedman Oral History Interview
… is what i remember. morrissey: could you give me a little biographical background [2] on how you got into world war ii and your relationship with donald dawson that began then? friedman: well, i had come out of college to the labor … h., 6 internal security, senate subcommittee on, 21-23 justice, department of, 25-26 , 36 kaiser, philip m., 6 , 17-18 korean war, 31-32 "little cabinet" committee. 5-6 . 16-17 loyalty-security program, report suggesting changes in, 1952, 25-26 … presidential transition, 1952-53, 25-26 president's committee on executive reserve, 5-7 , 16-17 price control legislation, korean war, 16 recorder of deeds, district of columbia, 41 reorganization of government departments, 26 state, department …
Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History, November 21, 1972
… of our armed forces, and of the army in particular? bendetsen: mr. hess, the then posture of our armed forces to meet a war emergency was woefully inadequate by any rational measure, in my considered opinion. i will now briefly describe the … of title. thereafter my duties both expanded and increased, notably in the cases of the panama canal and the wartime (korean conflict) seizing [189] of the railroads of the united states. (i will later discuss both.) this narration will … that if indeed the policymakers [199] at the civilian level of the government of the united states believed that the south korean government was vital to the defense of the united states, it would either be essential that forces be withdrawn and …
Keith Wilson Jr. Oral History Interview
… is a subdivision of cleveland called wilson's mill; that was the wilson family lumber mill. perry [3] left after the civil war -- his father served in the ohio volunteers -- and in the '90s he [perry] and his brother came west. benjamin went down … wife, who came from garden city. heller's was one of the few units in the army reserves that was recalled during the korean conflict, because he ran such a tremendous unit, spic and span, and they pulled him in. heller just recently retired … mag? wilson: i then went to work with stinson, mag and actually i stayed with them through my military service. during the korean conflict i was on active duty at the infantry school at ft. benning, georgia. after i exited service -- it was the …
Robert L. Dennison Oral History Interview
… controversy, 15 , 17 , 19 , 28 jones, roger, 33 kennan, george, 124-127 key west, and "little white house,", 53-55 , 87-92 korean conflict, entry of united states forces, 114-119 landry, general robert b., 40 , 41 , 179 lovett, robert, 146 , 147 … treaty of reciprocal assistance, 3-4 ross, charles g., 40 , 41 rusk, howard, 29 shangri-la, 92-94 , 100 state, war and navy coordinating committee, 9 stowe, david, 100 , 182 sullivan, john l., 10 , 13 , 17 , 41 , 57-58 resignation of, …
Audiovisual Materials Collection
… active retirement. the collection also includes significant numbers of photographs relating to world wars i and ii and the korean war and to the lives and careers of many of truman's friends and associates. while a growing number of photographs are …
Vernice Anderson Oral History Interview
… mr. edwin a. locke, jr., one of the president's special assistants. (prior to that time i had worked briefly during world war ii in the office of the chief of staff of the air force.) when mr. locke completed his assignment at the white house and … service officer, an old friend of the jessups and mine. while in korea we traveled by a special train, prearranged by the korean government, to the 38th [28] parallel. this was a very exciting trip, since we had heard so much about this arbitrary … to the parallel. it was there that the jessups introduced me to their good friend, mr. walter sullivan, then covering the korean conflict for the new york times , now the science editor of that great newspaper. there were other distinguished …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, September 3, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder was a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. washington, d.c., september 3, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional … in the recorded portions that we have taken down the last few times: taxation for 1950; taxation during the period of the korean conflict, so that finishes [ 1927] all of the questions that i have on my list. just one question on taxes, what would …
Richard Cull Jr. Oral History Interview
… an election where voters turned their backs on the policies of woodrow wilson, the democrat who was president during world war i. cox endorsed those policies, which included support for the league of nations. so i came back to dayton in 1924 and … the library. johnson: of course, that's an event that you wouldn't [52] forget. that was when we were doing well in the korean war, and then things turned bad. then, macarthur got fired. did you have anything to do with covering that at all, … defeated governor cox [86] when harding beat him soon after world war i, maybe so. i think you said something about the korean war and its impact. you know, it was more of "vote for ike." in fact, when eisenhower said he would go to korea to try …
Samuel C. Brightman Oral History Interview
… post , station ksd in st. louis, and on the louisville courier-journal before i went into the service in [2] world war ii. after world war ii, i worked in the government with the surplus property administration, and the veterans emergency … foreign affairs? brightman: i think, normally, domestic issues are more important. there is no question that the [21] korean war hurt the democratic party in the 1950 midterm elections, and there is no question that the korean war was a very strong factor in the size of mr. eisenhower's majority in 1952, although, i happen to hold the personal …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Minnesota
… of work, but he doesn't understand civilian government. no professional general has ever made a good president. the art of war is too different from the art of civilian government. the democratic vice-presidential candidate is a man who came up to … against controlling prices. he will play on the hopes and fears of wives and mothers by pretending he knows how to end the korean war--when he knows of no solution. i know he knows of no solution because i made him chief of staff. i put him in … adviser-one of the principal ones up to the time he decided to run for president. and if he knew any panacea to end the korean situation, he should have told me and not make a campaign issue out of it. he will play on the hopes of our young men …
Wilfred J. McNeil Oral History Interview
… 1901, although the navy records show 1900. hess: why did the navy records show 1900? mcneil: somebody had to be in world war i. hess: so you lied about your age to get in. [2] mcneil: no. i just got in the hands of an energetic recruiting … the secretaries, the chiefs, and myself were all called to the white house. hess: this was just at the beginning of the korean war? mcneil: july 5th. oh, it was 1949. hess: 1949, a year before the korean war. mcneil: july 5th, or july 7th. right out of the blue the president said, "listen, we're going to have this …
Milton P. Kayle Oral History Interview
… kayle oral history interview oral history interview with milton p. kayle executive secretary of appeals committee, war labor board, 1943; infantryman, u.s. army, 1946; writer, public affairs institute, 1948; budget analyst, legislative … process, you know, a human relations approach. i would like to see it used more. of course, we did later on. in the korean war, the tripartite approach came back. but i thought it made a great deal of sense. johnson: it entailed government … [59] from steelman's office, bob [robert c.] turner whom i recall but that may have been just a little later when the korean war came on in 1950. johnson: where was your office? kayle: it was in the executive office building. we had a huge …
Theodore Achilles Oral History Interview
… washington, d.c. november 13, 1972 richard d. mckinzie [1] mckinzie: ambassador achilles, at the end of the second world war i believe you were first secretary in the embassy in london, is that correct? achilles: a bit later. from 1941 to 1945 i … full american intervention was desirable. it was also agreed that jack hickerson would bring up the case [84] of north korean aggression in the security council on the following day. he did so, denounced the russians, and the russians made … made speeches, he only asked questions. he was always helpful, he was always wise, and he was a great asset to us. the korean war helped us in nato because it succeeded in scaring the europeans considerably. we tried hard to get them to …
