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Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")
… description ernest a. gross discusses emergency meeting of the united nations security council after the beginning of the korean war. sound only . date(s) ca. 1961 - 1963 sd-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and …
John R. Steelman at a National Security Resources Board Meeting
… and an unidentified man. related collection steelman, john r. papers keywords cabinet officers executive advisory bodies korean war, 1950-1953 presidential advisors people pictured snyder, john w. (john wesley), 1895-1985 steelman, john roy, 1900-1999 …
Universal-International Newsreels
… magazine editors, and gives speech regarding the history and philosophy of dictators. january 19, 1951. 01:50 the war in korea – united nations forces fighting under leadership of gen. matthew ridgway; air and land bombardments, spotter … the farm of dana coffee. 08:05 washington [state] – canadians set sail for korea – six thousand reinforcements for the korean war set sail from seattle, after training at ft. lewis. 08:35 toronto – hairstyles in vogue, convention in toronto … forces slow communists in korea; united nations forces under gen. james a. van fleet are shown in combat action. 15:55 korean war orphans shown receiving humanitarian aid. 16:30 british submarine hms affray missing, scenes of the search by u. …
President Truman's News Conference, February 14, 1952
… as a presidential candidate; senator robert taft's chances for receiving the republican nomination for president; the korean war; the vacancy in the labor relations board; statement of appreciation by truman for an article which appeared in a new …
General John H. Chiles Oral History Interview
… staff of the far east command, and supreme commander for the allied powers, 1948-50; staff officer and combat officer, korean war, 1950-51. independence, missouri july 27, 1977 by d. clayton james [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | … became chief of staff, doyle hickey came in to be the fec deputy. so i was there during all the preliminaries to the korean war. the attack in june 1950 was an absolutely complete surprise. dcj: from secretary of the general staff, scap and …
Hinde, Edgar G. Papers
… and the democratic party in jackson county and the state of missouri. edgar hinde served with harry s. truman in world war i, and truman maintained close friendships with many of the men he served with. as a senator, truman helped mr. hinde … missouri politics; the democratic party in missouri; construction of a post office building in independence, missouri; the korean war; tom pendergast; maurice milligan; missouri governor lloyd stark; independence, missouri mayor roger sermon; and others. …
J. Thomas Schneider Oral History Interview
… believe, 59 years of age.) a couple of months after that general pershing informed me that the president and secretary of war [newton d.] baker had requested him to make a tour of military camps and posts, as well as principal industrial areas … pricing policies in connection with the [18] munitions board, which i did, and while engaged in that, just before the korean war broke out, the president and secretary of defense louis johnson asked me to become chairman of the personnel … that were discussed. that council met at least once a week, and sometimes more, especially after the commencement of the korean war. but up to the time of the commencement of the korean war, that period in between there -- do you recall what date …
The Truman Years
… received 16mm original film was retained by donor description educational film that begins with the end of world war ii and the death of franklin d. roosevelt to the end of president truman's term of office, including a brief segment on … 00:59 the narrator gives context for the year 1945. as the male voice describes events leading up to the end of world war ii, the screen shows animated maps and combat footage showing different branches of the military. 01:29 the next … of east and west germany, and the russian development of an atomic bomb and subsequent fears of an atomic war. 15:43 the korean war is summed up in brief from the beginning to the eventual stalemate. a segment deals with president truman …
American Institute of Public Opinion Records
… president harry s. truman and his policies, the appointment of women as ambassadors, and the likelihood of a third world war. [ administrative information | organizational history | collection description | series descriptions | folder title list … and what they liked most and least about president truman. additional surveys dealt with the danger of a third world war, how the korean war should be funded, and whether women should be appointed as ambassadors. results were sometimes broken down by …
The President's News Conference
… veterans administration tells me that they are absolutely right in denying hospitalization to this nonservice-connected korean combat veteran in arizona. and they say that because we are not at war in korea they cannot hospitalize those veterans. would you care to comment on that ? the president. no comment. i think … it is a matter that is up to congress. they are simply obeying the law. 1 1 see item 102. i want to say further that these korean veterans ought to be treated in exactly the same way as all the other war veterans have been treated. and they will …
Johnson, Earl D. Papers
… records, handwritten notes, memoranda, newspaper clippings, press releases, printed materials and speeches related to the korean war, shortages of ammunition, and army purchases of beef and butter. the series also includes biographies of military … conference. the clippings file contains newspaper clippings, press releases and compiled news summaries pertaining to the korean war, atomic weapons and testing, hydrogen bombs, military equipment, department of defense reorganizations, …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, July 2, 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 … year 1951. this revenue bill was not quite up to what it should have been, but it at least made a step towards meeting the korean expenditures that were, of course, at that time, completely unpredictable. and we did take a step to try to meet some … in february 1950, i tried to emphasize the necessity for limiting the amount of excise tax reduction, because of the korean situation, and specified most urgently the need of reduction of the excises on transportation or property and persons, …
Statement by the President on the Situation in Korea
… in the execution of this resolution. in these circumstances i have ordered united states air and sea forces to give the korean government troops cover and support. the attack upon korea makes it plain beyond all doubt that communism has passed beyond the use of subversion to conquer independent nations and will now use armed invasion and war. it has defied the orders of the security council of the united nations issued to preserve international peace and …
President Harry S. Truman at Wake Island
… are unidentified. related collection anderson, e. vernice papers keywords armed forces officers cabinet officers generals korean war, 1950-1953 presidential advisors presidential press secretaries presidential trips presidents white house staff hst …
John J. Muccio Oral History Interview, February 10, 1971
