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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 …
Robert Marjolin Oral History Interview, May 30, 1964
… experience. one of the englishmen told me that the allies had been working together for a long time on the conduct of the war and the initial peace settlement, so there wasn't really so much new about this oeec thing. would you agree with that? … in a different way, was it not? marjolin: well there were various forms of cooperation, in the years during the war, and at the end of the war. but this kind of close working together [9] was really, i would say, something new at the … you think they most became conscious of mr. truman -- in connection with the marshall plan, or the 1948 election, or the korean episode? marjolin: i would say that truman proved himself a great statesman, practically from the time he started …
Grover W. Ensley Oral History Interview by Senate Historical Office
… outstanding example of the imagination and productivity that senior staff brought to the multiple challenges of the post war era. about the interviewer :--richard allan baker has been director of the united states senate historical office since … chief thing that i was proud of was that we would seek areas of agreement within the committee. with the outbreak of the korean war in the summer of 1950 when a tax reduction bill was being considered in the house ways and means committee, truman … together and they agreed to a resolution that we'd written calling for an immediate increase in taxes and paying for the korean war as we went along. we got unanimity in the [42] full committee on this resolution. quickly, truman jumped on the …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1954
… estimated at 78.6 billion dollars. receipts under present tax laws, which provide for the expiration of some of the post-korean tax increases, are estimated at 68.7 billion dollars. on this basis, the deficit is estimated at 9.9 billion dollars. … which will amount to approximately 11 billion dollars, represent for the most part a continuing cost of world war 11; in addition, they include the costs of services and benefits for the growing number of veterans of the fighting in … strength of more than 3.6 million service men and women, an increase of more than 2.1 million since the beginning of the korean conflict and slightly above the average provided for in the 1953 budget. despite the slight increase in average …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 10, 1970
… house staff, to mr. harriman' s staff? elsey: mr. harriman returned to washington a few days after the outbreak of the korean war, in the later part of june or the first day or two of july 1950, at the president's personal request, because he thought it would be extremely useful, helpful to him to have harriman close at hand. with the outbreak of the korean conflict, there was much uncertainty as to the long-range intentions of the soviet union, just what might be brewing …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, April 9, 1970
… be made of them or might be required of them. there--admiral [wilson] brown who was roosevelt's naval aide most of the war, was very much concerned about having adequate records maintained for president roosevelt's own use in writing about the … of state subsequent to that too, are here. then there are a number of folders on messages that went to congress on the korean situation, radio addresses to the public, of course they were radio in those days, not tv, drafts in toto and here's … his marshall plan job at the end of june 1950. harriman came back to be on the president's staff with the outbreak of the korean war, and so harriman had already been back in washington close to a year by then, by now, and i had been working with …
H. Graham Morison Oral History Interview, August 4, 1972
… history interview, august 4, 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 … who has served in the corps. so, in 1950, and it probably was at the time the president had asked me to organize for the korean war, the office of economic stabilization, because he said i was the only one in "his family" that he knew who had the … of the war production board, and knew what had to be done to help to stabilize the economy so that we could arm for the korean conflict and at the same time not let the economy "go to pot." it had to be regulated. in any event, sometime in 1950 …
Ken Hechler Oral History Interview
… d. roosevelt. administrative analyst, bureau of the budget, 1942, 1946-47; u.s. army historian, european theater in world war ii; author, bridge at remagen ; university professor, 1947-49, 1957, 1981-84; special assistant to the president, … kayle was primarily working with steelman. johnson: in the election of 1950 -- this was in the early stages of the korean war -- truman did not do much in terms of whistlestopping, did he? hechler: after the may trip, no. the may trip was … so successful that i think it was unfortunate that he didn't get out a little bit more. but being very occupied with the korean war, he didn't feel that it [145] was proper to go out barnstorming around the country at a time a war was going on. …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, March 1, 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: off the yacht, the williamsburg ? steelman: yes. johnson: okay. i think we'll get up to 1951. you know the korean war was underway and the steel workers had not had a raise since sometime in 1950. and so there was talk about a … were asked to take his place. do you remember taking charlie wilson's place in the office of defense management during the korean war? [267] steelman: oh, yes. yes. truman, anytime there was a vacancy in a top job like that, truman would appoint …
Andrews, Stanley Papers
… arkansas trip to thailand, 1949-1950 box 3 government service file: 1950 general (3 folders) agriculture and the korean war foreign aid memoranda foreign trade, declining importance of europe international wheat council and international sugar … with no title) article on the federal bureaucracy (no title) "foreign aid priorities complete the circle" "the grass roots war - south vietnam" new york times articles point iv (untitled article) "point iv - more than a symbol" the reporter …
John C. Campbell Oral History Interview
… at the university of louisville in 1940, at the time of the second reelection of president roosevelt. the coming of the war had a good deal to do with turning me from teaching to government service. teaching jobs were not available at that time, … weren't as backward about their relations with the west. they were still under threat of military action in 1950, and the korean war had just started. (how much the yugoslavs knew about the soviet role in starting the korean war, heaven knows. i don't think we know yet about it.) at any rate, washington was concerned that the korean pattern …
Letter to C. S. Jones in Response to Questions on the Steel Situation
… high taxes their profits after taxes are greater now than the profits they made after taxes in the three years before the korean outbreak--and those were very profitable years. the iron and steel institute has reported that its members--some 90% … charles s. (casey) jones, president of the academy of aeronautics at la guardia airport in new york city, was a world war i aviator and a pioneer in the aeronautics industry. he maintained a 220-acre cattle farm at washington crossing, pa. mr. …
Judge Carl McGowan Oral History Interview
… in that position until pearl harbor and then i went into the navy. i was in the naval service the [2] rest of the war, and for some time thereafter. i practiced law in washington briefly, but then returned in 1948 to the northwestern … increased in those four years. it was now twenty years instead of only sixteen, but they seemed like a lot more. the korean war, for all the wrong reasons, was very unpopular and in his preoccupation with foreign policy, which was the most … and that explains a lot of that slackness in washington, which was not really serious, but a man who's impatient with the korean war would seize upon something like that. it seemed to be worse than it was, and i think that, for all the wrong …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, June 24, 1989