Clayton Fritchey Oral History Interview, May 6, 1970
… he was the chief campaign manager, and when he wasn't there, i had to pinch hit for him. this is very like a g. h. q in war. it isn't [83] possible , if you took a call every two minutes, a long distance call every two minutes, to take all the … who introduced the marshall plan, the north atlantic treaty organization, the truman doctrine in the mediterranean, the korean war. he's the greatest anti-communist fighter this country has ever known, and to think that you can convince a number … 37 , 89 , 109-111 kefauver, estes, 48-49 , 52-53 kennedy, jack, 23 , 38 , 71-72 , 108-109 knox, frank, 59 , 104 , 106 korean war, 2-16 lawrence, david, 47 , 54 lemay, general curtis, 16 long, russell, 36 lloyd, david, 20 , 38 lovett, robert, …
Edwards, India Papers
… june 16 married herbert threlkeld edwards and moved to washington, dc 1943 son, john holbrook moffett, killed in world war ii 1944 volunteer, women's division, democratic national committee (dnc) 1945-47 executive secretary, women's … other speech subjects include the united nations charter, the truman administration's agriculture plan (brannan plan), the korean war, social security, president truman's health care program, joseph mccarthy and communism, and the accomplishments of the …
Isaac N. P. Stokes Oral History Interview
… p. stokes oral history interview with isaac n. p. stokes member of legal staff of office of production management, 1941, war production board, 1942-45, assistant general counsel, 1943-45, solicitor, 1945; associate chief, division of … work on the legal staff of what was then called the office of production management. after pearl harbor it was renamed the war production board. so i did that, thinking that this was a good opportunity for service in the war effort. although we … that. i think that it's hard to say. i guess the u.n. really reached its height after i left the department, in the korean crisis. owing to the lucky fluke that the soviet union was boycotting the security council for entirely different …
Lucius D. Battle Oral History Interview
… w.] snyder and harriman and acheson and a number of others had had that experience in trying to get things done during the war and even before, in a very different kind of administrative situation. is it fair to say they were so grateful, or did it … and the challenge really of the republican party, on the loss of china. wilson: what role did the outbreak of the korean war have in confirming an effort to apply containment generally? if, speculating, if [24] korea had not occurred or … the whole bit. you had something to do, i think, with that whole . . . battle: yes, i was rather deeply involved in the korean thing. i was involved only in the sense that i represented my boss, but i was involved. not that i had any independent …
Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr. Oral History Interview
… with the united states government, 1933-51, including service as director, bureau of plans and statistics, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945; chief, mission for economic affairs (with rank of minister), london, england, … how things looked to you, at the time you were in london, about what was going on in washington in the period late in the war and in the immediate postwar period. what did you feel they knew about the situation? how much awareness did you think … period--pretty technical and highly administrative, dealing with the whole set of problems of export control. we had a korean war, the licensing powers and i had the administration of that licensing operation. we got ourselves up to our necks …
Felix E. Larkin Oral History Interview
… what job did you do for him? [2] larxin: well, i did a review of navy court-martials. what happened was that after world war ii finished in 1945, in the next year there was a tremendous hue and cry about the sentences of all the fellows who were … were quite conscious of the position that truman was building up vis-a-vis the united nations and everything else on this korean thing, and that he was going to be very forthright about it. the way he was about so many things. so, i guess, it was … of his to be the next candidate. hess: did the political flavor of his handling of the job continue even after the korean invasion? larkin: i think so. i don't recall any difference, frankly. yes. [76] hess: he had another gentleman around, …
Philip D. Reister Oral History Interview
… accurately, but my family pronounces it reister (ree-ster) because there was so much anti-german sentiment during world war i. i was born november 9, 1918, in lansing, michigan and then i lived in charlotte, which is 18 miles from there. i … this, i went to washington university at st. louis on the gi bill. i earned my medical degree there. then, during the korean war, i went back into the service at walter reed hospital, where i took my internship. that is where i met dr. graham, … ] list of subjects discussed barkley, alben, 2 benton, thomas hart, 11 graham, wallace, 2-3 . 6-10 , 12-17 ibn saud, 16 korean war, 2 nixon, richard m., 3 reister, philip d., 1-3 research hospital, 3 , 6 roosevelt, franklin d., 2 , 14 secret …
Russell L. Riley Oral History Interview
… russell l. riley oral history interview oral history interview with russell l. riley executive assistant, war assets administration, 1946-48; executive officer, office of educational exchange, 1948, asst. chief, division of … months, i was made assistant chief for the libraries operation and worked on that for about six or eight months. then the korean war hit -- maybe i worked longer than that. i think i did, i worked from the summer of 1949 until december of 1950. when the korean war came along, they set up the economic stabilization agency, which included the office of price stabilization, and …
Samuel P. Hayes Oral History Interview
… do. i went down to washington in '42, when i entered government, starting with some of the domestic economic agencies, war production and opa. i then moved into the lend-lease administration and served abroad and in washington for lend-lease … about the consequences of the mission. i was wondering to what extent you attribute whatever satisfactions you felt to the korean war. in short, where does the logic end and the fear generated by korea begin, or is that a fair question? hayes: … well, i think that while these things always are slow and frustrating, perhaps because of the energy generated by the korean war we did get action quite soon on a considerable number of the proposals that we had made. in contrast to other …
Harry S. Truman Papers Staff Member and Office Files: Charles S. Murphy Files
… the series include the death of president roosevelt, nato, the united nations, foreign aid, the japanese peace treaty, the korean war, jefferson-jackson day, russia, inflation, the economy, native americans, monopolies, education, transportation, fiscal … speech before the president’s committee on national employ the physically handicapped week september 1, 1950, speech on korean war situation september 9, 1950, speech on defense production act [1 of 2] september 9, 1950, speech on defense …
Wallace H. Graham Oral History Interview
… time. my father james w. graham then did night duty for extra income at the st. joseph hospital number 2. when world war i began, my father left highland, kansas for active army service. he enlisted as a first lieutenant in the medical corps, … something comparable. did truman threaten to drop a big one on them? he did somebody, some time. johnson: well, during the korean war, you know, he was asked if he would rule out the atomic bomb, and he said he wouldn't rule out the use of any … that's when prime minister attlee came to washington to discuss this matter with him. this was during the crisis of the korean war, after the chinese intervention and offensive in december of 1950. that was a terrible month for president truman, …
Marx Leva Oral History Interviews
… harbor, the general counsel of the office of production management, which by that time i think had been changed to the war production board, the general counsel, mr. john lord o'brian, made me counsel for the automotive branch of the war … with the transition. i'm jumping way ahead. his successor [21] transitioned in and out fairly fast and we were in the korean war and one thing led to another. in any event, it was five years before i got out. hess: one question on the … very ineffective, but he had a good chief of naval operations. hess: jumping ahead just a bit, but during, the time of the korean war, at the time of his resignation, he made a speech. i'm not sure if it was in new york--he made a speech on the way …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, June 5, 1967