… new authorities, there was a constant transfer of responsibility from u.s. military government authorities to their new korean counterparts. it was very intricate. one interesting and complicating factor that plagued me during this period was … of the very first u.s. international problems handled under the new mechanism of the national security council. and the korean position was elaborated and set forth in the national security council and issued by president truman, i forget the … was the first time that the transfer of military government functions to a civilian agency had taken place after world war ii. i would undoubtedly face problems they didn't have ready answers to, but for me to use my judgment and they'd back me …
World War II Collection
… world war ii collection dates: 1932–1996 the world war ii collection contains historical materials relating to the second world war that have been donated to the truman … 60] war criminals and the end of the war—scrapbook box 7 war relief control board—documents regarding world war ii and korean war relief programs [ghdc 134] weant, earl b.: letter from senator harry s. truman regarding his son, private first …
President Harry S. Truman With Medal of Honor Recipient and Family
… u.s. marine corps. all others are unidentified. keywords armed forces officers award presentations awards cabinet officers korean war, 1950-1953 marines presidents soldiers medal of honor naval officers people pictured kimball, dan able, 1896-1970 …
Address at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago
… own community, and to walk humbly with his god. those basic qualities of his character stood the test of fire in our civil war, and saved this great union. i feel that those same qualities of integrity and humility that made lincoln great, are … now let's look at some harder problems. it would be hard for me--it would be hard for most of us, i believe--to make the korean conflict a partisan political issue. i think of the fact that this whole nation was practically unanimous on june 26, … have asked him a question about it, however, because in a speech at detroit the other night he set out to prove that the korean aggression was all the fault of the democrats. that would have been hard for most people. most people think it was due …
Remarks Upon Awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Maj. Gen. William F. Dean
… valor above and beyond the call of duty which characterized the spirit of our soldiers in those bitter early weeks of the korean conflict. i am confident that my words reflect the feeling in the hearts of all americans. note: the president … september 4, 1953, general dean was repatriated at panmunjom, korea. he was the highest ranking united nations prisoner of war taken by the communist forces during the korean military action. …
U. Alexis Johnson Oral History Interview
… and i think it was sort of a test-tube case for what developed in the postwar period of our students going to the national war college and our participating in almost all of the service schools. my assistant out here now is going to carry on a … [41] before i got back to washington, driving as hard as i could. as i recall it, niles bond, who was what we'd call the korean desk officer, went up to the security council meeting. so, i was not present at the security council. mckinzie: were … a message telling him to be sure to get out and not get captured. that, as i recall, was my sole contribution to the korean policy as far as that day was concerned. mckinzie: that was a considerable contribution, because those people who …
Statement by the President on the Decision To Withdraw U.S. Forces From Korea, 1947-1949
… eisenhower himself supported. the withdrawal of american forces from korea was proposed in may 1947 by secretary of war robert patterson, a republican (forrestal, diary, p. 273). in september of 1947, the state department requested the … of defense to hold up further withdrawals of our troops, pending united nations action and further examination of the korean problem. accordingly, after the adoption of the united nations resolution and after the withdrawal of soviet forces in december 1948, a new study was made of all the aspects of the korean problem, including the withdrawal of the remaining united states forces. it was decided in march 1949 to make the …
President Harry S. Truman Awards Medal of Honor to Recipient
… nathan twining. others in view not identified. keywords armed forces officers award presentations awards cabinet officers korean war, 1950-1953 marines presidents medal of honor naval officers people pictured dennison, robert l. (robert lee), 1901-1980 …
Harry S. Truman Papers: White House Central Files: Confidential File
… include lend-lease, the mutual defense program, the unification of the armed services, the coal strike of 1950, and the korean war. the subjects are arranged alphabetically. the large amount of material relating to the state department which the white … to such topics as the individual executive branch departments, the coal strike of l950, latin american affairs, the korean war, lend-lease, labor, the loyalty program, the mutual defense program, the pearl harbor investigation, the …
Leon H. Keyserling Oral History Interviews
… 40-43 , 106-109 , 111-112 , 129-130 , 148 budget for, 123-125 congressional liaison, and, 173-177 economic policies during korean war, 133-139 , 156-158 economic policy of the truman administration, impact on, 192-194 function of, 44-46 , 49-53 … of, 178-180 davidson, c. girard, 58 , 67 , 78 , 79 davis, john c., 183 davis, william h., 29 defense budget, u.s. (korean war), 113-120 defense production act of 1950, 156-158 democratic national convention, 1936, 35 democratic national …
Universal-International Newsreels
… invasion”. footage of the dedication of an unknown historic fort. soldiers in period costume of the revolutionary war and war of 1812. views of historic military parade with modern day military officers saluting as historically dressed … back the united nations. views of american troops arriving in korea; general douglas macarthur visiting the battle front; korean refugees fleeing the advancement of communist forces; marines preparing to leave for japan; and canadian destroyers embarking to join other united nation’s warships. (silent, but sound briefly back in periodically, in possibly korean or chinese language.) 12:25 “tennis at wimbledon”. footage of wimbledon tennis tournament, and match between budge …
The President's News Conference
… and if congress is willing to go along, we will continue the experiments to show how we can use that for peace instead of war. q. are the wheels now turning ?--do you happen to know ? the president. the wheels are turning. i hope the congress will … now with korea? the president. no, i am not. q. you know the situation; the koreans are asking-- the president. yes, the korean situation was discussed at berlin, and the korean program, i think, will be carried through as we anticipated-that it will be a free country. [9.] q. mr. president, is …
Further Statement by the President on the Decision To Withdraw U.S. Forces from Korea, 1947-1949
… any offensive operation the united states might wish to conduct on the asiatic continent most probably would by-pass the korean peninsula. if, on the other hand, an enemy were able to establish and maintain strong air and naval bases in the korean peninsula, he might be able to interfere with united states communications and operations in east china, manchuria, … in other areas more vital to the security of the united states. james forrestal enclosure memorandum by the state-war-navy coordinating committee to the joint chiefs of staff on u.s. policy in korea: swn-5694 15 september 1947 the …
Dennison, Robert L. Papers