… and i thought perhaps i could start by asking you again about security provisions for president roosevelt during world war ii. you mentioned a ramp and a small shelter, i think, under what was it, the west wing? stowe: the east wing. johnson: i … talk a little more about that again, about roosevelt and provisions for him? stowe: well, as i understand it, during world war ii, there were no arrangements for bomb shelters in the white house itself, but that a tunnel had been constructed from … security resources board. johnson: i might mention a couple of other things. in 1950, and this would be right after the korean war had started, the idea of having a science advisor to the president apparently became very important. weren't you …
Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Need for Government Operation of the Steel Mills
… these are not normal times. these are times of crisis. we have been working and fighting to prevent the outbreak of world war. so far we have succeeded. the most important element in this successful struggle has been our defense program. if that … lack of steel, to cut down on our atomic energy program. i have no doubt that if our defense program fails, the danger of war, the possibility of hostile attack, grows that much greater. i would not be faithful to my responsibilities as president … made. now, a profit of $17 or $18 a ton for steel is extremely high. during 1947, 1948, and 1949, the 3 years before the korean outbreak, steel profits averaged a little better than $11 a ton. the companies could absorb this wage increase …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 30, 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 … returned to france; evacuated with remnants of the british army from brest, june 20, 1940; covered london blitz, 1940-41; war correspondent, attached to united states forces in european theater of operations, 1942-1943; correspondent in northern … end. the 1946 bi-election, just a few months after the end of the second world war, brought in a republican congress. the korean war, a much smaller conflict, was the final blow that turned the democrats out of office in 1952. the vietnam war …
Durward W. Gilmore Oral History Interview
… supposed to when you're a young lawyer. then i ran for the state senate and got elected in 1949. johnson: okay, after the war. what did you do during the war years? gilmore: when i got out of law school, i applied to the navy for a commission in … did lose some seats in the congress, even though truman had gone out campaigning for them. of course, this was after the korean war started. gilmore: we had an old fellow here that, let's see, had been the attorney general in missouri for the … well, that's exactly right. that gave him enough "oomph" to where he was going to do it further. johnson: well, the korean war started while you were president of the young democrats too, i think. you became president in 1949, and the korean …
Loy W. Henderson Oral History Interview
… dont you think to start talking about the truman era, as april l945. you have to sort of consider the events of the war. henderson: would you like then for me to tell you about my position and whereabouts at the time of the death of … compensated to an extent for nehrus aloofness. mckinzie: there were some difficulties, were there not, in 1950 once the korean war started, about when u.s. commercial policy changed, for one thing? henderson: well, nehru was irritated about our … one of the most important and difficult conversations with nehru was in connection with korea. when in june 1950 north korean armed forces with the support of the soviet union and communist china suddenly invaded south korea, the security …
J. Wesley Adams Oral History Interview
… dumbarton oaks conference and the san francisco conference was the determination that this time, in contrast to world war i and our experience with the league of nations, whatever was adopted must be accepted by the senate. they didn't want a … later. in cairo they spoke about it, but there [101] were these other issues, you see, that excited people. there was the korean war, which began in june of '50, only two months after i arrived in cairo; so, there was a great deal of talk and … adams' family visits, 81-86 khan, sir liaquat ali, 33 khan, sir zafrullah, 26 , 33 , 36 , 41 korbel, josef, 26 , 27 korean war, 101 leach, richard, 84 , 85 lozano, alfredo, 42-43 milk, harold, 73 missouri , u.s.s., 24 mohammed, bakshi …
Matthew Connelly Oral History Interviews
… harry s.; delivers message on, 206 , 268 importance of his support for, 439-446 views on civil rights, 434-435 civil war, 29-30 clark, bennett, 138 clark, charles patrick, 5 , 9 , 13 , 22 , 31 , 42 , 46 , 50 , 56 , 60 background of, 15-16 … 343-347 keech, richmond b., on the staff of, 202 key west, florida, vacations at, 313-314 , 316-320 and kimball, dan, 355 korean invasion, attitude concerning, 396 krug, julius a., in the cabinet of, 366-368 and landry, robert b., 237-238 , 239 … staff of, 55 truman, harry s.: as chairman of, 88-89 discussion on the purpose of, 29-30 relationship with the staff, 57 war department relations, 24-28 , 30-31 war production board, relations with, 61-63 truman doctrine, 390 truman, margaret, …
Perry Laukhuff Oral History Interview
… impatient with the slow progress of public opinion in this country toward what eventually became our involvement in a war, because we saw the thing with great clarity and thought it was inevitable that we had to play our part. well, anyway, i … things, naval vessels and bombs and artillery and all this. of course, the really decisive event, for my money, was the korean war. now, i don't know whether you want to get that far ahead or not. there were one or two other things i want to … responsibility for internal security in case of an attack by the russians, all that sort of thing. it was the shock of the korean invasion of south korea that changed that, really radically changed that. i can't really fill in much of that picture …
White House Central Files: Official File
… of 1 - t misc. of 1 - u office of marketing services of 1 - v office of foreign agricultural relations of 1 - w war food administration of 1 - w endorsements of 1 - x bureau of human nutrition and home economics of 1 - y production and … of 85 - dd advisory committee of 85 - dd preparatory commission of 85 - dd technical committee of 85 - ee united nations korean commission of 85 - ff united nations conference on an inter-governmental maritime organization of 85 - gg united … - ww united nations collective measures committee of 85 - xx world meteorological organization of 85 - yy united nations korean reconstruction agency of 85 - zz international penal & penitentiary commission of 85 - 1 - a ad hoc commission on …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana
… world don't plan to engage in appeasement-for we have learned from bitter experience that appeasement is the road to total war. the communists have been stopped cold in korea. and the communists haven't crossed another frontier since, anywhere in … of the workingman every time it has come up in congress. and above all, let me ask you: do you want to avoid a third world war? then you'd better "look out neighbor." the republican candidate seems to be listening to some strange advice so far as … and i would never minimize the cost of korea. i am very deeply conscious of it. but never let anyone tell you that the korean episode has been a useless one. korea is a landmark--a great victory in our fight for peace. for there we have stopped …
Sir Frank Figgures Oral History Interview
… the impression i have received both from documents and from talking with some people, [5] was that at the end of the war the machinery of bretton woods, these new international financial institutions, were thought to be sufficient to … treasury in july, 1946. one of the first things i had to do was sort of "get up" on what people had been doing during the war, but i'm not able to report on what the views were in '44-'45 from firsthand experience. i really wasn't close to it and … oeec would evolve into something rather formidable in the economic sphere, oeec itself, but that events, nato perhaps, the korean war perhaps, prohibited this. is that correct? figgures: i'm not sure about your time scale. you see, the oeec was …
Walter H. Judd Oral History Interview, January 26, 1976