… interview, june 5, 1967 oral history interview with philleo nash special assistant for domestic operations, office of war information, 1942-45, and special consultant to the secretary of war, 1943. special assistant to president for minority … with an executive order that covered the military. there was strong pressure for a fepc, particularly as we got into the korean war. nobody felt that this was feasible in this context, but i felt there was something that could be done, that would … acquired quite a bit of all three as the years went by. you must also remember that we were in the period [677] of the korean war. hess: when the war came along and more products were needed, did that do any damage to the government contract …
Joseph D. Coppock Oral History Interview
… interview with joseph d. coppock economist, u.s. department of agriculture, 1941; special assistant to the vice chairman, war production board, 1942; price executive, chemical and drugs bureau, office of price administration, 1943; economic … to the economic and social council of the united nations, new york, geneva, santiago, 1946-52; civilian faculty, national war college, 1951-53. state college, pennsylvania july 29, 1974 by richard d. mckinzie see also joseph d. coppock papers … strategy of the first order. mckinzie: could i ask you to talk about events in 1949, '50 and '51 around the time of the korean war and truman's sudden concern with underdeveloped areas in the world? this must have affected your work. coppock: …
John M. Cabot Oral History Interview
… into two compartments, i think. the first was carrying out the policies which were necessary in the persecution of the war. my principal job as the [5] officer primarily responsible for central america (it was only later that the caribbean … independence, but not to be provocative with advice the finns didn't need. mckinzie: you were there at the time the korean war broke out and in a very good observation point, at least in regards to scandinavian countries. how did they think … russians held this over them. [95] mckinzie: they were not particularly upset by the buildup of nato forces after the korean war began? cabot: no. i think that was before germany entered the nato alliance. mckinzie: yes, but there was, of …
Donald C. Blaisdell Oral History Interview
… this he saw through some kind of a world-wide organization, comparable to the league of nations from the first world war and, of course, anticipating the united nations after world war ii. one of the organizational efforts that he made was in 1939, just at the time of the outbreak of war, setting up the … perhaps i should be succeeded by somebody who was more in sympathy with [200] the way things were going at the time. the korean war in 1950, in one way gave the united nations a shot in the arm. but then we realized that it was just a happy …
H. Graham Morison Oral History Interview, August 16, 1972
… history interview, august 16, 1972 oral history interview with h. graham morison assistant to the general counsel of the war production board, 1941-43; captain, united states marine corps, 1943-45; special assistant to the attorney general of the … whether on the white house grounds or not, in deep thought with his hand like this, looking down, at the time of the korean war, to exemplify the agony and the problems of the chief executive, which i thought was a great picture. i never have … he didn't call me," but he said, "you know about it charlie, you were privy to it," (talking to charlie murphy) "when the korean war came on general macarthur was making a grandstand play with his corn cob pipe just like his filmed landing in the …
Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview, March 1-2, 1983
… a member of the joint operations review board of the army navy staff college. the following july he entered the national war college, from which he was graduated in july 1947. a month later he was named executive to the chief of staff of the u.s. … aircraft 224 [xiv] the president's meeting with general macarthur 227 macarthur was relieved of his command 228 korean conflict 232 the president's reason for meeting with macarthur 234 berlin blockade 237 reluctance of af to reassign … war, and i think it was felt that about threeqz--uarters of our armed forces were in one way or another committed to the korean thing, which left western europe kind of wide open. short of using the bomb, that put us in a very bad position. the …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, February 29, 1996
… assistant to the president, 1945-46; the assistant to the president, 1946-53. also served as director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1946; chairman of the president's scientific research board, 1946-47; acting chairman of … johnson: how about defense spending? what was your position on defense spending, do you remember? this was before the korean war started, like in 1948-49. did you feel that the spending on defense department was too much or too little? … settle. then in 1950 the railroads again had to be seized by the [168] government to keep them running, even after the korean war had started. so you're in the railroad business quite a bit. steelman: that's right, quite a bit. johnson: when …
Col. R. Allen Griffin Oral History Interview
… [1] fuchs: might we start with a little background on your career, colonel griffin? griffin: well, in the first world war i had been a captain of infantry and i commanded a company of riflemen successfully. when the war was over i went home to … forth. i told him, "no," i was going home. fuchs: this was 1952 when you resigned. you did serve during the period of the korean war in 1951 and part of '52. what were your principal activities then? griffin: well, my principal activity, really, … been a charge made that funds were diverted, in the sense that we promised new equipment to countries there, and then the korean war came and we were taking the new equipment and giving them used equipment. have you any reflections on that? [66] …
Leo R. Werts Oral History Interview
… werts oral history interview oral history interview with leo r. werts manpower specialist, office of price management, war production board, war manpower commission, 1941-45; manpower, labor advisor, director manpower division, u.s. military … into that. actually, i think i was in international [41] labor affairs at that juncture only for about a year, then the korean conflict came along. the secretary established a new unit to handle manpower in connection with the korean conflict, called the defense manpower administration, and i was moved over. fuchs: was this in the department of …
Henry Byroade Oral History Interview
… summary description: topics discussed include the building of airfields in the china-burma-india theater during world war ii; operations over the "hump" to china; the ledo road; the flying tigers; the bombing of tokyo; the marshall mission to … sure. [81] johnson: in other words, this idea about a neutral, unified germany may have still had some validity until the korean invasion? byroade: well, i don't know. we were getting pretty tense, fed-up, and leery of the russians even before … of truman. johnson: yes. i wonder when this meeting might have taken place. are we talking about early 1950, before the korean war, do you believe? byroade: i'm not sure of that. it would have been three or four months before ike went to europe. …
Richard D. Weigle Oral History Interview
… college and taught there. [3] one of the three courses that i taught was called, "problems of the pacific." when the war came along in 1942, i had to resign from carleton because of college policy, in order to accept an appointment in the … bergin and later general hadon l. boatner. (boatner in the '50s went to koje to settle a prison camp uprising during the korean war, as you may know). boatner had been relieved at myitkyina because he [6] apparently had been unable to make any … good many [11] more in the various divisions. we had ca, the division of chinese affairs, na, the division of japanese and korean affairs, sea, the division of southeast asian affairs, and pi, as i think it was called, the division of philippine …
Rear Admiral Donald J. MacDonald Oral History Interview
… cruiser division 9, then stationed in hawaii. but president roosevelt, knowing that we were going to be involved in a war eventually, wanted to make arrangements with the british to see how we could help, and decided to send admiral ghormley … johnson was out. hess: well, that was also about a month -- if it was in august, that was about a month or so after the korean war started. the korean war started the last of june of 1950. macdonald: well, this as i recall, was at least a month before johnson left, at …
