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Donald S. Dawson Oral History Interview, March 16, 1976
… any other man was responsible for saving western civilization. i think that his program of foreign assistance after the war probably saved the world for freedom as we know it today. i think great advances were made in civil rights under his … 15 independence, missouri, 19 , 20 internal revenue service, u.s., 2 kansas city, missouri, 19 key west, florida, 11-14 korean war, 17 macarthur, douglas, 22-23 mcgrath, j. howard, 8 messall, victor r., 5 news leaks, white house, truman administration, …
Richard Farrington Oral History Interview
… missouri has had a republican majority for years. in fact, today it's . . . johnson: does that go back to the civil war? how do you account for that? farrington: probably. there was a civil war battle at hartville, missouri; that's where … so, he missed about three months of being a two-term president. johnson: things got rough for the president after the korean war started. and there was mccarthyism and some scandals. [54] farrington: i'll tell you, when you examine truman's … some tremendous decisions, dropping the bomb, the marshall plan, reconstruction of europe . . . johnson: of course, the korean decision was the toughest decision he had to make. farrington: i think so. johnson: and the firing of macarthur. what …
Durward V. Sandifer Oral History Interview
… while i was in the state department, on the law of evidence in international arbitrations and adjudications. after the war began, you may remember that [cordell] hull was very prompt in beginning the study of postwar problems in the state … of the palestine case, because he regarded it as of the highest political importance. but, for example, when [90] the korean case broke in 1950, there had to be a decision immediately. the north koreans attacked. a meeting of the security … disagreement and debate with the russians and the communists on the greek case, and the very early development in the korean peace, and the palestine case -- that was uppermost. i would say that the organization was so preoccupied with all of …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 22, 1967
… to lose that way. it has always seemed to me that if the proponents of fepc in '46, or in the '40s right at the end of the war, would have accepted an fepc without enforcement sanction, so-called voluntary fepc, without the enforcement sanctions … dealing with what to do in 1967 going back to a proposal that didn't even reach the status of law in 1950. anyway, on the korean war bill, the korean war as i recall broke out, washington time, june 24th, 1950, [365] i think it was june 25th out there and june 24th …
Louis H. Bean Oral History Interview
… father's migration here a year earlier. i like to say that the reason why i'm here in your presence is the russo-japanese war, as my father migrated as a result of that war. and if that hadn't happened i don't know where i'd be today. but we came to the united states, settled in new england. i … i'd have to recite what everybody else probably thinks of, the marshall plan, that came under his administration and the korean episode. i would imagine these two things will stand out in his administration, but i want to give you one criticism i …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, October 22, 1985
… to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. independence, missouri october 22, 1985 by niel m. johnson [ notices … the plane, and when we got in he said, "we're going to stop at st. louis and pick john snyder up." he said, "you know, the korean trouble seems to be coming to a head and i'm going to go back and see about that. that's why i'm going back today … off, we're going to have to change our plan from reduction of taxes to maybe increasing them." that was because of the korean war. so that was john snyder's relation to truman, and what he had to anticipate. johnson: truman was in favor of …
Jack K. McFall Oral History Interview
… assistant secretary of state, 1949-52; u.s. minister to finland, 1952-54; and ambassador to finland, 1954-55. during world war ii he served as a commander assigned as senior naval observer in freetown, sierra leone, 1942-44 and as first assistant … difficulty of any kind in working on our complicated responsibilities. hess: all right. concerning the events around the korean invasion, sir, what do you recall? mcfall: well, i recall that i was dispatched to inform senator connally, chairman … carlisle h., 97 japanese peace treaty, 94-95 judiciary committees, 64 kansas city, missouri, 2 , 17 kerr, robert, 52 , 96 korean invasion, meeting concerning, 99-100 langer, william, 62 laos, 57 liberia, 57 mccarran, pat, 50 macarthur, douglas, …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, July 27 and December 7, 1963
… stowe: sometime in 1946. john r. steelman, who was then the assistant to the president and director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion, asked me to come over to work in his office at the white house. at the time i was chief … when it became apparent that someone would be needed to head up defense mobilization and planning specifically for the korean war as opposed to the long-range planning handled by the national security resources board, an executive order was … not only in negotiations on mexican labor, but also in trying to persuade mexico to give some show of support in the korean war, even if they sent only a very limited force. i also became involved in discussions on the air treaty with mexico …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 29, 1967