… of nebraska at lincoln in 1920 and from the medical department of the same university in 1923; during the first world war enlisted in the united states army in 1918 as a private and was discharged as a second lieutenant, field artillery, in … of 1948 when mr. truman won in a victory that wasn't a surprise to some of us but was to most people--and then the korean war came along, and then a great deal of graft and corruption in his administration was exposed--i think it was about … they are interested in holding?" well, we pulled out, left a vacuum and as soon as the soviets could get the north korean forces ready, they invaded in june 1950. whereupon we had to turn around and drive them out, at a cost of 33,000 …
MIlton Katz Oral History Interview
… represent the continuation of a trend in american political and social life which begins a decade or two after the civil war. you will recall that the granger movement arose in what was then the middlewest, the indiana-ohio area, and that it … more realistic. mckinzie: of course, the situation changed a great deal in the last two years with the advent of the korean war. katz: thereby hangs a tale. in early '50 the korean war had come on. it led to an increasing emphasis on the military phase. in this emphasis, we sought to accelerate …
Gordon Gray Oral History Interview
… men, younger than i--you see by this time i had gotten to be, i think, 32 years old--there was little enthusiasm for the war among many of the potential leaders in the community, for one thing.. people who read this later on will just have to … wanted this study made, and he thought i could lead it as well as anybody else. of course, if i had known that the korean war was going to start, i wouldn't have left the army, but we really had at that time no real indication that this … was supposed to be a study of the dollar gap and right in the middle of the work the whole situation changed because the korean war broke out, so we had to reorient the study. mckinzie: how did you ever get edward mason from harvard to come down …
Gaylon Babcock Oral History Interview
… the most venomous remark vivian ever made in my presence about this matter was when harry returned from the first world war. vivian and i were together and the morning paper, as i recall, set out that harry and some other boys from our area were … 68 babcock, gaylon: background of, 1 communists, discussed by, 84-86 mining interests of, 62-64 japan, discussed by, 82-84 korean war, discussed by, 87 , 88 macarthur, general douglas, comments on the dismissal of, 86-87 and harry s. truman, 6-13 , … , 92 kansas city automobile club, 8 , 9 , 68 kennedy, john f., 100 , 103 , 107 kennedy, joseph, 107 khruschev, nikita, 98 korean war, a discussion of, 87 , 88 ku klux klan, a discussion of, 74-77 laguardia, fiorello, 89 , 91 league of nations, 93 …
Frank Pace Jr. Oral History Interview, January 17, 1972
… many cases in the supreme court of our state and a couple in the supreme court of the united states. [2] then came the war, i was in the air force, at home and abroad, and after the war i came back to washington and went into the federal government in the department of justice, in the tax division, as an … other side of the fence, i have to say i have some sympathy for their concerns in this regard. hess: at the time of the korean invasion, our armed forces had been greatly reduced and perhaps their effectiveness was reduced also. i believe the …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1953
… ago, the unprovoked attack upon the republic of korea made it clear that the kremlin would not hesitate to resort to war in order to gain its ends. in the face of this grim evidence, this nation and the other nations of the free world … during the past 18 months these deliveries have been smaller than originally planned, partly because of the demands of the korean conflict, and partly because of the time required for the production of complex long-lead-time equipment. our … production of machine tools is making good progress. magnesium production will soon be more than seven times the pre-korean level. increases in supplies of other critical raw materials such as manganese, tungsten, and molybdenum are also …
Harry N. Howard Oral History Interview
… in the foreign service institute in the department of state during 1971-1973. i headed a similar program at the army war college, carlisle barracks, pennsylvania, 1971-1973 i will finish this program in the department of state this week. i came in during the war. i was asked to come down to washington in june 1942 by a person in the oss. i knew frankly that i really didn't want to … that in talking at the quai d'orsay we would say that the committee should be maintained. i had always understood that the korean commission was not a very impressive body. but on that one day, june 25, 1950, it was terribly important that a u.n. …
Address at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts
… and helped to man them. we have checked and frustrated the communist plans for world conquest without bringing on world war iii. now, my friends, these are tremendous achievements--of which this generation may well be proud. so what have the … our part that led the communist leaders to believe they could launch their attack with impunity, it was that vote on the korean aid bill in 1950. in the light of the world struggle we are engaged in, the republican talk about our being soft … was soft on tories. they vented their wrath, quite properly, on the traitor--benedict arnold. during the revolutionary war, there was a wide net of british espionage and treachery throughout the colonies. it was a terrible threat to our …
Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1952
… to ourselves, to our friends and allies, and to humanity everywhere to spare the world the tragedy of another world war. we are likewise determined to spare ourselves and the world the even deeper tragedy of the surrender of justice and … needs of nondisabled veterans. in preparing to meet their needs, we naturally think first of the combat veterans of the korean fighting, but we must remember that during the coming years the lives of nearly all our young men also may be … of administration and for payments on account of deaths traceable to the extra hazards of military service. in view of the korean hostilities and the current enlargement of the armed forces, there is pressing need for new legislation to assure …
Hoffman, Paul G. Papers
… minutes of meeting - board of trustees - new york - october 16, 1947 correspondence 1948-1962 "selecting and training post-war sales personnel" - pamphlet case studies - numbers 1-4 - field development division - april 12, 1943 handbook for trade associations - april 22, 1943 (draft) "target for peace" pamphlet - may 1943 "post-war jobs in private business" (a handbook for community chairmen) july 1943 "telling the ced story" - august 1943 - … the box 70 american association for the united nations - 1953-1958 american council on nato, inc. - 1953-1958 american-korean foundation - 1953-1958 american legion - murphy project - 1954-1955 american legion - murphy project - 1956 asia …
E. H. van der Beugel Oral History Interview
… a suburb of the hague he has a study containing an exceptionally complete library of books on the marshall plan and post-war europe. he combined the roles of a participant in the events which we were discussing and also of a scholar more than any … was the attitude toward germany?" there was a dilemma between the emotional feeling toward the germans right after the war, and it must have been pretty bitter in a place like the netherlands... van der beugel: yes, very bitter. brooks: and on … burden, i'm not very sure about it. it's very difficult to say. in 1950 the scene really changed. brooks: well, the korean business was very important here, wasn't it? van der beugel: yes. brooks: one of the people in germany told me that …
The President's News Conference
… about it, and then it may bring some questions to mind that you otherwise wouldn't ask! [reading, not literally] "every war has left a trail of crime in its wake, and the last war did that, too. i have been deeply concerned about it, and we have been taking positive steps to combat it. "as early as … that a new statement of policy is under preparation by this country and the other allied powers, seeking an end to the korean fight. did you see it? the president. i have no comment on that. [7.] q. mr. president, there seems to be--we would …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, November 23, 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 … returned to france; evacuated with remnants of the british army from brest, june 20, 1940; covered london blitz, 1940-41; war correspondent, attached to united states forces in european theater of operations, 1942-1943; correspondent in northern … to bring in a picture of the overriding things of his administration in the field of foreign policy. we then come to the korean conflict. there we were beset by communist expansion, not only in western europe from the russians, but in the far …