Mrs. Stuart A. Rice Oral History Interview
… do this. at that period government wives spent many of their afternoons leaving calling cards, a custom ending with world war ii. monday the supreme court wives were "at home," and tuesday was congressional, and wednesday was something else, and … we have had dinner. [92] there may have been a few others, and in later years we went to a number of receptions in the korean embassy. but we never had a dinner at the korean embassy. have i put on any information about our korean young people? hess: i don't believe so. rice: perhaps we …
Acheson, Dean G. Papers
… in the documents include jefferson-jackson day dinners, jewish organizations, ibm, labor unions, the naacp, the national war college, and roosevelt day dinners. the appointment books file subseries contains appointment schedules kept by acheson’s … germany, great britain, greece, india, indochina, indonesia, iran, israel, italy, japan, joint chiefs of staff, korea, korean war, mexico, middle east, national security council, the netherlands, new zealand, north atlantic treaty organization … releases related to acheson’s speeches on nato, the united nations, education, europe, the japanese peace treaty, the korean war, and spain. the topic index cards re state department documents file subseries contains index cards related to …
Fraser Wilkins Oral History Interview
… after coming back from halifax, which was a probationary post. it was the eve of the american entry into the second world war, and we were kept here in washington working in the visa division, where there was a tremendous increase in the number of … countries like iran an issue? wilkins: i don't remember that it was in 1949-50. mckinzie: you left in the fall of '50; the korean war had already started, and there was all at once, in turkey and the whole area, a large amount of military … or was it something you injected into the situation with dulles? when you were there dealing with political affairs, the korean war was going on. was there any representation to the indians that their stance on things represented some abdication …
Theodore Christidis Oral History Interview
… i would be very glad to answer it, but in a particular way. wilson: yes. christidis: immediately after the end of the war the whole of europe was in ruins and communism was invading all the western world. that is a [2] fact that nobody can … point of the disaster which crushed the nazis later. [3] when we were liberated, after peace was signed, the world war continued for greece, for we had to face the third invasion, which was as bleak, as strong, as hard, and as ruthless as … one of the first great statements dealt with greece, the truman dogma, and then marshall's speech. how important was the korean war as a transitional point in these aid programs, or had the emphasis toward rearmament away from recovery begun …
Merrill C. Gay Oral History Interview
… that attracted many high caliber "professionals." mckinzie: how did you feel about cordell hull's view that after the war there was going to have to be more economic integration than there had ever been before? gay: this was one of the reasons … one of the missions. but my branch of specialists -- twelve to fifteen varying from time to time -- participated in many korean policy decisions. korea was also brought into the ecafe and the colombo plan. and like japan, even hosted the colombo … aid from the united states to far eastern and middle eastern countries, particularly after 1950 with the beginning of the korean war. much of that aid, though, was not going into development -- much of it was going into military preparedness. did …
C. Girard Davidson Oral History Interviews
… general counsel, 1943-46; consultant office of production management, washington, 1941-42; assistant general counsel, war production board, 1944-45; assistant secretary of the interior, 1946-50; national democratic elector, 1952; member of the … florida, 210 keyserling, leon, 3 , 63 kingsley, david, 59 kingsley, j. donald, 63 , 70 , 95, 96 knoxville, tennessee, 2 korean war, 158-159 krooth, david, 3 krug, julius a., 5, 6, 7, 14-15 , 22 , 23 , 31 , 34 , 38 , 47 , 48 , 58 , 88 , 130 , 147 , 148 …
Winthrop G. Brown Oral History Interview
… stayed there with his mission and his successors, philip reed, and amory houghton, and others, until may of 1945 when the war in europe was over. [3] that's a fascinating story in itself. mckinzie: i wonder if you might dwell for a moment on … wilcox as head of the trade [33] policy division. then i went over to international materials policy during the korean war off and on, and dealt with shortages of raw materials. mckinzie: did the division of commercial policy get … mckinzie: could you talk to me a little bit about your work with the office of international materials policy after the korean war started? particularly about the method of stockpiling that was a sensitive topic at the time. brown: yes. …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Ohio
… and keep prosperity and full employment in this country--and we have done it throughout this difficult period after world war ii. and on the international scene, we have taken the lead in forging an alliance of free countries so strong that the … were in control of congress, and that "good-for-nothing, do-nothing" 80th congress laughed at my efforts. then the korean emergency came along, and by the time we got a controls bill passed and the stabilization agencies established, the … his own party in congress in 1949 and 1950 voted against aid for korea. and the record shows we have built up a fine south korean army, which is now providing more than half of the frontline troops, and is providing a bigger proportion of those …
Gould Lincoln Oral History Interview
… prominence as a senator when he was head of the committee investigating certain aspects of the conduct of the second world war. i think he did a very good job. before that i'd known him. hess: you had known him before that? [2] lincoln: well, i had … elizabeth bentley and all that... lincoln: yes, that stuff wasn't helping truman at all, [23] and another thing was the korean war, and that was a very unpopular war, as you know, and just as unpopular as this vietnam war is now, or even more … things, and the whole thing together was calculated to lower mr. truman's popularity. there's no doubt about it that the korean war was a very definite handicap to the democrats at that time. hess: mr. lincoln, where would you place mr. truman on …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
… for the keeping of the free world free. that is what it amounts to. this is the most important election since the civil war, and that is the reason i am out trying to give you the facts, trying to get you to think for yourselves and get the … the major achievements of our armed forces there during the last 18 months--has been the creation and training of a strong korean ground army. this is one of the greatest benefits we have obtained during the lull in fighting that resulted from the … republic of korea military forces totaling approximately 400,000 men. our training schools are turning out 14,000 south korean soldiers each month. there are 50 percent more korean troops in the battle lines today than there are americans. but …
J. Burke Knapp Oral History Interviews
… attention to cambridge economists, so i only really later came to appreciate the values of the keynesian doctrine. the war broke up the business that i was in. when the war broke out in september '39, the british market closed down completely, continental europe was soon in turmoil, and my job … body in charge of the affairs of nato, was to hold its first session in london in the fall of 1950. the outbreak of the korean war in june, 1950, gave new impetus to this matter, and indeed precipitated a crisis in international affairs which at …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interviews, June 11 and June 17, 1975
… director, foreign procurement and development branch, foreign economic administration; and, as special consultant to the war department. he served during the truman administration as vice-chairman, u.s. strategic bombing survey, 1944-46; deputy … topics discussed include the dillon, read, and company; administrative assistants to president roosevelt in world war ii; office of coordinator of inter american affairs; international basic economy corporation; conscription law; board of … of point iv program; truman doctrine; trieste question; nsc-68; joint strategic survey committee; nuclear war strategy; korean war; dismissal of general macarthur; north atlantic treaty organization; german rearmament; french indo china; middle …
