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John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, March 5, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder has been a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning … addressed the delegates. at that time i reminded [1214] them that the united states was then in the midst of the korean war, that our foreign obligations were already heavy, that our resources were naturally limited, and as a result the … however, the formal change, which came in 1951, had been foreshadowed by the development in the previous year when the korean war necessarily required the united states to put far greater emphasis on military preparedness at home, as well as …
William P. N. Edwards Oral History Interview
… william p. n. edwards oral history interview oral history interview with william p. n. edwards during world war ii and during the years of the truman administration, was assistant to chairman of british supply council, ministry of … by theodore a. wilson [1] wilson: you were in washington at some extremely interesting and eventful times both during the war and then after for three years. edwards: yes. wilson: one of the most difficult questions in studying this period is the … absolutely the right thing. the thing i admired him most about, i personally think, was the way he responded to the north korean invasion of south korea. he said, almost without hesitation, that this was aggression and must be stopped. aggression …
John F. Melby Oral History Interview, November 21, 1986
… on the cost of stopping it is going to be even greater. i think this accounts for a great deal of his attitude in the korean war, where he certainly was on the side of american involvement in [235] stopping what was believed to be then, and probably was, north korean aggression. this is where he had to live with the consequences, with his -- i forget what the number of the parallel …
Special Message to the Congress on the Need for a Military Aid Program
… countries. the principal task of the free nations of western europe in the last four years has been to restore their war-shattered economies. the inherent difficulties of this task have been aggravated by the foreign policy of the soviet … by the communist regime in the northern part of the country. with the advice and assistance of the united states, the korean government has established a small force to protect its internal security and defend itself against outside aggression … has been requested from the united states for minimum army and coast guard forces. it is essential to the survival of the korean republic that this assistance be made available. in addition, it is necessary to continue our program of limited aid …
The President's News Conference at Key West
… the president, no. [3.] q. mr. president, do you care to comment on the killing of the 2,500 american prisoners of war by the north koreans and chinese? the president. i think it is a horrible thing. i have no official facts on the subject … q. does that still go, mr. president? the president. still goes. [7.] q. mr. president, senator taft says that the korean war is a truman war and hasn't done any good. do you think that thing is in politics, or that it should be an issue in the …
C. Tyler Wood Oral History Interview
… use to, perhaps, someone other than the people interested in just foreign aid. we'd like for you to go back as far as the war production board if you have any wilson: maybe the first question we might ask is -- why did you enter government … europe. people in europe were beginning to invest and show confidence though still a bit hesitantly. then this (the north korean invasion) happened halfway around the world and that first wave of recovery just collapsed. people in western europe … seen and in some recent memoirs, for example, dean acheson's memoirs -- a suggestion that in this period, 1946 until the korean war, there was almost total concentration upon europe. is that fair to say? wood: yes, i think so. there was of …
William M. Rountree Oral History Interview
… did we get the month and day of your birth? rountree: i was born on march 28, 1917. johnson: just before america declared war on germany. so your father died when you were six years old, and your mother went to atlanta. rountree: actually my … role, of so-called "world policeman," do you think this expanded role really dates from the greek-turkey aid, or from the korean war? rountree: i ad not viewed our role as being the world's policeman, nor do i think president truman did. but i … thing to do. johnson: well, their involvement in helping the united nations forces, and america in particular, in the korean war, probably advanced their cause too, didn't it? rountree: i'm sure it did. johnson: on another question, …
Sir Alexander Cairncross Oral History Interview