… clark clifford, attorney general mcgrath, john steelman, charlie murphy, don dawson and myself. june 24th, saturday; korean attack [that was our time, it was the 25th out there]. june 27th, tuesday; at staff i rushed in where angels would … ninety-one congressional record 12218 to 12220 dated december 17, 1945.) now i'm quoting mr. hoovers speech early in the war skeptics proclaimed that we were wide open to espionage. they held that nothing was secure and nothing was being done. the record is exactly to the contrary. we knew from the very outbreak of the war that espionage was under control, i do not mean that the enemy was not active, he was. foreign powers tried not only to …
Irving Perlmeter Oral History Interview
… televised, as well as his appearances before joint sessions of congress, and on special occasions such as the end of world war ii. outside of such official occasions, the only other occasion of a personal nature, (at least i call it personal) was … members or clearance of speeches or releases, let's say, by general macarthur from his headquarters? perlmeter: during the korean war, the president issued an order that no government official could give a public address on certain sensitive … george, 64 independence, mo, presidential press conferences at, 14-15 kennedy, john f., 40 key west, florida, 14 , 60 korean war, 46 , 49 , 61 krock, arthur, 40 lincoln (nebraska) star , 3 lloyd, david d., 6 , 19 , 43 loyalty, of government …
The President' s News Conference
… midst of the same emergency. we are trying to arm the nato countries so they can stand up. we are trying to prevent the korean army that we have there, along with our allies, from being shot in the back. and that can only be done by an all-out … of ammunition through that route. and they had people in there to guard the route. q. they just held them over from the war ? the president. yes. q. mr. president, was that after the potsdam conference-- the president. oh, no, that was long …
Raymond P. Brandt Oral History Interview
… to establish such a committee to investigate the national defense program. brandt: he may have. it may have been the civil war, but i just don't know, i'd have to speculate on that. and i also don't know who was the originator of the idea. i've … recall that because i think wallace duel [62] was covering all that for us. and the only thing that i know about that korean thing, sidney souers, a very good friend of mine, was on the national security council, and the... hess: he's from st. … are mr. truman's major accomplishments? during his administration what were his major accomplishments? brandt: i think the korean thing was a tremendous decision. well, first the atomic bomb was the big decision, the [88] use of the atomic bomb. …
Thomas D. Cabot Oral History Interview
… coordinating the military assistance with economic assistance, was a very large problem for the united states after the korean war broke out. there have been some criticisms, and one criticism is roughly as follows: "the marshall plan was about to fall … union specifically, might attack berlin. we were scared about berlin, and we didn't, of course, want to start a nuclear war. berlin couldn't have been defended with ground troops, if the soviets had wanted to move in there. rearming europe …
Carleton Kent Oral History Interview
… oral history interview with carleton kent newspaper correspondent with the chicago times (now sun-times ), 1939-71; war correspondent, pacific and european theaters, 1942-44; washington correspondent, 1945-71; and president of the white … i moved to the chicago daily times , which was a precursor of the sun-times , and have been there every since. during the war i was a gallant war correspondent for about three years. hess: which theaters of operation? kent: first in the pacific in … city star , 2 kent, carleton, personal background, 1-4 key west, florida, 76-85 kiel auditorium, st. louis, mo., 74 , 75 korean war, 91 , 92 , 94-100 krock, arthur, 87-89 lawrence, kansas daily journal world , 2 lawrence, william, 102 linkins, …
Chapman, Oscar L. Papers
… 1952 box 48 jo-ky box 49 la-mar box 50 mas-mcc box 51 mcd-pa box 52 pe-rog box 53 roh-sh box 54 si-sy box 55 ta-wal box 56 war-wh box 57 wic-z general correspondence file, november 1949-1953 box 58 adams, alva b. - tunnel agriculture - interior … appointments - 1951 [1 of 2] [2 of 2] correspondence - miscellaneous, 1933-1963 greater washington american relief for korean committee (1953) hawaii - "paradise of the pacific," february, 1952 invitation to the white house - president and mrs. …
John F. Melby Oral History Interview, November 14, 1986
… supplies which, after all, were pretty much on a starvation level at this time, and would stay that way throughout the war. so, we ate an awful lot of spam and that sort of stuff. we got where you could face it and it was all right, but … hand, waiting for them. by that time, of course, chiang was reconsolidating his forces on taiwan. also, let's face it, the korean war was beginning to loom. then, of course, with korea, that was all over. we got the twenty-year freeze. but the … melby: yes, sure. we thought it was going to be a leisurely kind of thing. but then came june 25, 6 a.m., and north korean troops crossed into the south, and suddenly it became a matter of the greatest urgency. that mission was put together …