The President's News Conference
… of the internal revenue, so i can't give you an answer. [10.] q. mr. president, do you regard this country as being at war ? the president. this country is trying to assist the united nations in preventing aggression, just as it did in greece … did in berlin, and in several other instances. q. this all goes to the supreme court argument, mr. president. are we under war conditions ? the president. i don't think i ought to make any direct comment on the arguments that are made to the … would like to ask you one more question. you issued a statement 4--i have forgotten--a week or so ago, with respect to the korean negotiations. i wonder if there has been any result from that statement, or negotiations broken off-- the president. …
Douglas Ensminger Oral History Interview
… get more input into, not only the point iv program, but these other programs that were slowly evolving in this post-world war ii period? ensminger: i was in the office of foreign agricultural services at that particular time. and it's interesting … [86] ensminger: okay, but i say we found that the countries bargained with us. taylor: how much impact do you think the korean war had on our attitude in foreign policy, it was changed from preventing communist revolutions in the underdeveloped … understand the debates in congress, and all the things that came out of the hearings. taylor: what influence did the korean war have on the totality of our foreign aid program? ensminger: well, i don't think there's any question that the …
Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview
… robert b. landry oral history interview oral history interview with robert b. landry member of faculty, national war college, 1946; executive officer to army air force chief of staff, general carl spaatz, 1947; united states air force … to chat about events of the day, occasionally some more pressing matters such as the cold war, the russian threat, the korean situation and things like that. it was on one such occasion that i recommended to the president he have an up-to-date … war ii. o'donnell was commanding general of the 15th air force bomber forces that were being employed in korea in the korean war. maybe it was '51-'52, along in there. the bombers began to take quite a licking because they weren't allowed to …
J. Noel Macy Oral History Interview
… think historians would like to know why people go into government service. you had a career as a newspaperman before world war ii so what prompted you to go into government? macy: well, the army had something to do with that. i was in the national … think it's a question of what level, and i'm not clear on that myself. i ran into it again, because after this period the korean war came along, and the newspaperman who had been running the printing and publishing division of the national … and still thinks of himself as there to chisel everything he can for the industry? mckinzie: then you came back with the korean war? macy: i stayed until the end of that, and then [51] they wanted me to take that and some other industries over to …
The President's News Conference
… revenue. q. mr. president, may i ask a question? the president. sure. [10.] q. senator taft has been saying that the korean war is truman's war--a useless war, i mean. i don't know whether there has been an effective answer on that-i wonder if you would comment on …
William T. Golden Oral History Interview
… consultant to the u.s. president to review organization of the government's military-scientific activities incident to the korean war, consultant to director of the budget, 1950-51; member of military procurement task force of the commission on … it was in the office of defense mobilization, and because actually what started all of this was the outbreak of the korean [22] war, in the summer of 1950. johnson: june of '50. golden: yes. that caused some congressional leaders to press …
John L. Sullivan Oral History Interview
… school. i entered dartmouth in 1917 and left the following year to join the united states navy. at the conclusion of the war, i returned to dartmouth where i graduated in 1921. in 1924 i received my law degree from harvard university. in 1928 i … quite well. we had our differences of opinion, but we got along well and still do. hess: at this time, and before the korean war, many of the services were being cut back. according to some of the figures that i have seen, the air force was … day dinner (1952), 79 johnson, louis a., 4-6 , 56-63 , 65 , 71-74 kefauver, estes, 77 , 78 , 80 , 81 knox, frank, 17 , 18 korean war, 73 krug, julius a., 85 , 86 landry, robert, 52 , 53 leahy, william d., 50 "little cabinet," 28 long, russell, 34 …
Nicholas G. Thacher Oral History Interview
… charge afghanistan-pakistan affairs, 1954-56; 1st secretary american embassy, baghdad, iraq, 1956-58; assigned national war college, 1958-59; deputy director, office near eastern affairs, department of state, 1955-62; consular of embassy … arabia. the [49] only people who were susceptible was the iraqi monarchy. and that's how it came about. johnson: did the korean war trigger this effort to get the military alliances there in southeast asia, or was it maybe nato? thacher: it was a series of events. the korean war, as naked communist aggression, was certainly a very important event, but the berlin blockade, the conquest of …
Thomas C. Mann Oral History Interview
… by accident, the accident i just described, a jurisdictional problem. mckinzie: when you went on these missions during the war, i understand a great deal of your work involved safeguarding sources of materials and keeping trade flowing into the … think that's obviously silly, and some day it will be realized and corrected. mckinzie: how did your work change when the korean war started? mann: oh, i don't know that my work changed very much. we were interested in getting support. [66] the korean thing was tied into the u.n., and this is when it really broke down -- when the russians vetoed and walked out. it was …
R. Gordon Arneson Oral History Interview
… interview with r. gordon arneson during the truman administration, mr. arneson served as the secretary of the secretary of war's interim committee on atomic energy, 1945; member of staff, u.s. delegation to the united nations atomic energy … to live on, and i worked for the federal home loan bank board in new york city for some months. about this time, the war agencies were ginning up; and i worked for the national defense advisory commission, the office of production management, … too much of their resources on defense? arneson: yes. johnson: i notice in june of '50--this would be at the time the korean war broke out--that you were concerned about western europe selling strategic materials to the soviet bloc. did that …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, January 15, 1963
… assistant to the president, 1945-46; the assistant to the president, 1946-53. also served as director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1946; chairman of the president's scientific research board, 1946-47; acting chairman of … because i thought i had somebody that could take my place, namely david stowe. i was on the verge of leaving when the korean situation came up. one morning i went into the president's office and he asked me did i meet general bradley out in … we have, i think, 21 boxes of papers out at the truman library covering this program. this was stopped, i assume, when the korean war began and because of defense contracts and whatnot really solved the problem. steelman: yes, we were working …
Harold L. Enarson Oral History Interview
… and its larger dimension. that began to help focus my interests in that area. remember, in the times following world war ii we had this huge clash of big labor and big [2] corporations. it's almost impossible to reconstruct the passion and … traveled to canada to study their system at one time. i'm not clear on the exact dates and i don't know exactly when the korean crisis heated up, but, in any event, by the end of the summer, i was suddenly invited -- i guess it was by dave stowe … largely with price and wage stabilization matters, defense, the mobilization effort as we got deeper and deeper into the korean conflict and as the chinese marched across the yalu. then, there was charles murphy, a north carolinian, who was the …
Robert Wyatt Oral History Interview
… your parents had lived on that land for a number of years? wyatt: my granddad bought this land a few years after the civil war. johnson: what was his name? wyatt: wylie wyatt. [3] johnson: he came here and kind of homesteaded, or bought a farm, right after the civil war you say? wyatt: well, he was up north of the river after the war, and then came down in 1886, wasnt it mom? mrs. wyatt: … wasnt that big an elevator. johnson: i know mr. truman was rather unpopular in 1952, the last year of his presidency. the korean war was still going on; that was the main thing, and then there were people complaining about communists in …