Richard W. Bolling Oral History Interview
… would happen if something wasn't done to stop him? bolling: i also, on my own, got the same sense; that we had to win that war although we weren't in it. i'm very much of an anglophile; i was then, and that's obviously from the literature. johnson: … and was happy i didn't have any. that was not anything i was good at. johnson: now, of course, in the summer of 1950, the korean war broke out. then, i think truman came to congress with a proposal to raise taxes, "pay-as-you-go." bolling: which … that and talking to some people about it. actually, between the president and [104] the congress we did pretty well on the korean war as compared to any other war, including world war ii. we did pretty well on paying for it as we went along. we …
Lewis T. Barringer Oral History Interview
… aspects of the handling of cotton. fuchs: were there any principal regulations or problems that were aggravated by the war effort that you had to deal with? do you recall? barringer: you experienced much difficulty by reason of the war, which … reason for its [52] inception, that is to re-establish world trade in every foreign country that was possible. fuchs: the korean war, i believe, brought about the necessity for certain controls on cotton in 1950. have you any reflections on that? barringer: the supply of cotton was greatly reduced by the korean war and to such an extent that it was necessary for the security council to announce controls on exports. the shortage …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, March 12, 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 has been 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., march 12, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional … recall why his participation was held down? snyder: at that time he had so many real problems [1257] on his hands with the korean war and with our economy and fighting inflation and things of that sort that he really didn't have the time to devote …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, November 6, 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 … had come into the war in korea. the fighting was more desperate and prolonged. the battle lines went back and forth. the korean war lasted two years more, and technically, it still is going on because there has never been any peace settlement. … him. this was a most unusual proceeding which has happened to very few members of the senate in our entire history. the korean conflict was highly unpopular. the casualty toll was enormous. wartime controls had been put on again, and these were …
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Earp Oral History Interview
… but he knew it had to be done, and he offered no apology. when he activated wage and price controls during the korean conflict, he knew that, too, would arouse criticism. all of his actions during his tenure in public office [26] … doubts to anyone. he wanted to be re-elected because he felt that his experience was needed during that time when world war ii appeared imminent. however, those of us who knew him so well and had observed his campaign had confidence that he … 15 hannibal, missouri, 3-4 , 22 jefferson city, missouri, 1 , 12-13 , 18 kansas city, missouri, 1 , 11 , 17 , 19 , 21 , 29 korean war, wage and price controls, 25 lambert, bruce, 11 macarthur, douglas, 25 milligan, maurice, 5-6 , 19 , 20 muehlebach …
Philip Kaiser Oral History Interview
… became very interested in the russian socialist party. he broke with [eugene] debs because he [walling] supported world war i, while debs opposed the war. and perlman got involved with the walling family through an incredible personal story. … to reshape their finance ministry. well, that's technical assistance. there are many similar projects. johnson: when the korean war came on, did that blunt the program? kaiser: the korean war was a setback all around. i suspect if you look at the appropriations, it must have made a difference. johnson: i …
Statement by the President on the Foreign Aid Rider in the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act
… section 1302 is of little practical importance insofar as it applies to the shipment of arms, ammunition, implements of war, and atomic energy materials. long before the korean conflict, shipments of these items to the soviet bloc were prohibited by the united states, by the western european …
The President's News Conference
… you know, between doing a patriotic duty in peacetime and doing a patriotic duty when the country is in a shooting war, when there is some sort of incentive that makes people more cooperative, more anxious to make sacrifices--and i can't … me. i haven't read it yet--i haven't seen it, in fact. [13.] q. mr. president, have you reached any decision yet on the korean aid program ? the president. no, i have not. [14.] q. mr. president, there are some reports that you are being urged …
The President's News Conference
… of government, and also the fatal mistakes of this administration in foreign policy, which built up russia and led to the korean war. i wonder if you think that those will be the issues in 1952? the president. i am against--i say i am against sin, too! …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, March 26, 1968
… as you go through these different points, unemployment, compensation, the fair labor standards act, wartime controls and war powers, things like that and i see very few references actually to the war itself. some things like recommendations for … department but that's the gist of it. and then he said finally things came to a head. hess: was this before or after the korean invasion that was in the latter part of june? do you recall offhand if he [282] had decided to replace johnson before the korean invasion or not? ayers: well, he says along in june in '50, "i made up my mind," and the invasion was on the 24th of …
Matthew J. Connelly Oral History Interview, August 21, 1968
… got to know him. hess: all right, he served until the end of the administration. our next category is secretary [339] of war, and mr. henry m. stimson was also a holdover from the roosevelt administration. connelly: mr. stimson was what you might … he would cut to the bone the expenditures of the defense department and set out to do so, with the result that when the korean war developed we found ourselves very unable to meet our commitments for our appearance in korea. hess: was this done … the overhead we had in maintaining the equipment over here and overseas, and he put on an economy program and without the korean war at that time being imminent, he succeeded in his [346] objectives. however, when the korean thing developed we …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 28, 1967
… to the attorney general and the department of justice. before we write a program, we have to know, "is this a one division war? can we handle it with rifles and machineguns, or is it a five, ten, twenty division war? do we need tanks and flame throwers, or even atom bombs?" i mean, this is all jocular, but that symbolizes the kind of … solicitor general. and i wrote him back that as far as i could recall no such conference had ever taken place because the korean war had come along a few months later and we were too busy with that to worry about other things. and secondly, that i …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, March 18, 1976
… had some problems in certain areas and i had gone to britain and made some studies of how the british handled the grand war. one of the areas which i did have was the developing along with the staff of the national security resources board, … i believe, or kansas city, at the time, were you at the white house when the word came in to the white house that the korean war had started? stowe: no, i just don't know where i was. hill: what events or policies at the white house disturbed the president most, was it the assassination attempt, the korean war, the beginning of that, just what were the tense moments at the white house? stowe: well, i would state that that …