India Edwards Oral History Interview, January 16, 1969
… mrs. luce attempted to speak for "g.i. jim." the implication was that if the boys who had been killed in the second world war could come back they would say to vote against roosevelt. i thought this was the lowest thing i ever heard of any … to pick it up and follow it." hess: what issue was he referring to? edwards: i spoke in 1952 at the convention about the korean war, and i said how just a war it was, and that if the [27] women of the country would only understand it, that they … day on board ship and he added: "adlai stevenson would never touch it," and of course it was true. he never mentioned the korean war. he stayed as far away from it as he could. hess: in your opinion, why did he do that? edwards: because he thought …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, November 20, 1985
… to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. independence, missouri november 20, 1985 by niel m. johnson [ notices … truman sort of agreed with you. i would imagine the situation didn't change probably very much, at least until the korean war, because of lower appropriations for defense in those days? burrus: that's right. johnson: were you president of the roa …
White House Central Files: President's Personal File
… ppf 1 – f address to the members of the united states armed forces (9/2/45) ppf 1 – f address opening the 1945 national war fund campaign (10/2/45) ppf 1 – f remarks after pres. the medal of honor to 14 members of the navy and marine corps … ppf 1 – f address at the boy scout jamboree, valley forge, penn (6/30/50) ppf 1 – f address to the nation concerning the korean situation (7/19/50) ppf 1 – f address before the president’s committee on national employ the physically handicapped week (8/9/50) ppf 1 – f address to the nation concerning the korean situation (9/1/50) ppf 1 – f address to the nation concerning the defense production act of 1950 (9/9/50) ppf 1 – f …
Edwin McCammon Martin Oral History Interview
… oral history interview with edwin mccammon martin during the truman administration, was chief, division of japanese and korean economic affairs, department of state, 1945-47; chief, division of occupied area economic affairs, 1947-48; deputy … yes. martin: i first got involved in july 1947, when i had been about two years working in charge of japanese and korean economic policy. i had started work on occupation policy at oss under ed mason who then went to state and then left. … trade business. i'd seen him in paris frequently on trips over there on various problems. and gordon i'd known from the war production board; i worked with him very closely the last six months i was there, and we were personal friends. i stayed …
Ambassador William Fletcher Warren Oral History Interviews, Vol III
… pretty much to himself? i ask this question in this regard because a number of senior statesmen during the second war mentioned how roosevelt, instead of using state department trained people, would frequently send his own emissaries such … he got his early training, in rome. he was there with ambassador thomas nelson page way back before or during world war i. and another advantage he had, he knew what european diplomacy was like and how it was conducted over there and he was … , 83 , 93 , 94 chile, 38 , 78 , 79 , 86 , 87 , 88 colombia, 42 , 44 , 59 , 62 , 72 , 78 , 81 , 82 , 87 , 93 , 94 troops in korean war, 81-82 costa rica, 44 , 45 cuba, 42 , 76 , 86 , 89 ecuador, 78 france, 14 , 36 , 68 germany, 5 , 19 , 56 , 73 , 76 …
Dr.Edwin G. Nourse Oral History Interview
… in the new deal and what c.e.d. is developing on the practical business side, and we've got to get with it here after the war so that we capture the vitality of the war effort and switch it over to lively peacetime reorganization," and that lead … would perhaps not be enough? as you will recall, there was a period of time following the second world war and before the korean invasion, in which appropriations for defense spending were cut back. several people have been mentioned in that … advice that i was giving and i was not saying that the time might not come when government would have to step in. if the korean war had not supervened at that time, we would had to face that possibility. the council would have had to say, "well, …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, May 21, 1969
… about anything that i would say now would just be speculative. i do know, of course, that that was the fall when the korean war was a very great concern, a very great problem and at the time of the election things in korea were not going well. the … maybe in september? [190] hess: october 15th. murphy: october 15th. at that time general macarthur told him that the war was over and that we had won and that by christmas he would be able to send a division of the troops from korea to …
Keyserling, Leon H. Papers
… leon h. keyserling--list lewis, wilfred, [the brookings institution]--the federal government's fiscal policy in the post war recessions (1961-1962) life magazine (1952) lippmann, walter--columnist (1949-1967) look magazine (1948) lowenthal, mr. … 1928 new republic , letter to in re "michael gold literary controversy anti-trust policy and the railroads since the war--anti-trust term paper [harvard university law school], 193l "legal education," study for general education board, 1932, … planning," by leon h. keyserling, may 27, 1975 [draft] galley [keyserling review of an article about the economics of the korean war] letter to the editor, the new york times , june 3, 1976, from leon h. keyserling [re protests against handling of …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, June 24, 1969