Walter Trohan Oral History Interview
… and truman got in this, and because of that connection mr. truman got into the subcommittee on the conduct of the war. and he, in those days, sought a great deal of advice from mr. wheeler because wheeler was an old hand at that time, and … it found necessary to replace him, do you know? trohan: well, i think -- i don't know, as i remember... hess: because the korean war had started? trohan: the korean war had come on and johnson was trying to sabotage acheson, and acheson was very close to the white house and johnson …
Elbert G. Mathews Oral History Interview
… changed constantly. this was in part because of changing world conditions. obviously, the attitudes one had before world war ii were quite different from those one had after world war ii and in the succeeding years. our position in the world, the … anybody in washington [42] that could do it. mckinzie: where did military assistance come into your work? it did in the korean war, of course, but was it before that? mathews: well, i said earlier that when i was in the south asian division … maybe even the tactics, when some crisis events occurred -- when, for example, china fell and then, subsequently, when the korean war began. this would have seemed to have made the area considerably more sensitive than it was in 1947, when you came …
H. Graham Morison Oral History Interview, August 10, 1972
… history interview, august 10, 1972 oral history interview with h. graham morison assistant to the general counsel of the war production board, 1941-43; captain, united states marine corps, 1943-45; special assistant to the attorney general of the … particular assignment and what problems you were faced with? morison: yes, i remember it came as a great surprise, the korean war was coming on and i was called over to the white house, and i forget whether charlie was then counsel, i guess he … the president was authorized in a national emergency to establish an agency to control prices and wages. in view of the korean conflict the president had to stabilize prices and wages. it was named the office of economic stabilization. so, i …
Elsey, George M. Papers
… policies, the marshall plan, palestine, the point four program, soviet union, loyalty investigations, internal security, korean war, legislation, national defense, armed forces unification, and reorganization of the executive branch. notable documents … august 11: conference on aging letter 1950, august 30: voice of america letter box 34 1950, september 1: fireside chat on korean situation 1950, september 9: defense production act speech 1950, september 13: message to congress on general marshall …
Charles P. Kindleberger Oral History Interview
… that would be a good experience. fairly stupid of me to do that, because a man with broader vision could have seen a war was coming, but i couldn't. i agreed in february of '39 to go to europe to work for three years. it happened that with … with my wife. we had no children at the time. after the fall of paris though i decided i wanted to get out. either the war would be short and the wrong people would win, or [6] it would be long and it was a poor place to be. so emile despres, … economic affairs, a division of the state department, and they. were going to set up a division on japan and korean economic affairs. would i take over, and bring in my gang which were all streaming back from overseas? we went to …
Sheet Music Collection
… given to president truman and other members of the truman or wallace families. much of the sheet music pertains to world war ii and american patriotism. [ administrative information | collection description | series descriptions | folder title … belongs to every man freedom fair freedom is everybody's job freedom isn't free freedom- liberty freedom-loving south korean rose freedom speaks freedom's call freedom's holy light freedoms world friends always friendship garden friendship's … waltz kisses from you kitty kitty where's my kitty kat kokura komm liebchen wander mit deinem leander korea land of song korean lullaby la falena la java la petite jeanneton la serenade la sonrisa de mary ladder of fame lady buccaneers lady of my …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, April 9, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder was a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. washington, d.c., april 9, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional snyder … about the lack of defense preparation. you must recall that this was in 1949 and only about eight months before the korean thing broke out. they were discussing about strange ships coming by and that they didn't know what was going on. so i …
Henry L. Deimel Oral History Interview
… luck henry francis grady became my mentor; he had been commercial attaché in london and the hague after the first world war. i became his teaching fellow my last year, and he became chairman of my ph.d. committee when i finally found something … for instance by president coolidge's famous dictum, "the business of america is business;" and coolidge on the war debt, "they hired the money, didn't they?" the major effort of the very good few men in the economic advisors office in … the beginning of the eisenhower period, because i was here during the elections. i was in india during the opening of the korean war and all the turnover that came; i was here on a long vacation during the summer of '52. let's see, my second …
Francis Russell Oral History Interview
… a thoughtful, soft-spoken man from georgia, his family owned a small-town newspaper, he'd been in the navy during world war ii, which took him into various parts of latin america, after the war was over he came around to the office of public … set the record straight as with the one by acheson on china, but we didn't have any anti-mccarthy programs. mckinzie: the korean war obviously changed just about everything, changed the focus, at least, and the emphasis in the state department. … 5-6 , 40 , 41 hull, cordell, 1 , 3 , 5 , 19 independence, missouri, 33 india, 32 , 36 indochina, 32 jones, joseph, 28 , 42 korean war, 40 kremlin, 48 kuhn, delia, 30 , 36 kuhn, ferdinand, 30 laramie, wyoming, 20 latin america, 4 league of nations …
Frederick J. Lawton Oral History Interview
… because of a possible rise in prices, things of that sort. of course, we were in a period following the close of world war ii, and the redevelopment of industry and national economy, so that there was a changing price situation. also the … and the service secretaries and the joint chiefs before a final decision was made on the military budget during the korean period. in those cases, the issues were settled before they actually got into any message stage. [18] it became then a … that it would ride high enough on the water to clear the locks. morrissey: could you elaborate a bit on the impact of the korean war on budget making? lawton: well, the program, of course, had to shift rather immediately to a high production …
Hubert F. Havlik Oral History Interview
… hubert f. havlik oral history interview oral history interview with hubert f. havlik war production board (office of civilian supply, program review), 1942-44; adviser on lend-lease, foreign economic … on the very first monthly operation in epu. you must recall now that this was taking place against the background of the korean war, which started with the previous fall. this affected the europeans; prices had risen, people saw shortages. the … in paris, felt very strongly that the crisis had been brought on by willful action of the german authorities. seeing the korean crises, it looked as though they decided to take advantage of their position and import as much as possible with which …
Paul R. Porter Oral History Interview
… porter oral history interview oral history interview with paul r. porter chairman, shipbuilding stabilization committee, war production board, washington, 1941-45; deputy and later chief, mission for economic affairs, american embassy, london, … the time you came back? did it still have that impetus that... porter: yes, it was still strong, but the outbreak of the korean war skewed everything. that and the continued alarm over the russian moves in europe were already precipitating the … planning for nato. wilson: several people have told us it's their belief that [65] the department of defense financed the korean war out of the foreign aid program. it was never really clear. you couldn't get much information about just what was …