John Franklin Carter Oral History Interview
… didn't materialize. he thought that was the most important thing that could be done, that the issue was not specifically war or peace but that the issue was really survival of civilization, and this was a chance to do it. he felt, i gathered, and … vigorous and honorable attempt to lead the country in the direction of safety and peace. i think he got loused up in the korean situation, either by poor political advice, or by lack of familiarity with the field, or by other considerations with … he let this thing drag on into a rather meaningless slaughter. so, i would put a question mark against his handling of the korean war. i think in terms of domestic policy, it was time that the country had a man from west of the mississippi. it was …
The President's News Conference
… and we ought to take care of them. had it not been for that breadbasket working full steam ahead during the second world war, we could have lost the war. and that means something to the world and to us. and i am sorry that it takes something like--such as happened on the … now and should stop fooling around, did you mean to imply abandonment of the policy by which, since the outbreak of the korean war, the budget bureau has impounded several millions of dollars of appropriated funds? the president. it had no …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interviews
… to mind, very quickly, was the fact that nothing had been done in the area of civil defense, and subsequently, under the korean impact, this became extremely important. not that we had to have a full-blown agency but we at least had to have some … governor, he would command respect. one facet of the problem was reflected in the opinion that the people had during world war ii when civil defense was often referred to as "fan dancing." so we needed a head of the agency who could command respect … of defense mobilization] which was supposed to have been concerned with short-run, immediate problems vis-a-vis the korean situation, as compared to the long-run nature of the nsrb, inevitable conflicts developed. i think that beginning …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 23, 1967
… lives a year: twenty to thirty billion dollars a year on vietnam, and we are slowly, i think, militarily, winning the war out there, the military war on the ground, but we seem to be losing, slowly, perhaps not so slowly, the other war, which … i went over this with you. i've tape recorded that about how i made this proposal at a staff meeting at the time of the korean war break out, of what we should do. hess: that's correct, yes. i asked you if you had discussed that with the … administration. 2. admiration for the character of eisenhower. 3. hope for checking further inflation. 4. winding up the korean war. sincerely, sam put this letter with the letter i gave you. that's the answer to it, you see. hess: that was short …
Dean Acheson Oral History Interview
… dean acheson washington, d.c. june 30, 1971 by theodore a. wilson and richard d. mckinzie [1] wilson: at the end of the war and the first year thereafter, was the role that the state department, perhaps, saw itself as playing, one not just in … that is right. it isn't the fact that policy is nonpartisan that's important, it's the fact that it's good. now, the korean war was perfectly nonpartisan and it stank just as much when it was nonpartisan as it would if it was partisan. the …
Address at the Eastern Parkway Arena in Brooklyn, New York
… in this country that the communists are saying. he is asserting that our economic gains are not real--that they are due to war or to the threat of war. this charge is utterly untrue, of course. in fact, it is the reverse of the truth. if it were not for the necessity of … advisers staff ever since i have been president of the united states, and if he knows any sure, quick way to wind up the korean situation, he should have told me and not used it for a political purpose. it would be much, much easier, if he knows …
Roger W. Jones Oral History Interview
… issues. so, a new era began. we must remember, however, that in september of '39, the germans invaded poland, and world war ii began to break around our heads. almost immediately in the [15] development of our own defense programs, even though … defense matters, the realignment of national priorities and national resources against the possibility that the european war would make demands that were not in our thinking at all. and, of course, within a relatively short period it became … positions that he took, knowing he was going to be defeated on such things as medicare and fair employment practices. the korean war, the decision on macarthur, the steel strike, you name it, courage was the -- well, it just emanated from all over …
John S. Dickey Oral History Interview
… dickey, could you begin by talking about your involvement with the state department just prior to the second world war? dickey: perhaps i should preface that by saying that i first went to the state department in 1934, as an assistant to … conviction about the importance of the program, if it had not been for the fact that the world was then moving into the war period. other things very rapidly superseded trade agreements as the central concern of the assistant secretary in charge … assembly a role in keeping the peace in the future. the uniting for peace resolution was adopted at the time of the korean war. they were trying to follow that up with the work of this collective measures committee, and i served as a …
Roger Ockrent Oral History Interview
… interest in oeec was subsiding, or slacking off? some of the people have suggested that it came at the time of the korean war, and other people i've interviewed have said it happened as early as the signing of the nato treaty. ockrent: it's very … 18 harriman, w. averell, 10 , 11 , 16 , 40 hoffman, paul g., 12 , 17 italy, 19 , 22 katz, milton, 17 kinshasa, congo, 26 korean war, 11 london, england, 18 , 19 , 28 macarthur, douglas ii, 18 mcmahon, brian, 21 marshall, george c., 26 marshall …
The President's Special Conference With the Association of Radio News Analysts
… which is now the greatest government in the world, i think we can make that united nations work, as it did in time of war. i wish you would study that charter carefully. it has got some good things in it. but they are no good on paper. q. mr. … i gave each one of you a copy of that speech. 1 item 76. [4.] q. what about korea, mr. president? the president. the korean situation has all been published. we want a united korea with a democratic form of government, and we are approaching …
Wesley McCune Oral History Interview
… farm lobbies, including farm bureau, coop council, national grange, and national farmers union; atlantic convoys in world war ii; truman committee; kiplinger's changing times , office of the secretary of agriculture; defense mobilization board; … organization; democrat farm program; "brannan plan; hope-aiken act; mccarthyism; gore bill; price controls during the korean war; presidential campaigns of 1948 and 1952; keynesian economics; national farmers union headquarters; and group … or two? mccune: well, you remember they set up a defense production committee of some kind. johnson: you mean after the korean war started, i believe, in '50, the defense production act. mccune: i was over there a good deal as a second level …
Robert K. Walsh Oral History Interview
… it was a gloomy day, it was raining, it sounded like a good thing and the roosevelt people wanted to save the money, the war, of course, was going [17] on, and they had the inauguration on the back portico. hess: he came out on the back porch, … circumstances, i could see in a war or something. of course, well, this was '52, was that it? hess: yes. walsh: well, the korean war was still going. that was part of it. that was a big justification from his viewpoint. [91] but i didn't like … life out of them all the time. the republican as well as democratic. acheson went up, and generally on foreign aid and the korean situation. they operate behind the scenes. they sent people up. besides clifford and vinson, harry vaughan, i'm sure. …
Stanley R. Fike Oral History Interview, March 16, 1976