… resignation. this had to do with the budget for defense. of course, the defense expenditures had been quite high in world war ii and then president truman was quite successful in getting them down after world war ii, and at about the period of which we now speak, 1949 and 50, louis johnson was secretary of defense, and jim webb was … of the first key decisions were made, were just things that i heard later on. hess: was the decision to intervene in the korean situation cleared with the congressional leaders before the announcement was made? murphy: i do not know whether it …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 9, 1970
… two men. i put the document away in a safe place for storage. in the winter of 1944, well over a year later, the allied war effort had moved ahead very considerably, british troops had entered greece, the germans were out, there was a good deal … various questionings from his curious reporters, but the subject was a minor one and in all the press and events of the war, particularly the battle of the bulge, which erupted some days later, this whole matter was quickly forgotten. well, … participation in that campaign that year? [427] elsey: he thought it would be completely inappropriate in view of the korean conflict which had begun on june 25th. he simply did not think he ought to be out engaging in the kind of political …
J. William Theis Oral History Interview
… the marshall plan; things that he wanted in the foreign field. do you feel that elections, when there is no shooting war, are run more on domestic matters than foreign matters? theis: well, there's the old story that you have right now, … policy. he had the courage to do things that needed to be done; foreign aid, push the marshall plan. of course, the korean situation was a very difficult time, but he didn't have much option on that, and :it came near the end. there will … i think it had to be used in some way. it might well have been demonstrated in some other way which would have ended the war -- like that. a lot of innocent people might have been spared. i have always felt that it would have had a similar effect …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History Interview, May 2, 1969
… you that whole story if you're interested. fuchs: i certainly am. ewing: for a proper background one must go back to world war i. turkey had ranged herself with the central powers and lord allenby headed the allied army that was fighting the turks … there anything you feel i've overlooked about the '48 campaign that we should discuss? ewing: i don't think so. fuchs: the korean war, of course, coming along in 1950 resulted in a certain amount of upheaval in government. how did it affect the … sulzberger wants the president to know that every source of information that the new york times has in the area of the korean conflict tells us that the chinese are going to intervene and that general macarthur definitely should be prepared for …
George Tames Oral History Interview, June 11, 1980
… roosevelt and the truman press situations. tames: when i first met truman, he was chairman of the senate committee on the war investigation [special senate committee to investigate the national defense program]. to be very honest with you, i was … to a horse-drawn caisson. on the last mile everybody walked. they had the honorary pallbearers -- the cabinet members, war leaders, and so forth. well, there [22] were the three life photographers and myself. when life magazine came out it … and i ran into suzy park (i think that's her name). she worked for the speaker of the house, and got caught up in this korean scandal, and when the speaker didn't run for reelection, she just lost her job in his office as a receptionist or …
Harold I. McGrath Oral History Interview
… in 1944, when the members of the truman committee were conducting hearings in california pertaining to the national war effort and were the guests of the democratic jackson day dinner of that year. i was impressed at that time with the … to win, so he won and we lost all the other [73] seats. but helen had a fighting chance. my judgment is really that the korean war which broke about the summer of 1950 defeated her. fuchs: how's that? mcgrath: i think nixon had rather cleverly … take a chance. we can't take a chance. it's too much of a risk." she might have won without the shooting episode of the korean war, because she was a ringtailed dandy and a magnificent campaigner. and she would wear a cape and was dramatic and …
William J. Randall Oral History Interview, December 8, 1989
… that have to be exercised moneywise. i was a very strong fiscal conservative. johnson: did you vote for johnson's "war on poverty?" randall: i probably did, with reluctance; not completely, or not totally. on some things we're moving a … on the county court. we reduced taxes several times while i was on the county court. johnson: president truman, during the korean war, said we should pay-as-we-go, which meant we should increase taxes considerably. randall: i guess i'd have to … i thought it was interesting. he said, "well i guess you could say we won world war ii. half and half said we tied the korean war, and we definitely lost the vietnam war." oh, that was so sad. let's see, we had some of those threads that you …