The President's News Conference
… take possession of and operate the [5.] q. mr. president, are you as optimistic as the pentagon on the progress of the war in korea? the president. i take my military advice from the military leaders, and i am optimistic, as they are. [6.] q. … mr. president, trygve lie, in his report on the united nations, said that the real crisis would come after we had won the korean war--that is, a crisis in world affairs; and he recommended high level meetings between the east and west to solve that …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, November 20, 1970
… came to washington, d.c., in 1938 where he served as their state department and foreign relations correspondent. he was a war correspondent, attached to the british army in france and belgium, 1940, during invasion of the low countries; evacuated … . hess: a member of henry luce's organization nevertheless. nixon: to bring this into focus it must be remembered that the korean conflict was highly unpopular, just as the war in vietnam now is. the reasons [926] and the necessities for it should … a pistol pointed at the head of japan. [930] the campaign seemed, at that point, obviously to hinge almost entirely on the korean conflict. this detroit statement by eisenhower, written for him by a luce minion, was, in fact, sheer demagoguery. …
Dirk U. Stikker Oral History Interview, July 14, 1970
… was there a contradiction in u.s. policy? stikker: it came to us in a way as a shock, and a surprise. during the war we had been cut off from everything that happened in the rest of the world. we didn't know a thing. in the netherlands we … transfer of sovereignty was in '49. wilson: this is a hypothetical question. what would have been the situation had the korean war occurred in 1947, [10] say, rather than in . . . stikker: well, yes, then naturally that would have been … affairs had been solved, except the problem of coal, a fuel. the balance of [47] payments had improved a lot. the korean war changed that again. but the main issues when we started with oecd, was the dollar gap and the difficulties in …
Oral History Interview
… bingham: yes, in 1951, about the middle of 1951no, earlier in 1951, i had thought of coming back to washington. the korean war was on and i felt, i had an urge to get back into public service. i was practicing law but i was bored with it. and i …
Connelly, Matthew J. Papers
… met every week when the president was in washington, but the meetings increased in frequency following the outbreak of the korean war in 1950. connelly's papers comprise five series. the first series, notes on cabinet meetings i, contains summaries of …
James W. Riddleberger Oral History Interview, April 26, 1972
… and it had not been roosevelt's practice to keep the vice president very well-informed about the developments on both the war front and the diplomatic front, so to speak. this made it all the more necessary that we prepare the documents and do the … use it, yes. given all the circumstances. hess: there are those that say it was not necessarily the last bomb of the last war, but the first bomb of the next war. it was not used against primarily japan, we had already defeated them, it was used … the right kind of decisions. hess: in your estimation, what is his place in history... riddleberger: and then comes the korean war. hess: that's right. riddleberger: of which i won't... hess: that's a different subject isn't it? riddleberger: …
Burrus, Rufus B. Papers
… county budgeting and financing are also covered. the u.s. army file documents burrus's service in the army during world war ii and in the army reserve from 1927 to 1941 and 1945 to 1975. the series includes information about army reserve summer … to it] foreign policy [truman's handwritten note of january 27, 1952 concerning the use of the atomic bomb to end the korean war; reaction to francis lowenheim's article of august 1980 on this issue] wentworth military academy speech, by harry … 1955-57] [3 of 3] fyke farmer vs. harry s. truman and j.m. rountree [attempt to subpoena truman in a case relating to the korean war, 1956] press release of speech by harry s. truman, 1957 [relating to the powers and duties of the president] …
The President's News Conference
… story from tokyo, saying there is evidence of washington stripping general macarthur4 of authority to speak freely on the korean war. it says that they have taken away from general macarthur all authority to issue decisions on current ground or military … back? the president. we will cross that bridge when we get to it. i don't know whether you had any experience in world war ii on price controls and wage adjustments. i did. and that was part of my job on that committee. and it is one of the …
Joint Statement Following Discussions With the Prime Minister of Great Britain
… effort must be made to achieve the purposes of the united nations in korea by peaceful means and to find a solution of the korean problem on the basis of a free and independent korea. we are confident that the great majority of the united nations … build up their defenses and to strength the atlantic community. we recognize that adequate defense forces are essential if war is to be prevented. accordingly, we have reached the following conclusions: 1. the military capabilities of the united …
Lord Oliver Franks Oral History Interview
… honor our commitments." gold and dollars flowed out to belgium, argentina, and a score of countries to whom britain owed war incurred trading debts. that [13] experiment in freeing up trade and currency had been disastrous for us. britain had … to rearm germany was obviously taken against the background of uncertainty whether the soviets intended to let the war in korea be the prelude to general hostilities. the united states and the united kingdom had been caught in berlin and … to go with, he accepted it. mclellan: what was your opinion of the truman-acheson [22] china policy in the year before the korean war? what were the circumstances under which britain recognized and the united states did not? franks: let me begin by …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 20, 1967
… i can remember an occasion in 1940 -- i would place it -- it was the summer of '40 or '41, between the time that the war started and we got into it, before pearl harbor, but after the war began. there was a debate in the high school in the … i had recommended this for some time to george elsey and others were strong for it too; in june just a few days before the korean war the tydings report was out, or about to come [128] out, and the president held a policy powwow at blair house -- … the white house was under reconstruction then and he was living at blair house -- and it was just a few days before the korean war and the congressional leadership was there; barkley, as i recall, and mccormack, and i don't think lucas was there …
The President's News Conference
… q. mr. president, going back to umt, a hill source said that your position was that you would not use umt until after the korean war, even if it were voted. is that correct, sir? the president. well, the situation with respect to umt has been very …
Walter Hehmeyer Oral History Interview
… a better job or... hehmeyer: i was getting restless in new york and things were getting very serious, what with europe at war -- the defense program was moving along at that time and i was most anxious to get into something like that that would be … to investigation?" but as a matter of fact, the housing administration, for example, was not involved directly in the war effort. fuchs: who else was there when you joined the staff? hehmeyer: well, when i got there hugh fulton was the chief … for senator truman -- president truman. and, i don't know whether you saw it -- there was a big story in time during the korean war -- lowe had wrangled some kind of orders and got over there to korea and went right into the front lines and there …
Address at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis
… home promptly, and without appeasement. knowing very well that tremendous strides have been made in creating a tough south korean army of 400,000 men, yet he suggests that his old friends and colleagues in the armed services have been delinquent in … be held in reserve while the newly trained koreans did all the fighting? they did not. they express admiration for their korean allies, but they know the koreans cannot yet hold the line alone. listen to what sergeant first class james shatto of … there speaks a fighting soldier. and corporal harvey d. jones, of crumpier, west virginia, said this is a united nations war, and that the united states is obligated to share in the fighting and not remain in the rear and let others do the dirty …