… debts left from the failure of his haberdashery business, which he had started with eddie jacobson back in 1921 after the war--'20 or '21 when he started it, it went broke i think in '21 or '22. he still had that debt hanging over his head. he … 'a good executive' probably would be better. he had learned command function when he was in the army during world war i, and developed it over the years in his position in government. he was a good executive. and he was a great student of … , 3 zoning law enacted in, 24-25 jacobson, edward, 6 kissinger, henry, 17-18 kiwanis club, fairmount, mo., 1 , 2 , 24 , 25 korean war, 22 laurel club, 15 lee's summit, missouri, 21 macarthur, douglas, 22 marshall, george c., 23 marshall plan, 23 …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 24, 1967
… hard on them. i remember, for example, i served eleven years in the treasury, from '34 to '49 with the exception of four war years, during most of which i was overseas in the army, and eight of those eleven years were under henry morgenthau who … his death says: mr. cox was the author of the lend-lease act approved before the entry of the united states into world war ii. and it proceeds to quote winston churchill and others in this matter. it says: mr. cox"s lend-lease work was … if clark clifford had never appeared in my office, we were going to do it, the point was this was the middle of the korean war, and steel was needed badly and anything that impeded the flow of steel and scrap into the steel mills was …
Donald S. Dawson Oral History Interview
… and also when he was secretary of commerce. during the period that i was in that job, the defense buildup for world war ii began and i was in charge of all personnel for the federal loan administration and the rfc in particular. i increased … priority of building materials. we had some scarcity in foods; we had to have price controls, and wage controls. then the korean episode came along and we were involved in what we might call a vietnam war then, without any of the implications of … louis a., 54-55 jones, jesse, 3 kaiser, philip m., 56-57 key west, florida, 77-79 , 80-81 , 82 kittrell, william, 30 , 31 korean war, 72-73 labor, u.s, department of, 96-97 land, frank, 26 latta, maurice c., 62 lausche, frank j., 42 laurence, …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, May 21, 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., may 21, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional snyder … to get the boys out of korea; his stature as a [1514] hero was very high, the women took up a very active campaign on the korean issue, and i don't think that any democrat could have won that year. hess: the time that he said that he would go to …
Robert L. Riggs Oral History Interview
… the chief counsel. i think i went to see him once about some subject. we were having some controversy in kentucky about a war plant or something out there. i've forgotten now even what the details were. hess: all right, now, going back just a … dropping of the atomic bomb; aid to turkey and greece; and the fall of china and czechoslovakia; the berlin blockade, the korean war. just what was your general opinion of the truman administration's handling of foreign affairs during those eight … 1 kansas, 28 kefauver, estes, 42 kennedy, john f., 24 , 26 kentucky, 1 , 6 , 43 kerr, robert m., 45 key west, florida, 41 korean war, 49 lawrence, david, 44 life magazine, 28 los angeles, california, 25 , 32 los angeles times , 31 louisville, …
Records of the National Archives and Records Administration: Records of the Harry S. Truman Library: Director's Trip and Speech Files (Record Group 64)
… july 28 – speaking engagement-overland park rotary club, overland park, ks 1980, august 10 – speaking engagement-civil war ceremony, lone jack, mo 1980, august 26 – speaking engagement-independence rotary club, kansas city, mo 1980, august 26 – … mo 1986, november 15 – neighborhood councils of independence reception, hstl, independence, mo 1986, december 3 – korean delegation and governor ashcroft visit, hstl, independence, mo 1986, december 3 – korean reception, hstl, independence, mo 1986, december 31 – “the future is now” 1987, february 20 – speaking …
David H. Stowe and William J. Bray Oral History Interview
… role in the white house in the early days when i first worked with him and his role as the head [2] of the office of war mobilization and reconversion. briefly, as you probably know, dr. steelman had been director of the federal mediation and … and he remained there until 1952 when he was made a member of the wage stabilization board during the later part of the korean war. similarly, so did mr. russell andrews. he went over there. both of these gentlemen worked for me in the bureau of … mr. gibson was handling the advertising liaison operation. you may recall the advertising council was giving, during the korean war, a substantial number of news spots and radio and television to the government, paid for i guess by the industry, …
Brigadier General Louis H. Renfrow Oral History Interview
… his office. then when the truman committee was organized, vaughan went over to work on the truman committee. then when the war came he went on active duty and wound up in australia and new zealand where he was the provost marshal of new zealand. … and dentists [17] in the next year. that was the first amendment to the act that we sent up to the hill after the korean war started, which was exactly what i predicted we'd have to do. and later on, when the bill was up for extension of … in to the pacific to gather up all of the surplus property and store it on guam and okinawa we would have lost the [128] korean war. that surplus yard in guam and okinawa supplied our troops for one year until we could get something over there. i …
General Harry H. Vaughan Oral History Interview, January 16, 1963
… history interview with general harry h. vaughan personal friend of harry s. truman since 1917; military associate in world war i and subsequently in the field artillery officers reserve corps; treasurer for senator truman's 1940 reelection campaign … to be the main speaker. freeman's topic was comparing the truman committee with the committee on the conduct of the war at the time of the civil war. [64] he figuratively stressed the great difference between that and the truman committee … the pacific when ike went out there -- that trip that ike [130] took between election and the inauguration to stop the korean war? morrissey: the fulfillment of the "i will go to korea," promise? vaughan: yes, when he stopped in hawaii radford …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 21, 1967
… spingarn: well, george was a young fellow who really grew up in the white house; he came there as an ensign during the war; he was in the map room -- as i understand it was a g2 operations room where the president could see at a glance what was … the trouble with general mcclellan was that he had his headquarters where his hindquarters ought to be. so i feel that the korean thing, although it ended in an inconclusive peace, although we still have troops [162] facing the north koreans, along with our south korean allies, across that demarcation line, the thirty-seventh or thirty--ighth parallel, that it was a success. fourteen …
George E. Allen Oral History Interview
… of the d.n.c., 1943; a director of the reconstruction finance corporation, the federal national mortgage association, the war damage corporation, and a director and president of the r.f.c. mortgage company, 1946. washington, d.c. may 15, 1969 by … of criticism on them, said we weren't much of economists, [11] because we said there was going to be no slump after the war was over, and it turned out that we were right. we got a lot of letters, truman did. so during those days there was matt, … hess: he had been accused by some historians of letting the military machine sort of go down hill a little bit before the korean attack. allen: well, he claimed that he was taking the "fat" out of it, and i wouldn't be surprised if that didn't …
Goldy, Daniel L. Papers
… and kentucky, office of defense, health and welfare 1942-43 assistant regional director for ohio, michigan and kentucky, war manpower commission 1943-46 served in the u.s. navy, assigned to offices overseeing war production and civilian personnel and industrial relations programs 1946-47 special assistant to the director of the … log exports--sustained yield unit logging lumber box 92 lumber--aid [agency for international development] financing for korean procurement lumber--allowable cut lumber--ara [area redevelopment administration] lumber--blow down timber [1 of 2] …