Truman, Bess W. Papers
… included in this series is a victory loan ledger that bess used to keep track of liberty bonds that she sold during world war i. this series also contains a card signed by bess truman when she was president of the community welfare league, a local … keeley) and arry mayer (later calhoun). the letters discuss their families, mutual acquaintances, romances, and world war i. this entire series has been digitized and can be browsed on our website. the fifth series, the correspondence file, … truman’s singing career and concerts; the 1948 election and 1949 inaugural; the renovation of the white house; the korean war and douglas macarthur; the 1950 assassination attempt upon president truman; books written about harry s. truman; …
Campbell, Wallace J. Papers
… information bureau, 1956 national rural electric cooperative association, 1959 ocean freight overseas campaign for korean teachers pamphlets on viet nam and poland box 10 panama conference (2 folders) panama conference, 1953 philippines, … organization, 1954 foreign affairs conference of the department of state, 1958 fowler manuscript, here is your next war re oil freedom fund friends committee on national legislation box 35 greenbelt cooperative (2 folders) health here is … (5 folders) murray d. lincoln school, escuintla, guatemala, dedication of nationwide program policy and program committee "war on hunger" - testimony world food congress food for peace file: housing legislation box 90 committee on banking and …
Dr. Harold Seidman Oral History Interview
… [tom b.] fugate of virginia. mr. truman had asked the budget bureau to look at the panama canal organization after the war, because he felt it was archaic and something needed to be done. i spent, oh, i guess a couple of months down there on … working with him on some of the rubber disposal [66] legislation, rubber plants, abaca, on scaling down of some of the war industries that had been acquired by the government. hess: he had been chief of owmr. seidman: yes. hess: office of war … that the armed forces be cut back somewhat more severely than the army and the navy would have liked, and then when the korean war came along we were caught sort of short-handed, mr. webb and the bureau of the budget got a little bit of bad …
Oscar L. Chapman Oral History Interview, January 12, 1973
… when he was harry woodring's assistant? chapman: assistant, yeah. he was in there... hess: just before the second world war. chapman: that's right, and he was... hess: but that is the time that ickes and johnson did not get along. chapman: … a job did louis johnson do as secretary of defense? he went in in march of 1949; he was there during the beginning of the korean conflict and he left in september of 1950. so he was there about a year and a half through a very interesting time, … been... chapman: yes. hess: ...the president's wishes. chapman: i felt that he was. hess: because at the beginning of the korean war, in [811] june of 1950, our armed forces were down and mr. johnson received sort of a bad press at the time... …
John S. Service Oral History Interview, Chap XII-XIV
… bleed slot. no one seemed interested in doing the experimenting.when wells set up his own manufacturing, soon after world war i, his factory manager and chief engineer had been a secretive, but technically highly regarded man who he brought over … in his years of limbo, was the allegation that he was somehow personally responsible for the deaths ofamerican boys in the korean war.the fact is that if he had been listened to, and the united states had taken a realistic view of china and its communists, there might not have been any korean war." "meanwhile, stilwell's successor, general wedemeyer, passed through tokyo on his way home for consultation.he …
C. Girard Davidson Oral History Interview, July 18, 1972
… 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 … when i finally resigned, the newspapers said that cva was dead as a dodo. hess: how much of an effect do you think the korean war, which came along in the last of june in 1950, had on such a domestic program as this, when we had to change the … you stress that point at the time, do you recall? this was in june of '50 and you left last of that year? did you see the korean war in the context of an opportunity at that time? davidson: i probably didn't at that time. you see i think there is …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 10, 1969
… in handling large amounts of material and distilling the essence, the most important ideas, from this material. during the war years when president roosevelt, and later truman, was away from washington, the map room staff would send shore written … naval aide to the president. i accompanied mr. truman to the potsdam conference. by the time he returned from that, the war with japan was practically over, and so during the fall of 1945, i was working with the new naval aide commodore james k. … policy, sometimes the secretary of state himself would be present or a representative of the secretary of state. after the korean war broke out and matters of foreign policy became even more critical and sensitive, and we had to be especially …
Mrs. Joseph H. Short Oral History Interview