… i went for six weeks, thinking that would be all; then, in fact, i stayed for the whole year. during the year the war in korea broke out, and at the end of the year there was the crisis over germany which was one of the most important … that oeec should be used to achieve some measure of economic integration, and that then, with the outbreak of the korean war, the united states gave up almost completely this idea and turned to you, particularly in the matter of raw … im a bit hazy about what was going on at that time. there were, certainly, immediately after the opening of the korean war, all the [11] discussions about the position of countries like sweden. the setting up of nato followed this …
Eugene Zuckert Oral History Interview
… oral history interview oral history interview with eugene zuckert special assistant to the assistant secretary of war for air, 1946-47; assistant secretary of the air force, 1947-52; and a member of the atomic energy commission, 1952-54. … of time was when there were great cutbacks as you mentioned in the budget and in [26] the armed service and when the korean war came we found ourselves under equipped to handle the situation properly. secretary johnson received a good deal of … had any great unpleasantness with him, but i took a trip to europe in june of 1950, because... hess: the same month as the korean invasion. zuckert: this was at the -- this was -- let's see. there had been the berlin airlift and we had the program …
Henri Lucien Bonnet Oral History Interview
… with senator truman, vice president-elect. i was very, very glad for having done that because we spoke about the war, about desecration, for perhaps a quarter of an hour, or twenty minutes. i had had twenty minutes with president … bill through the congress. in my opinion, lend-lease meant that there should be in the future, at the end of the war, an equitable and just division of the losses, that is, financial and economic losses between the allies. that would mean … ago. [38] bonnet: no, i think that one could have done much better, but then that's another question. wilson: yes. did the korean war slow down the american push for a united europe, because of the necessity for rearming? bonnet: no, it did not. i …
Address at the Sesquicentennial Convocation of the United States Military Academy
… states at that time was relatively small and weak, and surrounded by dangers. we had just fought a limited and undeclared war with france to protect the freedom of our commerce and shipping. we were engaged in fighting another limited and undeclared war with the barbary pirates for the same purpose. jefferson, like washington and hamilton and other leaders of our young … alben w. barkley, former senator from kentucky, vice adm. charles turner joy, senior united nations delegate at the korean armistice negotiations, and gen. mark clark, commander in chief for the far east. see also item 130. …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interviews, August 5 and August 6, 1975
… director, foreign procurement and development branch, foreign economic administration; and, as special consultant to the war department. he served during the truman administration as vice-chairman, u.s. strategic bombing survey, 1944-46; deputy … of point iv program; truman doctrine; trieste question; nsc-68; joint strategic survey committee; nuclear war strategy; korean war; dismissal of general macarthur; north atlantic treaty organization; german rearmament; french indo-china; middle … of serious issues on this whole question of the effectiveness of nuclear weapons which we discussed in connection with the korean war. i believe that it was inherent in general macarthur's position that the alternative was expanding the korean war …
The President's News Conference
… united states toward china had not changed, and that the united states government still hoped to be able to negotiate a korean peace settlement with the communist regime in peiping. [8.] q. mr. president, have you any thoughts on the situation … and both the domestic and the foreign policy are policies which we hope will cause world peace and prevent a third world war, which would in effect, i believe, destroy freedom and everything else in the world. we would probably go back to the dark ages if we have another world war. i don't want to have it. that's all i have worked for for 6 years, is peace in the world. q. would there be any …
Special Message to the Congress: The President's Midyear Economic Report
… speeds us forward to even greater achievement. the facts about the strength and progress of the american economy since the korean outbreak should be made clear to all. these facts can provide the clearest guide to the actions we should take. the … strength in previous reports, i have reviewed the economic progress of the united states since the period before world war ii. comparing 1939 with the annual rate for the first half of 1952, our total output has increased by almost 90 percent. … a fast-growing population, we can during this decade register even larger annual gains in production than those of pre-korean years. the worker of today, with better training, better tools, and higher morale, is producing more per hour than …
The President's News Conference