… commander, u.s.s. cuttlefish (submarine) 1940-1941 commander, u.s.s. john d. ford (destroyer) 1944-1945 member, joint war plans committee, joint chiefs of staff 1945-1947 assistant chief of naval operations 1947-1948 commander, u.s.s. … variety of foreign policy and national security issues. the classified file also contains cia summaries of events in the korean conflict in 1951, and miscellaneous information concerning the defense of formosa and other parts of asia, the … telegrams, reports, correspondence, and other items documenting telegraph messages received at the white house, the korean war, and various aspects of dennison's duties as white house naval aide. arranged in alphabetical order. [ top of the …
Philip Trezise Oral History Interview
… that's where i stayed. [2] mckinzie: could you explain the happenstance? trezise: well, i was in the service during the war, and i was co-opted from the navy to oss [office of strategic services]. from oss i was sent to china, where i became, … over to work on the gray commission -- that this would have been in may of 1950. we were already hard at work when the korean war began, and the korean war is what made the military arrangement with western europe easily feasible. i don't suppose that without the korean …
Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman - Man on the Spot, Episode No. 7
… activities committee. 9:25 truman speaks - individual's right to protection. 9:50 truman walking and end of war in europe. 10:25 fbi office. 10:40 truman comments on loyalty program. 11:05 house un-american activities committee … 17:50 detection of ussr a-bomb. 18:05 alger hiss convicted and others. 18:35 ethel and julius rosenberg. 18:46 korean war. 19:10 sen. william e. jenner and red conspiracy. 19:25 sen. joseph mccarthy. 19:40 truman speaks. 20:17 work on …
Pauley, Edwin W. Papers
… clippings, and other items concerning pauley’s service as ambassador for german and japanese reparations following world war ii. the materials in this series document pauley’s travels to germany, japan, korea, and manchuria; his presence at the … and japanese reparations, his nomination as under secretary of the navy in 1946, and his testimony before congress on the korean situation following the outbreak of the korean war in 1950. the clippings also contain information on pauley’s business activities, his social affairs, and his …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, July 10, 1968
… 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 … -- what do you recall about the events surrounding louis johnson's resignation, which was, of course, after the korean invasion. snyder: unhappily, there began to be dissension among certain cabinet members who couldn't get along with … the latter part of june when korea was invaded? snyder: it began just before that and came to a focus at the time of the korean invasion. [767] hess: what were some of the difficulties? snyder: oh, i don't recall. hess: all right. then let's …
Harry S. Truman Papers
… first and are followed by the files that are named for individual staff members. two artificially created file groups, the korean war file and the press release file, are listed together with the files named for offices. files named for offices: korean war file, 1947-52. 8 linear feet. copies of state and defense department documents relating to the korean war, made …
Remarks to Members of the National Advisory Committee of the Veterans Administration Voluntary Services
… the spirit i have found in those young men. i paid a number of visits to walter reed and bethesda during and after the war. also, during world war ii, i visited the hospital at mare island, where i met a navy surgeon by the name of … with those men who had been wounded. i stopped at the great hospital in honolulu as i came back, which was full of wounded korean veterans; and i talked to them. and i want to tell you this: those men know what it's all about. i wish everybody in … people in this country who say they don't know why we are in korea. my suggestion to them is to go and visit these wounded korean veterans, and they will find out. they know, but they don't want to let on like they do, these people don't. the men i …
Sir Edgar Cohen Oral History Interview
… sir edgar cohen sussex, england june 12, 1970 by theodore a. wilson [1] cohen: the main problem immediately after the war was that the countries hadn't the money and the resources to import freely from one another. they had a tradition from … in a creditor position, i imagine -- about 1950. i don't remember that we were in a strong creditor position until the korean war. the korean war pushed us into a very strong creditor position for the reasons i just mentioned here. there was the sterling-area …
Truman: A Self-Portrait
… president truman is seen taking the oath of office at the 1945 inauguration. 07:33 president truman speaks about world war ii. 07:55 at potsdam, president truman talks with churchill and stalin. 08:09 he makes a speech wherein he mentions destroying japan’s ability to make war (august 6, 1945 announcement of the dropping of the bomb on hiroshima on board the u. s. s. augusta). the bomb is dropped … he then takes the oath of office again on january 20, 1949. 18:39 military footage is shown, then truman says that the korean war must be limited to avoid world war 3. 19:30 president truman meets with general douglas macarthur, then, after …
John J. Muccio Oral History Interview, February 18, 1971
… general walker accepted this flag and put it up over his headquarters in taegu, alongside the u.s. flag and the korean flag. up to that time the u.s. flag had been flying alone over the headquarters. propriety of this [70] was talked … never to my knowledge, saw president rhee on any matter except in my presence. he was most careful in talking to his--the korean officers . . . hess: counterpart officers. muccio: well not counterpart, because they were under his command. earlier … [william f.] dean, were men who were still in their physical and mental prime, who had come to the fore during world war ii. and it was really a tremendous satisfaction to have dealings, direct dealings, with men of that caliber. i think that …
Goodwin, Robert C. Papers
… goodwin, robert c. papers dates: 1929-1985 executive director, war manpower commission, 1945; director, u.s. employment service, department of labor, 1945-1948; director, bureau of … his career, particularly his involvement in the mobilization of manpower for defense purposes during world war ii and the korean war. the collection includes correspondence, memoranda, speeches and speech drafts, appointment calendars, reports, … government agencies, his involvement in the mobilization of manpower for defense purposes during world war ii and the korean war, and his continued interest in unemployment policy following his retirement from federal service. there are four …
Charles Burton Marshall Oral History Interview
… of operations, office of the chief of transportation, u.s. army, and deputy commander of the port of manila, during world war ii; consultant, intergovernmental committee on refugees, 1946-47; staff consultant on the house committee on foreign … mutual defense assistance program; statement of the managers regarding military assistance legislation; the "china lobby;" korean aid bill of 1949; u.s. intervention in the korean war; theories concerning foreign policy; u.s. communication with the peoples republic of china during the korean war; …
Leon H. Keyserling Oral History Interview, May 19, 1971