Roger Tubby Oral History Interview
… my main achievement there, i think, as i look back, was getting town manager government for bennington. during [2] the war i was in the board of economic warfare and when that became the foreign economic administration, a combination of bew and … least influence with the president? tubby: oh, golly, i just don't know. hess: all right, sir, our next subject is the korean war. even though you were still at the state department in the summer of 1950 when the korean war began, we should talk about that briefly. what do you recall about the events of that time? tubby: well, …
Joseph A. Fox Oral History Interview
… and times herald in 1915, and i was in newspaper work from there on with the exception of two years, of course, during the war. hess: what were some of your early jobs when you first started out in the news field? fox: oh, i was just a cub … a cub reporter. hess: and then when did you come here to town, to [3] washington? fox: i came with the -- during the war -- i had better start back this way. during the war i was stationed in washington for a while with the signal corps. … at the white house. hess: now, of course, now he went over to see general [douglas] macarthur, that's all involved in the korean matter, and of course, south korea was invaded in june of... fox: 1950. hess: where were you when you first heard the …
Ben Hill Brown Oral History Interview
… adviser, department of state, 1946-49; deputy assistant secretary for congressional relations, 1949-55; assigned national war college, 1955-56; foreign service officer, 1956---; director, u.s. operations mission to iraq, 1956-58; u.s. operations … and heavy weapons course. there was every indication that i was going to be an infantry officer for the duration of the war. then i was assigned to camp croft after leaving benning, and camp croft happened to be in my own town. the military … joseph r., demoralizing attacks on, 45-47 secretaries of, evaluated, 53-55 thorp, willard l., 66 truman, harry s., korean intervention, congressional support for, 43-45 truman, margaret, 78 un general assembly, u.s. delegation to, 1947, …
Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Oral History Interview
… tannenwald, jr. oral history interview oral history interview with judge theodore tannenwald, jr. special consultant, war department, 1943-45; consultant to the secretary of defense, 1947-49; counsel to the special assistant to the president, … that would give me an outlet for my emotional problems of not being willing to stay in private practice while the war was going on. one of my good friends, who unfortunately is now deceased, was philip l. graham, who later became publisher … were that the nsrb was going to be reorganized, and would be really the overall agency under the president for running the korean war effort, not the military side of it, but like what happened with the war production board during world war ii. for …
James Woodrow "Bud" Porter Oral History Interview
… "hi, john," and this sort of thing. he never was one to pass up an old friend, or a crony or anything, or one of his world war i buddies or anything 1ike that. hill: what were your duties at the kansas city star at this time? porter: well, at that time when he was elected [5] vice president we had a one man bureau out here. this was during world war ii and i had had a serious operation, and because of that i was classified 4-a. the star had prior to that needed someone … bombing of, 29 kansas city star , 2 , 3 , 4-7 , 11-12 , 15 , 21-23 , 25 kennedy, john f., 23-24 kennedy, robert f., 23-24 korean war, 29 macarthur, douglas, 29 masonic order, 41 miller, merle, 21 pearson, drew, 18 polls, popularity, 30 …
Andrew J. Biemiller Oral History Interview
… oral history interview oral history interview with andrew j. biemiller member, wisconsin legislature, 1936-42; with war production board, 1942-44; member 79th, 81st u.s. congresses, 5th wisconsin district; special assistant to the secretary … harry truman, whom i have such a high regard for. in 1950 i was defeated. we came back here for a lame duck session. the korean war was [ 24] on. i got a call one day from matt connelly. he said, "andy, the president wants to see you." i said, … kaltenborn, h. v., 9 katzenback, nickolas, 97 kennan, joseph, 4 kennedy, john f., 68 , 96 , 97 , 99 kennedy, robert f., 97 korean war, 23 kotecki, mr., 66 labor: and truman, harry s., 30-34 , 38-41 and the vote of, 63 lafollette, phil, 51 , 87 , …
C. Thomas Bendorf Oral History Interview
… to california when you were how old? bendorf: an infant. johnson: you lived there, except for the time out during world war ii, when you were in england with the air [2] force. bendorf: and the korean war as well. johnson: when did you get into politics, so to speak? bendorf: well, i went through a program in san francisco …
Robert L. Dennison Oral History Interview, September 10, 1971
… the chief of naval operations at that time.i had done some work with the joint chiefs of staff in the latter days of the war, and there were so many postwar problems appearing that involved the navy and the army, and the state department. we … it. well, then forrestal heard about it. he thought it was a great idea. they were organizing what was called the state, war and navy coordinating committee, and we had to have a staff, we had to have papers, we had to have somebody review these … profession [50] and it takes a lot of skill and a lot of honesty, too. now, here's something i just remembered. during the korean war i was in his office late one afternoon around 6 o'clock. it had been a long, hard day. i was briefing him on …
Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, March 21, 1984
… those of us who were interested -- bill rogers, for example, was the head of a subcommittee staff concerned with the war and its aftermath. he and i and others felt strongly that the government operations committee had no business sending … armed services committee on general douglas macarthur's dismissal by president truman. in reading some of the books on the korean war, i've noticed references here and there to some of your observations on the macarthur hearings. i was wondering in … of the world. he knew asia, and he knew japan, and he knew what he could do if he had the resources in asia to win the korean war. but he didn't understand the relationship between what he was doing and what was happening in europe. i remember …
Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, February 10, 1984
… country about our foreign policy at that time, which there isn't today. we had just emerged, from a [52] terrible world war, and i think everybody wanted to do what was possible to create the kind of conditions that would make a more permanent … we lived in an interdependent world, that the united states could not remain isolationist. we had been pushed into the war whether we wanted to be or not, and there was no alternative. i think he felt that in the period after the war the only … needed to consider the issues involved. [ 98] ritchie: well, i have loads of other questions i'd like to ask, about the korean war period, and the period when alexander wiley was chairman of the committee, but i think this might be a good …
James R. Fuchs Oral History Interview, Volume 1
… fought in the peloponnesian wars but wrote his famous history , but conducted interviews with others who fought in the war, which, as you know, lasted a quarter of a century. that is often cited. it is, of course, as old as oral traditions as … with [22] mr. truman's battery d mates, which as you know, was the field artillery unit that he commanded during world war i. from there we naturally wanted to get something into the record about the chairmanship of what was commonly known as … bank for reconstruction and development based on the conference at bretton woods, the european recovery program, the korean war, and on many other facets of our foreign relations during that period. interviews with some 100 persons have been …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interview, August 4, 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 …
Elinor Borenstine Oral History Interview