… mcmahon's speech the other day, and your own statements, do you think that russia has lost the initiative in the cold war? 3 the president. that's a question i can't answer. we will have to wait for results to find out whether that is true or … fight for. q. the other fellow has to use the force first? the president. i didn't say that. that is what brought on the korean thing. [5.] q. mr. president, do you consider the proposals made by senator mcmahon either practical or desirable? the … 165 [8]. [12.] q. mr. president, in 1947 the united states sponsored a united nations resolution for the extradition of war criminals. recently there was discovered in california a nazi war criminal named artukovic, and jewish organizations …
O.J. McDiarmid Oral History Interview
… tech, which is now carnegie-mellon university. i knew some people in the government, and they were [2] setting up a joint war production committee between the united states and canada. the idea was to use canadian facilities for subcontracting … further along in some arms fields than u.s. manufacturers. this committee was set up for the purpose of coordinating war production activities between the united states and canada. through our contacts at the university of toronto, i knew a … subsequently, it somewhat undervalued the japanese currency, so it gave them a very favorable export position. then, the korean war came along and that gave a great boost to japanese exports. so their position improved quite rapidly, although it …
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Oral History Interview
… seat in january of '39. i was his law clerk for a few months, and then i went back to the new deal and was there until the war. johnson: were you involved in drafting any of the arguments, as in 1937, to defend the new deal legislation? rauh: no. i … did lose seats. it was an off-year election. rauh: [william] benton lost in a victory for joe mccarthy. johnson: the korean war had started by this time. yes, i think that's when biemiller was defeated, and millard [73] tydings, i believe, … presidential commissions, desegregation of the armed forces did start. desegregation was accelerated apparently during the korean war. [74] rauh: oh, and you got the executive order by truman on the armed forces. [eo 9981, july 26, 1948, …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interviews
… elman, philip, 223-225 elsey, george, 67 , 97 , 102 , 141-144 espionage. see internal security espionage, in italy, world war ii, 683-701 , 961-962 , 981-984 , 991-992 ethics in government, 265-279 , 1029-1033 also see lobbyists, and influence … , 880-883 , 897-899 , 900-905 , 1064 , 1077-1078 "knock on every door" campaign tactic, 228-256 , 556-560 , 606 , 662-663 korean war, 161-162 and u.s. intervention, 365-366 krug, julius, 82-83 l landry, robert, 158 larue, paul, 902 lawton, fred, 99 …
Dr. Wallace H. Graham Oral History Interview, January 10, 1976
… first armoured then in rijmegen, holland. the first time that i knew, actually, what was taking place was after the war was finished in germany. we were sent down to stuttgart, germany where i was awaiting plans to materialize to go to … me up, but that was it. we found out that he won, and then we came back to the muehlebach in kansas city. now, about the korean affair, there seems to be so much time differentials that i read about, where he made decisions of one thing or … floyd, 63 bradley, omar n., 54 brandenburg gate, berlin, germany, 9 brannan, charles, 47 china, participation of in korean war, 52-54 churchill, winston, 17 clifford, clark m., 22 , 38 connelly, matthew j., 41-42 d-day, world war ii, 1-2 …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interviews
… nash papers finding aid oral history interviews with philleo nash special assistant for domestic operations, office of war information, 1942-45, and special consultant to the secretary of war, 1943. special assistant to president for minority problems, 1946-52, and an administrative assistant to the president, … , 341 , 430 , 662 , 758 kirwan, michael j., 427-428 klamath indians, 26 , 27 , 31 , 36 , 708-709 knoxville, tennessee, 36 korean war, 71 , 117 , 240 , 591 , 595 , 677 , 678 , 730 , 759 , 760 krock, arthur, 591 ; 592-593 , 594 kroll, jack, 732 , …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, June 18, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder was a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. washington, d.c., june 18, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional snyder … could be summarized in three time periods: from april the 12th, 1945 to june 30, 1946; from july the 1st, 1946, until the korean conflict in 1950; and beginning with the fiscal year in 1951 until the end of the administration, matters revolved …
David C. Bell Oral History Interview
… to harvard for graduate work in economics, completed the m. a. in june of 1941 and had started to work on a ph.d. when the war started, and my draft deferment was cancelled, as it should have been. for a few months in early 1942 1 worked as a … -- well, now, wait a second. maybe i can recall something that bears on this. it seems to me that in the early days of the korean war, one of the questions that arose was what the tax policy should be, whether taxes should be raised in order to … tax increases in order to limit the degree of inflation that would follow from larger government expenditures during the korean war, so that this was, in fact, a direct application of modern economics. so that's a piece of [18] evidence, i guess, …