Thomas K. Finletter Oral History Interview
… as the truman committee. does anything come to mind about mr. truman's association with the truman committee during world war ii? finletter: no, nothing. hess: all right. did you attend the democratic national convention that was held in chicago … it was not contemplated to send land forces, but it was thought that air and naval bombardment in support of the south korean troops would be adequate. do you recall that? finletter: i have no recollection of anything as definite as that, in … of the manner in which secretary of defense louis johnson acted to meet the problems which arose at the time of the korean invasion? finletter: it's very hard to answer that question without a full documentation of the various proposals and …
Frank K. Kelly Oral History Interview
… 1941, for outstanding work in journalism. in january, 1943, i entered the u.s. army. i served for three years in world war ii as a soldier and as an army correspondent in europe. i received a citation for distinguished service from lieutenant general john lee, one of general eisenhower's deputies. i came back from the war and returned to the associated press. and then i wrote a novel about the united nations, the clash between the u.s. and … kansas city; he has top clearance, charlie." johnson: do you know the date of that interview? was it before or after the korean war started? kelly: he didn't mention korea, so maybe it hadn't happened. he mentioned the atom bomb, and his decision …
The President's News Conference
… is what we have been working for constantly and continually. 2 see 1945 volume, this series, items 26, 27. when the cold war started in greece and turkey, and berlin, and finally in korea, we had to put forth every effort possible to prevent all the free world from coming under communist control. up to date, we have been successful in preventing a third world war. conditions at the present time are very grave. we have been faced with a steel, strike and an oil strike, and we are now … [20.] q. mr. president, have you anything to add to your statement on korea 12 yesterday? the president. no comment on the korean situation. my statement and general ridgway's13 covered the situation, and there shouldn't be talk about it in the …
David K. E. Bruce Oral History Interview
… in all, a period of slightly over twelve months. at various times i was in the united states army: during the first world war from 1917 to 1920; during the second world war from 1942 until 1945. my only political occupation, if i can put it that way, as far as election to public office was … been accorded, or a contact should have been established. hess: what is your opinion of how matters were handled in the korean situation? should we have become involved in the situation in korea? bruce: yes, i think distinctly, because we did it …
Ambassador Philip D. Sprouse Oral History Interview
… proceeded to return to china by the back door, over the hump, through india. i stayed in china during two years of the war period and came home on leave at the end of '44. i was on my way back to china the following winter when i was suddenly … submitted my request for retirement. fuchs: was the work you did in france affected by the outbreak of the police action, korean war? sprouse: the korean thing had started before i got to paris. i left my job as the director of the office of chinese affairs only about a …
Cornelius J. Mara Oral History Interviews
… travel from greenpoint to columbia up at 116th street and broadway each night on the subway. while i was at columbia, the war broke, the first world war, and i volunteered. i wrote the adjutant general and set forth my credentials, and he replied … became president. i think destiny provided him with being the head of this country. he was a great, great man. hess: the korean conflict started in june of 1950, just about one year after you started in at the white house, do you recall where you … he may have communicated with harry vaughan, but i have no recollection of seeing him beforehand. hess: shortly after the korean war started in june of '50, secretary louis johnson was replaced by general marshall, that was in september of 1950. …
Frank A. Southard, Jr. Oral History Interview
… the treasury department? you mentioned previously that you'd been back at cornell in the economics department after the war. southard: well, i'm not sure of what caused him, to approach me. the direct approach was made to me by andrew overby, … one that suggested my name to snyder. it could have been true. i'd [3] known foley when i was in the treasury before the war and we'd been together in the war -- that's possible. but in any case, i came at the request of snyder, and took over on … didn't have much trouble, of course, in those years. so that was one thing. but that was easy, because beginning with the korean war the opposition couldn't summon up any real support and we always hid behind the u.n. we used to say, "well, this …
James W. Riddleberger Oral History Interview, June 24, 1971
… reserve bank, and who was in those days the chief of economic warfare division in london, had to concentrate on the war trade agreements, primarily with switzerland and sweden. his time was so taken up with negotiations, that in effect i … this or that and the other and so forth. everybody wanted to keep the german market and i could understand that. but the korean war had started, and if there is one thing the germans understand they understand what you better do quick if war is … i think this is a retrospective view on his part. he thought that we became too rigid in 1950, about the time of the korean war, and that we should have kept open our options about the future of germany. was that at all a possibility then? …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, June 8, 1967
… interview, june 8, 1967 oral history interview with philleo nash special assistant for domestic operations, office of war information, 1942-45, and special consultant to the secretary of war, 1943. special assistant to president for minority … therefore, i just made it my business to work with admiral dennison and with others on it. of course, when we got into the korean war, then right away guam became a very important leaping off point, and it was necessary to restore military rule there for a while. so, this was done, but again, when the korean war was over, the way was clear for the civilian rule and the first civilian governor and so on, and it was done. once …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
… election in many, many years. the choice the people make this year may decide whether we have prosperity or depression, war or peace. the whole future of our country is wrapped up in the decision next november the 4th. peace is the most … of our political system and the needs of the plain, everyday people in this country and all over the world. during the war, president roosevelt sent him to italy to find out how we could best help the people of that great country rebuild their … back on the statute books, but the republican "good-for-nothing" 80th congress just laughed at my efforts. then the korean emergency came along, and by the time we got a controls bill passed and the stabilization agencies established, the …
General Louis W. Truman Oral History Interview
… think i ranked about number 4; i got into west point in 1928 and graduated from there in 1932. then i went to the national war college. [6] johnson: when was it that you attended the national war college? truman: that was in '48. i had correspondence courses with the armed forces staff college. although i wanted to … ii. in august 1944, he was promoted to colonel, after only twelve years commissioned service. between world war ii and the korean conflict, he served as secretary of the united states delegation to the united nations military staff committee, …
Robert L. Irvin Oral History Interview
… department of justice in washington, and had been told there was an opportunity on the staff of the truman committee, the war investigating committee. not knowing too much about it, and wanting the experience, i went over and applied and probably … beginning. another major investigation early, at that point in time, was converting the civilian production machinery into war production. there was a big question could we have guns and butter too; could we maintain civilian production? so, why i … time you saw mr. truman then? irvin: i was back there for the city of long beach in 1950, was it? this was prior to the korean war, i guess, so it's in around in there somewhere. they had gone into a curtailment program and shut down the …