… to it during the truman administration. i covered that in part, let us say through the first year or so of the korean war. i would like to say a little bit more about that and then carry through to the end of the truman administration. i don't … now, coming to the economic policy matter, i also said that the really great issue that arose at the beginning of the korean war was the balance between trying to finance the war out of diversion of resources, as against financing [134] the …
Special Message to the Congress Reporting on the Situation in Korea
… for legislative action which i believe should be taken at this time. at four o'clock in the morning, sunday, june 25th, korean time, armed forces from north of the thirty-eighth parallel invaded the republic of korea. the republic of korea was … the united nations. this election, which was originally intended to cover all of korea, was held only in the part of the korean peninsula south of the thirty-eighth parallel, because the soviet government, which occupied the peninsula north of … of men the world over. the fateful events of the 1930's, when aggression unopposed bred more aggression and eventually war, were fresh in our memory. but the free nations had learned the lesson of history. their determined and united actions …
Walter H. Judd Oral History Interview
… summer of 1943 . a group of us in congress were concerned that the united states not go back into isolationism after world war ii. i had been a young soldier in world war i, and he had been a captain in the field artillery, and when we got to know … defeated them there. just as the war in korea was the unfinished china war, so the war in vietnam is merely the unfinished korean war. the biggest mistake truman made was his failure to finish up the korean war after sending our forces in and when he had the communists on the ropes there. hess: what should have been done? …
Remarks in the Enlisted Men's Mess Hall, Aberdeen, Md., Proving Ground
… same result in a very short time that einstein would in a lifetime. that is one of the great things that came out of the war. i was visiting detroit one time, and interviewing henry ford on the war effort at that time. this was back in late 1942 or early 1943, when we were trying to get tractors and ordnance, and the … not with any idea of destroying any other nation or any other government. i have just had the privilege of meeting five korean veterans, who are here in front of me. all of them have spent various lengths of time in korea, all of them have been …
Radio Address Opening the Defense Bond Drive
… six years ago, here in san francisco, the united nations was formed. it was our purpose then to prevent another world war. that is still our purpose. the united nations was established to unite the moral forces of the world for peace, and to … aggression came in korea, the united nations took action. it labeled the aggression for what it was, it branded the north korean and the chinese communists as the aggressors. it called upon peace-loving countries to unite and put down aggression. … they know, and we know, that if aggression were not checked in korea, it would only be a matter of time until a new world war brought destruction and misery to all of us. for the past several weeks there have been negotiations in korea, at the …
Glick, Edward M. Papers
… miscellaneous historical documents collection (mhdc 643). the speech drafts mostly relate to u.s. foreign policy, the korean war, defense of the united nations, and the fear of communism. glick drafted the speeches for such officials as secretary of …
Reminiscence of William Sanders
… truman's visit to rio de janeiro in september 1947 was: 1) the mexico city inter-american conference on problems of war and peace held in 1945 adopted resolution viii on "reciprocal assistance and american solidarity," known as the "act of … the mexican proposal was manifest in the feeble support the u.s. received from latin america (except for columbia) in the korean war, and more recently in the attitude assumed by the european nato countries in the last armed conflict in the middle … level instructions, was to gain time for a more careful determination of policy in reaching a final decision. [25] the korean war i had a marginal part in the discussions in the department of state leading to the recommendations to president …
Thirty-Fifth Division Association Records
… materials, and service records donated by members of the 35th division, primarily related to their service in world war i and world war ii. additional materials in the collection pertain to the 35th division reunions and the missouri national guard. [ … george morgan childs, mary e. chinn, burton e. chinn, charles christensen, ellis g. [includes world war ii and the korean war] cibula, jake j. clark, bennett champ clary, garnett s. clay, louis m. clemens, orval e. cobb, john b. [includes …
Willis C. Armstrong Oral History Interview
… interview with willis c. armstrong official, lend-lease administration and foreign economic administration, 1941-45; war shipping administration, 1945-46; adviser on state trading, u.s. dept. of state, 1946-48; asst. chief, division of … to. and after all, we did business ourselves that way in various respects during the war, and we did also during the [23] korean war; we were a monopoly buyer of tin and rubber in the korean war. we engaged in state trading ourselves on a large scale during world war ii, and under security circumstances we …
Heller, Francis Papers
… 1941 received juris doctor degree, university of virginia 1942-1947, 1951-1952 served in the u.s. army during world war ii and the korean war, rising to the rank of captain 1943 naturalized as a citizen of the united states 1947 assistant professor of …
Arthur R. Ringwalt Oral History Interview
… foreign service officer. chief, division of chinese affairs, u.s. dept. of state, 1946-48; state dept. member of naval war college, 1948-49; 1st secretary of american embassy, london, 1949-57. chapel hill, north carolina june 5, 1974 by richard … no, see this is the european field, and i stayed well out of that. mckinzie: how did things change for you when the korean war began? [27] ringwalt: i got quite busy. mckinzie: i'm sure you did. could you say something about how and what you … guy, whom i had previously known in china. i would call on him and get his views and his government's views about the korean war, and would capsule them and send them back to washington. some of them were quite interesting, some of them …
John F. Melby Oral History
… paul, 319 kennan, george, 71-73 , 74-76 , 79 and melby, john f., 305 kerr, clark, 102 knowland, william, 169 , 170 korean war, chinese intervention in, 125 , 126 , 241 kuibyshev (ussr), 50 lacy, william, 246-249 , 252-255 landon, margaret, 251 lansdale, ed, 184 , 187 , 188-189 , 240 latin america, u.s. policy toward, in world war ii, 34-49 laurel, jose, 229 levinson, sy, 307-308 lind, lucy, 255 ludden, raymond, 117 , 133 , 135 , 144 macarthur, …
Lincoln, Francis F. Papers
… on fiscal and monetary issues in italy and greece that the united states expected to come about following the end of world war ii. in september 1947, he traveled to greece as part of the delegation for the american mission for aid to greece. the … international bank for reconstruction and development, the position of the world economy on the eve of the outbreak of the korean war and post-korean development and prospects international monetary fund staff papers, volume xi, number 1, march 1964 mineral …
Ewan Clague Oral History Interview