John H. Ohly Oral History Interview
… h. ohly oral history interview oral history interview with john h. ohly attorney in the office of assistant secretary of war, 1940-46, later specializing in labor relations, manpower and related matters in the office of the under secretary of war … important history-shaping events occurred in the years following the period when the initial reactions to the korean invasion took place and that there were [41] various unrelated powerful, but poorly-understood, forces operating in … sociological effects, and the defection of tito. so many things happened in the world during the ten years following the korean invasion that it is hard to say, given the situation existing at the time, that the united states overreacted. there …
Frank Pace Jr. Oral History Interview, January 22, 1972
… of our meeting on monday afternoon we were discussing, the reduction that took place in the armed services between world war ii and the korean conflict. how significant in that matter of reducing the budget and reducing the armed forces was mr. truman' s desire … was also having dinner that evening at the same place. and dean rusk was called and advised that evening about the north korean invasion of south korea and he advised me and he went to the state department and i went to the pentagon and i was …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History
… 336 kingsley letter, 127-128 kingston, new york, 238 , 240 , 242 kirchwey, freda, 283 , 288 , 292 klots, allen, 69-70 , 72 korean war, 341-344 krock, arthur, 140 kruger, ivar, 37-41 , 47 , 51 kruger and toll, 38 l labor, department of, 209 , 258 ladies … 181 lovett, robert a., 288 , 291 lowenthal, max, 276 , 297 lynch, walter, 346 , 347 m mac arthur, douglas and the korean war, 342-344 mccarthy, joseph, 236 mcclellan, george b., 2 , 3 mcclellan) jane, 2 mccormick, john, 138 mcdonald., …
H. Graham Morison Oral History Interview, August 1, 1972
… history interview, august 1, 1972 oral history interview with h. graham morison assistant to the general counsel of the war production board, 1941-43; captain, united states marine corps, 1943-45; special assistant to the attorney general of the … assignment of organizing and preparing for the establishment of the office of economic stabilization at the start of the korean war. when i accomplished this the president requested and the attorney general appointed me assistant attorney general … united states, president truman asked me to establish the office of economic stabilization -- this was at the start of the korean war. he knew of my service with the war production board and believed i was best qualified to undertake this difficult …
Arthur S. Flemming Oral History Interview
… colleagues on the commission asked me to accept responsibility for the commission's role in the defense program, later the war program. not long after that, the president established by executive order the war manpower commission, which was chaired by paul mcnutt, former governor of indiana. the president asked me to serve on … in '49 the soviet union did explode their first a-bomb, and then we went to h-bombs. so they did have the bomb when the korean war started, the soviets. flemming: well, let me say this. during the truman administration, i was not involved to any …
Matthews, Francis P. Papers
… na navy league of the u.s. - frank hecht, president ni no o' o'sullivan, congressman eugene d. oa op pa pe pf philippine war damage commission portrait, secretary of the navy pr box 29 q ra rea ren ril roe ros ru sa sch sci box 30 sel shi sk sn … f., before the naval order of the united states, december 14, 1950 hume, maj. general e. e., "u.n. medical service in the korean conflict," june 17, 1951 international chamber of commerce, u.s. council, statement, "business and international … [2 of 2] 1950, august, boston speech - "preventive war" controversy 1950, november, philippines trip box 53 1950-1951, korean conflict 1951, macarthur dismissal 1951 macarthur hearings 1951, secretary of the navy - miscellaneous 1951-1952, …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, January 15, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder has been a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. washington, d.c., january 15, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional … of course. that this devaluation was needed and beneficial cannot be doubted. from 1949 until the middle of 1950 when the korean war broke out, world trade showed promise of stabilizing itself and devaluation must get a share of the credit. yet, …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Iowa and Illinois