… i had a small baby at the time, i missed his outstanding performance as chairman of the committee which investigated the war industry problems. i later came to understand what a marvelous job he had done there. but i didn't know it at the time … lots of days), and truman had to make a decision about what to tell the press. remember this was right as we were in the korean war. joe was impressed with his ability to handle decisions -- to listen to arguments pro and con, make up his mind … paul, 66 inauguration day of 1952, 73-80 indian treaty room, 59 jefferson-jackson day dinner of 1952, 90 key west, 90 korean war, 10 , 34 , 91 library of congress, and the alexander the great story, 84 , 87 linkins, carroll, 79 little cabinet, …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, November 8, 1985
… to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. independence, missouri november 8, 1985 by niel m. johnson [ notices … night in blair house? burrus: the mayflower. i was there when truman made his address to the reserve officers about the korean affair. that was also the visit where i overheard him talking to averell harriman on the phone, when i was in the … themselves with our views." so that was that. johnson: when was that? burrus: i'm not sure. i believe it was after the korean war started. mrs. burrus and i were the only two persons besides the people doing the work. johnson: was that sort of …
John S. Service Oral History Interview, Chap I-II
… wanted to see western things. they wanted to learn about the west. the foreign community did some relief work during the war (world war i), ran bazaars. one very popular thing they did one time was to run a coffee and doughnut shop, or coffee and hot … and set purpose i have not yet discovered all the necessary means) all movements of cargo back and forth across the sino-korean and sino-russian frontiers and to levy duty thereupon. for this purpose one has a staff of two foreigners and some …
Webb, James E. Papers
… activities in alaska) anti-inflation (economic stabilization) 1947-48 "at the crossroads," report by the director of war mobilization and reconversion, july 1, 1946 box 13 bureau of the budget, staff report on organization of the bureau of … radio script for "capitol memo" remarks at luncheon for ambassador ali sastromidjojo - feb. 20, 1950 lecture at national war college on "the organization of the state department" feb. 24, 1950 address before the export managers club of new york - … of miami (florida), january 1972 re webb files articles re the soviet union articles by james e. webb - "the facts of the korean crisis" written for the daughters of the american revolution magazine, november 1950 foreign policy reports - 1952 …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 15, 1969
… that time. when the president decided to create that position, it must have been in the fall of 1950, i guess, after the korean war started, this was the man he wanted. theres no question on it, there was no--there might have been a [315] second choice … first choice. he had gotten to know him in the course of his work as chairman of the investigating committee during world war ii and had a very high regard for mr. wilson and asked him to take this job. now, mr. wilson was quite a sensitive …
Joseph G. Feeney Oral History Interview
… [12] put a bill through which would take care of many, many thousands of people who had been displaced as a result of the war, and no one seemed to be doing anything about it. many, many thousands of displaced persons were still living in camps … course, too, the professions, particularly in the medical profession, it was brought home very vividly as a result of the war, how few doctors there were to take care of so many people. mr. truman was the only person i knew who ever mentioned the … was another, particularly after his trip to wake island and the assurances he received from general macarthur. the korean war was another. but the marshall plan was not an [123] accident, it was not dreamed up overnight like some people …
William L. Batt, Jr. Oral History Interview
… for somebody to set up a little shop to do some of this backstop work for their efforts. i had known dave morse during the war and during a campaign i ran for congress, unsuccessfully, back in '46, outside philadelphia. i think it was dave morse … to get back associated with the administration and with government. i hadn't been in the government since before the war. i'd wanted to be outside so i could run for congress and be active in the community. so they asked me to come down and … issues that he raised -- not just the truman doctrine in greece and turkey, but getting the entire united nations into the korean business; the firing of macarthur, making quite clear the predominance of the [57] civil over the military; the …
J. Leonard Reinsch Oral History Interview
… questions of what day, what time; as the new commander in chief when [50] did he address our armed forces in this war that we were in, and how did he handle that? then we had the problem of the blair house which had been occupied by the … in his office prior to the international broadcast received an illuminated scroll of his declaration of the cessation of war in the european theater. i was in washington preceding the japanese treaty, but i was assigned to a group to go to europe … -- he was using a little literary license. fuchs: mr. truman made an emergency broadcast, so to speak, regarding the korean situation in 1950. did you get called in in time to work on this? reinsch: no -- i don't recall the circumstance and i …