… but i had had some experience with him as a senator in connection with the work of his committee on the conduct of the war. also, i had heard him speak at an interstate conference of employment security administrators in missouri in one of the … and develop a revised, modernized, up-to-date index. however, at the end of our first fiscal year of operations, the korean war broke out. as soon as this happened, we were in trouble. in the first place, we were right in the midst of our … of the decision was to take away part of the excessive rise of the index which had occurred in the first six months of the korean war, that is, take it away for the purposes of wage and price determination by the stabilization agencies. by the …
Harry S. Truman Papers Staff Member and Office Files: Charles W. Jackson Files
… member and office files: charles w. jackson files dates: 1944-1952 program manager, media programming division, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46; acting chief, division of advertising liaison, office of government reports, … returning veterans, prevent forest fires, encourage automotive safety, and secure blood donations for casualties of the korean war. jackson's other duties as a government official during this period are also documented. the files include … interviews with top government officials and film footage of contemporary events. with its content dominated by the korean crisis and the anti-communist rhetoric of the cold war, "battle report" basically served as a vehicle for presenting …
Special Message to the Congress Requesting Additional Appropriations for Defense
… are fighting for freedom and against tyranny--for law and order and against brutal aggression. the attack of the north korean communists on their peaceful fellow-countrymen in june was in defiance of the united nations and was an attack upon … supported that action--for the people of this country knew that our own freedom was as much at stake as the freedom of the korean people. we knew that the issue was nothing less than the survival of freedom everywhere. if free men did not stand … this common effort to stop aggression. the chinese communists struck at all of these countries when they started to make war against the united nations. the united nations troops are defending themselves vigorously, and will do so with increasing …
John J. Muccio Oral History Interview, December 27, 1973
… and the next day on the 26th. there had been an account of that written by t.r. fehrenbach in a book called this kind of war . the subtitle of that book is "a study in unpreparedness." would you indulge me and allow me to read a page out of that … no resistance whatsoever on the part of the south koreans. it was a question of staying there and encouraging the entire korean military forces to face up to the communists onslaught without, at the same time, our being caught. i was baffled when … behind with me. we had decided that we would make our way down south through the interior to maintain contact with the korean government and [8] the korean military. let me repeat, there was never any intention on my part of staying on in seoul …
Benjamin M. Hulley Oral History Interview
… would be turned over to us, and the pressure was continuous. also from various societies here, which wanted to help these war refugees. mckinzie: there was really nothing you could do except quote the law to them on that. hulley: that's right. … time you thought it brought iceland a little closer to the interests of the rest of us? hulley: yes. mckinzie: how did the korean war affect your work? hulley: not at all. mckinzie: the routine work of the division was not affected? hulley: was not influenced by the korean war. now, let's see, i forget the date of the war, was it '51? mckinzie: it began in june of 1950. hulley: in june of …
General William H. Draper Jr. Oral History Interview
… military government adviser to the secretary of state, moscow conference of foreign ministers, 1947; under secretary of war, 1947; under secretary of the army, 1947-49; and united states special representative in europe, with rank of ambassador, … the council was moving from london to paris and being upgraded, as it became evident that it would be necessary, with the korean war on and the threat to western europe from russia, to build up the western world's mutual defenses. the nato … that it was thirteen and a half billion -- the president's original budget. i think that may have helped to bring on the korean war. i think that may have helped to bring on jim's death. that's something i'd like to put off the record until after …
Regional Teacher Professional Development
… military-minded communicator—focused on preventing the mistakes of wwi as he wrapped up wwii and led the nation into the korean war. this three-day intensive offers educators the opportunity to engage with primary sources, scholarly insights, public …
Robert Marjolin Oral History Interview, July 2, 1971
… did they enjoy undisputed leadership, given their desperate economic situation? they had been instrumental in winning the war. was that the explanation? marjolin: yes. they won the war and in europe, in spite of the economic difficulties, they … to a large extent, it was aid without strings. i think the policy of restricting exports to the east came later, after the korean war started, or just before. after that conflict started, the whole emphasis shifted. before that american aid was … hoffman, paul g., 9-10 , 17 hull, cordell, 16 , 17 indochina, french, post world war ii, 7 italy, post world war ii, 5 korean war, 7 , 20 marshall plan, 10 , 16 , 20 netherlands east indies, post world war ii, 6 north atlantic treaty …
The President's News Conference
… is this railroad strike having any effect on the shipment of other materials--men or anything else needed in the korean fight? the president. no. this is purely a domestic proposition. [7.] q. mr. president, there was one democrat voted … [laughter] [8.] q. mr. president, since we last talked to you last thursday, there have been some developments in the korean situation. could you, at this time, tell us anything further about what we are doing out there and what is going on? … there, instead of making speeches. [laughter] [12.] q. mr. president, could you tell us anything about the effect that the war in korea may have on the military aid program as regards korea? will the expenditures originally intended to fortify …
Edward S. Mason Oral History Interview
… which was then my special field of interest. my second assignment was just before the united states entered the war when i served for a period as a [3] consultant to the office of production management working particularly on raw … and i suppose i was one of the natural candidates to be considered by him. gray was appointed by the president before the korean war and the program of the gray commission, if you want to call it that, was very much altered by the advent of the korean war. mckinzie: you had done a great deal of work almost up to the point of drafting the report, had you not? mason: …
Huntington, Albert H., Jr. Papers
… program, 1964 brief chronological history of aid correspondence with the harry s. truman library, 1979-81 marshall plan: war on hunger, june 1977 project commitments - fy 1955-1970 status of development loans, june 30, 1971 subject file, 1948-1980: articles "marshall plan speech anniversary", front lines , 1977 "origins of the cold war" by george h. questers, political science quarterly , winter 1978-79 subject file, 1948-1980: books jonathan bingham, … box 2 first report for the public advisory committee on the china program, september 29, 1948 industrial projects - 1950 korean program - february 28, 1950 and "agriculture in western europe: july 31, 1952" logos "the marshall plan - a potpouri …