… i don’t know what happened during that romance. i don’t know how mother and daddy got together.but they did before world war i because i have a little picture of him that mother had on her desk or her dresser the whole time he was gone to the war. [3] geselbracht: was the story of how they first met something that was talked about in later years? borenstine:no. … after he died? borenstine:oh my. shortly before daddy died mother’s nephew, her youngest sister’s son, came home from the korean war without any visible means of support. daddy took him in the store to teach him the business, because daddy knew he …
Harry S. Truman Collection
… on family farm near grandview, missouri 1917-1919 served in 129th field artillery; commanded battery d during world war i; promoted to rank of captain 1919 (june 28) married bess wallace at trinity episcopal church, independence, missouri … contain materials from the mhdc and ghdc. these include the bess truman collection, the atomic bomb collection, the world war i collection, the world war ii collection, and the korean war collection. [ top of the page | administrative information | biographical sketch | collection description | series …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, August 18, 1966
… interview, august 18, 1966 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 problems, 1946-52, and an administrative assistant to the president, … this was reconverted back again, to what was an effective defense mobilization office for the limited emergency of the korean war, and at this he was very capable, a brilliant performer, a brilliant administrator. it gave him, i think, the …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interviews
… of, 538-539 keyserling, leon, 122-123 , 523-524 key west, staff operations in, 293-318 kingsley, j. donald, 149 , 436 korean conflict: chinese intervention in, 204-206 u.s. intervention in, 217-221 labor unions, influence on president truman's … david, 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 139 , 141 , 153 , 155 , 163-164 , 165 o'brien; laurence, 260 o'donnell, john, 58 office of war mobilization and reconversion, termination of, 434 , 441 omaha, nebraska, speech by president truman in (1948), 20-21 …
The President's News Conference
… the council stated that inflationary pressures in the months and year ahead would be stronger than any since the initial korean outbreak, and advised that an even stronger anti-inflationary program would be needed. the council recommended tax … on that was said in that comment i made. [15.] q. mr. president, i have another question, sir. you mentioned the price war in the prepared statement. do you consider that unfavorable, or favorable? the president. i think it is very favorable. i …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, January 20, 1967
… office. i went in there, and with him was general alexander surles, who was at that time the information officer for the war department; head of the information setup there. and surles said he had an important story--i think he used the word … her office to take it--i think it was a girl reporter. they wouldn't believe it. the follow up was mostly done from the war department. that statement of the president's was written, i think, at the war department and taken to potsdam by … been fired yet when that story came out, but it came out all right. hess: he left in september of '50, shortly after the korean war got underway. [73] ayers: well, i've got quite a lot of that. he was fired by president truman and it was only a …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, October 13, 1966
… interview, october 13, 1966 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 … came over, permanently, it was not as a civil rights specialist, but as a lawyer. and, of course, by 1950 we were in the korean war and there was a lot of legal work to be done with the partial mobilization and spingarn worked on many of those … in the world. i went to see him one time when he was working on a draft of the partial mobilization bill for the korean war and he said, "well, i'm sorry, i can't talk to you, i'm working on something important." so, i said, "well, okay …
Harry S. Truman Papers Post-Presidential Papers
… on family farm near grandview, missouri 1917-1919 served in 129th field artillery; commanded battery d during world war i; promoted to rank of captain 1919 (june 28) married bess wallace at trinity episcopal church, independence, missouri … was then changed to provide for 39 half-hour episodes, and in 1962 the first half-hour segment was filmed, relating to the korean war. after these two films were completed, talent associates stopped production and in 1963 sold its rights to ben … j. kl klutznick, philip m. knowland, william f. korea – choi, chi whan korea data [1 of 2] korea data [2 of 2] box 86 korean cultural foundation kronheim, milton s. kurt, margaret ann [2011 accretion] la labor - afl labor – cio labor – general …
To Secure These Rights
… from fear. and from time to time, and in some places, this freedom has been gravely threatened. it was so after the last war, when organized groups fanned hatred and intolerance, until, at times, mob action struck fear into the hearts of men and … accordingly, all able-bodied citizens must enjoy the right to serve the nation and the cause of freedom in time of war. any attempt to curb the right to fight in its defense can only lead the citizen to question the worth of the society in … largest group of american residents presently subject to this discrimination are those born in japan. [33] residents of korean origin, as well as persons born in certain other asiatic countries and pacific island areas, are also denied …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, May 19, 1970
… way, yes. we had during the period that i was special counsel, from 1950 to 1953, particularly, well, i guess after the korean war started, which would have been in the summer of 1950. we had designated liaison people from the department of defense and … particularly during the fall of 1950, the speeches and messages to congress having to do with the defense posture and the korean war and the military establishment, marx leva would have worked with us on those speeches. you may recall that earlier …
Robert L. Dennison Oral History Interview, November 2, 1971
… with admiral robert l. dennison washington, d.c. november 2, 1971 by jerry n. hess [114] hess: admiral, let's discuss the korean conflict. now that started in june of 1950. where were you when you first learned of the invasion? dennison: well, it … also true about [117] vietnam (and it's going to be true in other places as well, i'm afraid), is that this was a limited war, limited in the sense that our objectives were limited, which people seem to have forgotten. that kind of a war isn't … fighting without a declaration of war. hess: if we were ill-prepared to meet the situation that arose at the time of the korean invasion, how did that condition come about? dennison: it came about mainly through a belief on the part of some that …
Richard L. Strout Oral History Interview
… roosevelt's days it was a group perhaps of 50 or 100 people. they were wedged so tightly that just before i went to world war ii as a war correspondent, they filled me up with millions and millions of bacilli of antitoxin shots and i fainted right there. it … 3 kennedy, john f., 59-60 press conferences of, 62 , 63 kent, frank, 41 key west, florida, 51 khrushchev, nikita, 21-22 korean war, 51-52 life magazine, 10-12 , 38 , 39 lincoln, abraham, 61 "the little man's ballad", 68 london telegraph , 64 the …
Short, Joseph H. and Short, Beth Campbell Papers
… the truman administration's message to the public (through a so-called "working group") during the dark days of the korean war. following the sudden death of her husband in september 1952, beth campbell short was appointed correspondence secretary … in their retirement years and with such historic events as the death of president franklin d. roosevelt, the end of world war ii, and the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the seventh series, the louise hachmeister file, contains …
Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Need for Extending Inflation Controls
… that the price increases have added about $7 billion to the cost of the military equipment we have bought since the korean outbreak. this means inflation has cost us $7 billion for arms alone in 1 year--that is, now we pay $7 billion more … on a tremendous mobilization program which is absolutely necessary to prevent soviet rulers from starting a third world war. government spending for defense will increase very fast in the next few months. anti the more money the government …