Newsreel
… & white produced by nbc news restrictions restricted description newsreel footage on a variety of subjects, including the korean war and the steel strike. date(s) 1952 sd-quality copies of already digitized motion pictures are available for $20, and …
Koehler, John T. Papers
… with what it needed. other speeches deal with scientific research, the merchant marine, and the navy’s involvement in the korean war. the collection also contains information on his appointment and resignation as assistant secretary, as well as scripts …
Trivers, Howard Papers
… "morality and foreign affairs, virginia quarterly review , summer 1956 berlin, 1957-1962 briefing material - national war college, berlin, 1958-1961 german newspaper articles re tank corporation - "checkpoint charlie," october 25, 1961 … cuban missile crisis council on religion and international affairs - san dimas, california, "united states and the cold war" potomac, maryland, lenten lecture, march 18, 1964, "ethics and foreign policy" washington, d.c., american university, … club, january 19, 1978 viii. panama canal treaty, 1978 ix. letter to editor of muncie star , march 13, 1978, on south korean government passing currency to congressmen x. recognition of people's republic of china, muncie press, december 18, …
Gerard Bauer Oral History Interview
… plan experience. he said that the important thing which knowledgeable europeans recognized at the end of the second world war was that they must not repeat the mistakes made [3] after the first world war. he urged that we, in a preface to the … some difficulty, but that this was settled without a great crisis. then on the oeec, the outside, he said that during the korean war there was considerable pressure. some did establish a quota system on the basis of then existing trade, and … 3 economic cooperation administration, 6 european payments union, 4 geneva, switzerland, 1 harriman, averell, 4 hungary, 6 korean war, 5 league of nations, 3 london, england, 1 marshall plan, 2 , 3 , 6 , 7 mayer, rene, 5 monnet, jean, 5 …
Arthur Ringland Oral History Interview
… interview oral history interview with arthur ringland consultant, national defense advisory commission and president's war relief control board, 1940-46; executive director, advisory committee on voluntary foreign aid, u.s. department of state, … in korea, in response to joint resolutions of congress. the white house requested help to draft the proclamation for this korean project. that was an interesting experience. i remember the president [27] walking in while we were sitting down and … war economic board, which referred to the president's declaration of a national emergency. this declaration was due to the korean situation. our war in korea brought governmental recognition of the needs of civilians. in 1951 and again in 1953 …
Harry S. Truman Papers: President's Secretary's Files
… 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 … peace treaties, the berlin blockade, the atomic bomb, trade, the north atlantic treaty organization (nato), and the korean war. the council of foreign ministers subseries consists of bound reproductions of documents pertaining to subjects … gathering and dissemination, communism, soviet aggression, the use of soviet defectors, arms shipments, and the korean war. the national security council-atomic subseries contains agendas, cables, charts, graphs, correspondence, …
The President's News Conference
… might threaten the security of the united nations forces operating in korea, or even result in the extension of the korean war to the pacific area. does that mean that when peace and security are restored to the korean area, then the united states 7th fleet would be withdrawn from the formosan-- the president. the formosan situation as …
Roswell Gilpatric Oral History Interview
… that stage, some of the qualities that later on during the truman investigation committee, the truman committee, of world war ii years, appeared at such advantage. hess: that's interesting. that was the interstate commerce commission of which … committee, i did have several occasions to see that committee in action. in the light of my subsequent experience in the korean war and during the kennedy administration, i have always had the feeling that that committee had a very positive, … just what were your principal duties? were they directed towards building up the air force for prosecution of the korean conflict? gilpatric: yes. the state of all of the military departments, particularly under louis johnson, had been cut …
Gosnell, Harold F. Papers
… germany, china chapter 34 - economic and social activities, 1951-1952 chapter 34 - (sic) - liberal leanings until the korean war chapter 35 - 1950 congressional elections chapter 36 - korea and japan (2 folders) chapter 37 - the 82nd congress, …
Message to the Congress Transmitting Report of U.S. Participation in the United Nations for 1950
… rather than to drift passively once more down the fatal trail of failure to oppose aggression which leads finally to total war. thousands of men have therefore sacrificed their lives in korea to the end that millions may not lose their lives in a … arrived in early june 1951. hospital units and ships from denmark, india, norway, and sweden also are operating in the korean area. united nations action in korea has been truly collective action. concrete aid in the form of combat troops, … not believe that, wherever the channels of opinion are free, our basic purposes will be misunderstood. our action in the korean crisis was not dictated by any american material interest there. we neither sought nor do we seek any special position …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, May 7, 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 … to take on a little higher rate. and we were doing that in an orderly fashion, and going along very splendidly, until the korean invasion took place, and we went to the defense of south korea. at that time, the fed, the new york fed, particularly, … all of those things have to be taken into consideration. mr. truman, upon my strong recommendation, agreed when the korean conflict started, we went right to congress and put in a tax bill to help meet the unknown cost of the korean …
Address at the City Hall in Providence, Rhode Island
… candidate for president is a professional soldier. we are entitled to assume that the one thing he understands is war. now, i have taken steps to see to it that he is kept informed during this campaign about the situation in korea. i have … it that he gets regular top secret reports from the central intelligence agency. i wanted him to have all the facts on the korean situation, so that he could be guided by them--so he wouldn't say anything he didn't mean, as a result of being in the … thing. you remember what he said. he said we ought to pull our soldiers out of the fighting in korea and let the south korean army fight the red chinese hordes alone. that sounded like a promise, and he meant it to sound like a promise. it …
Rice, Stuart A. Papers
… 1932 thomas, dorothy, ca., 1932 box 15 general, 1914-1935 european, 1968 orientals, 1968 correspondence file, 1913-1969: korean explanatory notes ahn, chong jick; bullock, a.l.; kim, jun joo; ok, koo joo; kang, kang chul; juhn, daniel chang, yun … (and haeja hong) tong, chun han, et al, involved in her problems you, sanguine box 18 youk, professor chi soo american-korean foundation, care, etc. collier, norma and other statistical advisory group staff re "korean children" willey, malcolm, … report, 1932, part i municipal lodging house, report, 1932, part ii assorted pamphlets on social problem, ca 1914-1924 war camp community service, 1918, 1920, undated red cross, tacoma chapter, 1918-1921, undated social services board, tacoma, …
Shaw Livermore Oral History Interview
… interview with dr. shaw livermore director, review and analytical staff, vice-chairman of the requirements committee, war production board, 1944-45; staff of economic cooperation administration, paris and washington, 1949-51; and assistant to … divert money to military outlays. congress, of course, was going to change appropriations over to military aid anyway. the korean war obviously did that, without any help from nato. obviously we had a war with communism on our hands in the far … to los angeles?" for a few months, when i came back to washington, i worked with bill foster, hoffman's successor, on the korean war international allocations. [ 45] it was about a three-months job. this, by the way, was one of the few cases in …
Series and Subseries List
… addresses, letters, and messages file 232-237 196-202 historical files: pre-presidential file 238-242 202-205 korean war file 243-244 206-207 frank e. lowe file 245-247 207-209 intelligence file: central intelligence 248-250 209-211 …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, November 4, 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 … this thing, thus and so can be said. so, that's the way it went. [719] hess: moving on from that topic to the topic of the korean war. we have mentioned this already, but let's just start in with the weekend that you were in kansas city, the … phoned the president at his home in independence. acheson was in washington, and he told the president that the north korean communist army had invaded south korea. acheson told the president that this information [720] was sparse and …
Robert R. Nathan Oral History Interview
… robert r. nathan oral history interview oral history interview with robert r. nathan chairman, planning commission war production board, 1942-1943. deputy director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945. un korean reconstruction agency, 1952-1953. washington, d. c. june 22, 1989 by niel m. johnson [ notices and restrictions | … a wonderful personality and marvelous storyteller. later, you know, he became more active in the price controls in the korean war. leon henderson was active all around the place, but he had been bitter about the opa and the conflict there. [65] …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interviews
… 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. interview transcripts filter for 1967 1967 november 8 november 22 december 8 december 27 filter for 1968, january … knutson, harold, 1899-1900 , 1902 , 1916-1917 korea, military status in 1949, 1416-1418 korea, and soviet union, 1447-1450 korean war, financing of, 1624-1627 , 1705-1709 , 1798-1799 , 1807-1808 , 1838-1851 kowloon, 1387-1388 kraus, charles h., …
Harry S. Truman Library Institute Records
… the truman administration, march 27, 1971 earl warren address, april 28, 1973 truman memorial concert, may 10, 1974 box 22 korean war conference, may 1975 truman administration conference, may 1977 world war ii exhibit opening reception, november 3, 1979 conference on the conduct of foreign policy, 1980 conference on harry s. …
Dr. Grover W. Ensley Oral History Interview
… the president in formulating economic policy. i worked at the budget bureau until i went into the service late in the war. i suppose my most interesting experience while at the bureau of the budget, was in the spring of 1942. roosevelt was the … taxes to reduce inflationary [9] pressures. i'll come back to this world war ii tax deficiency when we get into the korean war. fiscal policies were much more intelligently managed in the korean war. i think that was, in part, because of president truman's experience as chairman of the senate committee during …
Brigadier General Paul H. Griffith Oral History Interview
… interview oral history interview with brigadier general paul h. griffith personal assistant to under secretary of war louis johnson and, as a member of the american technical mission to india, an assistant to mr. johnson when he was the … that gap perfectly or not. hess: well, no, i lost out on that, because i was thinking of acheson during the time of the korean conflict. [10] griffith: that's right. and that's what i was talking about; acheson during the time of the korean conflict. hess: all right, do you recall anything in particular about the mental breakdown that overtook mr. johnson's …
Dr. Robinson Newcomb Oral History Interview
… newcomb oral history interview oral history interview with dr. robinson newcomb director of construction research, war production board, 1940-45; director, office of economic research, federal works agency, 1945-47; economist, president's … in state. he was an able man. [6] just as an aside, when i was in the office of defense mobilization during the korean war, one of the men asked me about firing willard thorp and putting in someone else more dynamic, and i said, "for … a mess of public works, fleming had been moved over there, either in 1943 or '44, but it was during the war. so, when the korean war was approaching he was sent over to maritime to see if he could straighten that up. fuchs: was the maritime …
Biography – Harry S. Truman (Part II)
… of united nations forces. 20:03 october 15, 1950 – truman and macarthur meet. 20:20 december 1950 – the chinese enter the korean war. 20:27 macarthur wants to attack over chinese border. 20:38 truman denies permission to attack over the chinese border. …
Henry H. Fowler Oral History Interview
… and sale of power from the muscle shoals dam power properties, which were defense properties, clearly developed in world war i to supply ammonium nitrate for our explosives in world war i. so the remainder of the tva project then came up for … say, we had, in good faith, pretty well gone the peaceful route. look, the defense budget in the fiscal year before the korean war broke was 12 billion dollars. during the korean war it went to four times [30] that, to $50 billion. johnson: and remained on a fairly high level ever since. fowler: …
Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Situation in Korea
… for all of us to understand the essential facts as to how the situation in korea came about. before and during world war ii, korea was subject to japanese rule. when the fighting stopped, it was agreed that troops of the soviet union would … provided with enough equipment and supplies for a long campaign. they overwhelmed the lightly armed defense forces of the korean republic in the first few days and drove southward. now, however, the korean defenders have reorganized and are making a brave fight for their liberty, and an increasing number of american troops …
Harold Stassen Oral History Interview
… sent a cable to admiral halsey -- i was serving then as his assistant chief of staff for administration in the pacific war -- stating that he would like me to be on the delegation. i think president roosevelt was then on his way back from the … vandenberg, and at times with me and others, on these foreign policy issues, including at the time of the beginning of the korean war, and that issue. but you see, the issues in many instances were sharper inside of parties than they were between … unity of a position, you should mute your own lesser differences and emphasize the united stand. this is what i did in the korean matter, and then, as i say, i did it the other way around in the macarthur thing because i had also felt at that time …
Frank Pace Jr. Oral History Interview, February 17, 1972
… did you think that movement was a good idea? pace: well, remember i came to the defense department in april of 1950. the korean war broke out in june and this was quite early on. i was not a military expert in that sense, and therefore my views were … well, remember mr. johnson was under considerable attack for some of the statements he had made about our readiness. the korean war had not moved... hess: "cutting the fat out of the armed forces." pace: "cutting the fat out of the armed forces," …
James W. Riddleberger Oral History Interviews
… administration june 24, 1971 ; april 6, 1972 economic warfare, british ministry of april 6, 1972 economic warfare, world war ii june 24, 1971 ; april 6, 1972 economic warfare division, department of state june 24, 1971 eisenhower, dwight d. april … elections england general june 24, 1971 ; april 6, 1972 ; april 26, 1972 german air raids on june 24, 1971 world war ii, economic warfare june 24, 1971 erhard, ludwig june 24, 1971 european advisory commission june 24, 1971 ; april 6, … george f. june 24, 1971 ; april 6, 1972 kiel-basel line (germany) april 6, 1972 kindleberger, charles p. june 24, 1971 korean war june 24, 1971 landwehr canal, berlin, germany april 6, 1972 laukhuff, perry april 26, 1972 league of nations april …
Special Message to the Congress on Synthetic Rubber
… rubber was prepared, and one day after i signed the bill extending the rubber act of 1948 until june 30, 1952, north korean communist forces crossed the 38th parallel in korea. less than six months later, when these invaders had been hurled … of the soviet leaders, and their willingness to use armed attack, if necessary, to accomplish their objectives. the korean invasion has made it eminently plain that the entire free world lives in the constant danger of further communist aggression. united nations successes in korea have been great, but the threat of a third world war is still very real and very menacing. to meet this threat, this nation, together with the other nations allied with us, …
Robert H. S. Eakens Oral History Interview
… fellowship in economics at columbia and spent a year there completing all [4] my work for a ph.d. while i was there the war came along, and i let that interrupt my dissertation writing and never did write one, like a lot of other people, i … all agencies of the government working together and having a coordinated policy. mckinzie: how did things change when the korean war began in 1950? eakens: during the korean war, i was on assignment to the naval war college for a year and missed some of the main things that went on during …
Frank Pace Jr. Oral History Interview, February 25, 1972
… hess: tell me about that. pace: well, i came into his office and i said, "general marshall, general macarthur says the war will be over by thanksgiving and the troops home by christmas." well, he said, "pace, that's troublesome." well, i said, … ever felt really intimately associated himself with the real deep problems of the navy and the services. hess: during the korean war i understand that he made a speech, i believe it was to the sons of st. patrick in boston, disagreeing somewhat … of the army. i would say to you that this competition between the marines and the army was very prevalent throughout the korean war, one which i constantly, frankly, played down. i remember one day dan kimball called me and said, "frank, cliff …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview
… p q r s t u v w x y z acheson, dean, 153 , 269 , 274 , 277 , 278 , 298 , 325 , 353 , 365 , 374 active service in peace and war , 345 adams, sherman, 52 , 455 ak-sar-ben, 407 alamogordo, new mexico, 268 , 343 alexander the great, 36 american … , 37 and harry s. truman’s vacations to, 430-434 , 435 kiel auditorium, st. louis, missouri, 426 kissinger, henry a., 324 korean war, 113 , 215 , 221 , 268-270 , 284 , 289 , 359-361 , 427 , 440 krock, arthur, 181 , 261 , 265 leahy, admiral william … report of 1946 , 261-267 and world war ii, 333-336 united kingdom, 387-388 united nations, 88 , 348 , 356-357 and the korean war, 359-360 united states foreign policy toward south america, 376-379 united states foreign policy 1945-55 , 356 …
Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report
… must continue the search for a just and lasting peace among all peoples. we do not seek this peace through the medium of war. we do not seek it through appeasement. and we do not seek it alone. we seek this peace through the international … to support that build-up. we are engaged in a long-term effort. the need for military strength did not begin with the korean war. nor will it end when and if the fighting in korea ceases. the need for building strength was undergoing an urgent … international or domestic-when such developments do not alter the fundamental situation. immediately after the initial korean aggression, there were some extremists both in military and economic affairs. in military affairs, these extremists …
Address Before the Alumni Association of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
… privileged to study the problem of economic mobilization thoroughly. i have been through two mobilizations, one for world war ii, and this one for this unpleasantness in which we are now. in the world war ii one, i was in the senate and was in charge of the committee which was called the committee to investigate the national … mobilization program. our production of military hard goods has risen to seven times what it was at the time of the korean invasion. even so, the expansion has not been quite as rapid as we had hoped. the procurement officers and their …
Papers of Harry S. Truman Staff Member and Office Files: David D. Lloyd Files
… duties as a member of the white house staff, and includes references to president truman's point four program, the cold war, housing, immigration, rent control, and pending legislation in congress. there are two signed thank-you letters addressed to mr. lloyd from president harry s. truman included in this series. one folder, "korean children's choir," contains a booklet of photographs. the second series, the presidential speech and message file, is … 1948 and the 1952 election campaigns. other documents in the series refer to immigration, general douglas macarthur, the korean crisis, president truman's point four program, and senator joseph r. mccarthy. some of the speeches were written for …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, May 28, 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 … the whole treasury was done under various bills that we were able to put through. mr. truman's financing program in the korean situation. i have told you, from the time that i went into the treasury until the korean war came up, we had actually taken in more money in the treasury than we had spent. we had actually been in balance …
Robert C. Goodwin Oral History Interview
… robert c. goodwin oral history interview oral history interview with robert c. goodwin regional director, war manpower commission, 1942-45, executive director 1945; director, u.s. employment service, dept. of labor, washington, d. … maybe we'd better get on to something about [39] the defense manpower administration that came about at the time of the korean war. frank graham was appointed. goodwin: well, i was the first administrator of that. i actually operated it most of … goodwin: yes. i know arthur fleming quite well and had a good deal of contact with him during the war period. fuchs: korean war, you're speaking of? goodwin: both wars. he was on the civil service commission during the war and was their …