… the campaign. next tuesday, the voters are to participate in the most important election, in my opinion, since the civil war. they are to decide whether the progressive programs of the new and the fair deals are to continue to bring the country … direct benefit to the farmers and to the workingmen; and you can't count on them to keep us out of the danger of a general war. we are in a fight to stay out of world war iii, but if we follow the old guard republicans as they vote in congress, we … francisco or wichita--or cedar rapids. but our tasks are far from completed. we are still in danger. we have to bring this korean conflict to an end without appeasement, and without bringing on a general war. i believe we are going to do just that. …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 16, 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 … side. then eisenhower, in detroit made this demagogic speech: "i shall go to korea." people were pretty unhappy about that korean conflict, and the implication of this statement by ike was that by going to korea he would end the korean war. my recollection is that when this came out, we were somewhere in ohio, or indiana, and truman made a speech... …
The Truman White House Oral History Interview
… sent out -- might have been somewhat more than was true [5] because steelman at that time was taking down the office of war reconversion or reconstruction -- webb: mobilization and reconversion. stowe: so he was wearing two hats, and he had a … on nsc 68, i was the person who took it down to mr. truman in key west. it was finished about three weeks before the korean invasion. syd souers came over to my office one saturday morning and he said, 'now we've really got serious trouble, … the president. the first was to take him this paper, which formed the basis for the [65] quick decisions we made after the korean invasion; the second was to ask him to bring john foster dulles into the government because the republican pressure …
Martin L. Friedman Oral History Interview
… is what i remember. morrissey: could you give me a little biographical background [2] on how you got into world war ii and your relationship with donald dawson that began then? friedman: well, i had come out of college to the labor … h., 6 internal security, senate subcommittee on, 21-23 justice, department of, 25-26 , 36 kaiser, philip m., 6 , 17-18 korean war, 31-32 "little cabinet" committee. 5-6 . 16-17 loyalty-security program, report suggesting changes in, 1952, 25-26 … presidential transition, 1952-53, 25-26 president's committee on executive reserve, 5-7 , 16-17 price control legislation, korean war, 16 recorder of deeds, district of columbia, 41 reorganization of government departments, 26 state, department …
Vernice Anderson Oral History Interview
… mr. edwin a. locke, jr., one of the president's special assistants. (prior to that time i had worked briefly during world war ii in the office of the chief of staff of the air force.) when mr. locke completed his assignment at the white house and … service officer, an old friend of the jessups and mine. while in korea we traveled by a special train, prearranged by the korean government, to the 38th [28] parallel. this was a very exciting trip, since we had heard so much about this arbitrary … to the parallel. it was there that the jessups introduced me to their good friend, mr. walter sullivan, then covering the korean conflict for the new york times , now the science editor of that great newspaper. there were other distinguished …
Frank Pace Jr. Oral History Interview, June 26, 1972
… with frank pace jr. washington d. c. june 26, 1972 by jerry n. hess [137] hess: mr. secretary, on the subject of the korean conflict and the possible use of atomic weapons therein, do you recall if the likelihood of using the atomic bomb in … at any of the meetings? pace: indeed it was. it was discussed really quite continuously over the latter period of the korean war. it was always discarded on two grounds: the first, that it would not be productive, that this was not the kind of war in …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Minnesota
… of work, but he doesn't understand civilian government. no professional general has ever made a good president. the art of war is too different from the art of civilian government. the democratic vice-presidential candidate is a man who came up to … against controlling prices. he will play on the hopes and fears of wives and mothers by pretending he knows how to end the korean war--when he knows of no solution. i know he knows of no solution because i made him chief of staff. i put him in … adviser-one of the principal ones up to the time he decided to run for president. and if he knew any panacea to end the korean situation, he should have told me and not make a campaign issue out of it. he will play on the hopes of our young men …
Richard Cull Jr. Oral History Interview
… an election where voters turned their backs on the policies of woodrow wilson, the democrat who was president during world war i. cox endorsed those policies, which included support for the league of nations. so i came back to dayton in 1924 and … the library. johnson: of course, that's an event that you wouldn't [52] forget. that was when we were doing well in the korean war, and then things turned bad. then, macarthur got fired. did you have anything to do with covering that at all, … defeated governor cox [86] when harding beat him soon after world war i, maybe so. i think you said something about the korean war and its impact. you know, it was more of "vote for ike." in fact, when eisenhower said he would go to korea to try …
Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, April 19, 1971
… had the feeling at the time that it would be of tremendous aid to this country in facing any other danger, and possible war, to have a backlog of trained men. we have gone through very difficult times in world war ii, training an army quickly after we became involved following pearl harbor in 1941. [108] i recall president truman … them very often? as i have read, he met infrequently with the national security council, at least up until the time of the korean invasion. clifford: again, it's been so long ago that i do not [127] have a very clear recollection of it. i am …
Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History, November 21, 1972
… of our armed forces, and of the army in particular? bendetsen: mr. hess, the then posture of our armed forces to meet a war emergency was woefully inadequate by any rational measure, in my considered opinion. i will now briefly describe the … of title. thereafter my duties both expanded and increased, notably in the cases of the panama canal and the wartime (korean conflict) seizing [189] of the railroads of the united states. (i will later discuss both.) this narration will … that if indeed the policymakers [199] at the civilian level of the government of the united states believed that the south korean government was vital to the defense of the united states, it would either be essential that forces be withdrawn and …
Theodore Achilles Oral History Interview
… washington, d.c. november 13, 1972 richard d. mckinzie [1] mckinzie: ambassador achilles, at the end of the second world war i believe you were first secretary in the embassy in london, is that correct? achilles: a bit later. from 1941 to 1945 i … full american intervention was desirable. it was also agreed that jack hickerson would bring up the case [84] of north korean aggression in the security council on the following day. he did so, denounced the russians, and the russians made … made speeches, he only asked questions. he was always helpful, he was always wise, and he was a great asset to us. the korean war helped us in nato because it succeeded in scaring the europeans considerably. we tried hard to get them to …
Samuel C. Brightman Oral History Interview
… post , station ksd in st. louis, and on the louisville courier-journal before i went into the service in [2] world war ii. after world war ii, i worked in the government with the surplus property administration, and the veterans emergency … foreign affairs? brightman: i think, normally, domestic issues are more important. there is no question that the [21] korean war hurt the democratic party in the 1950 midterm elections, and there is no question that the korean war was a very strong factor in the size of mr. eisenhower's majority in 1952, although, i happen to hold the personal …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, September 3, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder was a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. washington, d.c., september 3, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional … in the recorded portions that we have taken down the last few times: taxation for 1950; taxation during the period of the korean conflict, so that finishes [ 1927] all of the questions that i have on my list. just one question on taxes, what would …
Keith Wilson Jr. Oral History Interview
… is a subdivision of cleveland called wilson's mill; that was the wilson family lumber mill. perry [3] left after the civil war -- his father served in the ohio volunteers -- and in the '90s he [perry] and his brother came west. benjamin went down … wife, who came from garden city. heller's was one of the few units in the army reserves that was recalled during the korean conflict, because he ran such a tremendous unit, spic and span, and they pulled him in. heller just recently retired … mag? wilson: i then went to work with stinson, mag and actually i stayed with them through my military service. during the korean conflict i was on active duty at the infantry school at ft. benning, georgia. after i exited service -- it was the …
Robert L. Dennison Oral History Interview
… controversy, 15 , 17 , 19 , 28 jones, roger, 33 kennan, george, 124-127 key west, and "little white house,", 53-55 , 87-92 korean conflict, entry of united states forces, 114-119 landry, general robert b., 40 , 41 , 179 lovett, robert, 146 , 147 … treaty of reciprocal assistance, 3-4 ross, charles g., 40 , 41 rusk, howard, 29 shangri-la, 92-94 , 100 state, war and navy coordinating committee, 9 stowe, david, 100 , 182 sullivan, john l., 10 , 13 , 17 , 41 , 57-58 resignation of, …
Audiovisual Materials Collection
… active retirement. the collection also includes significant numbers of photographs relating to world wars i and ii and the korean war and to the lives and careers of many of truman's friends and associates. while a growing number of photographs are …
Wilfred J. McNeil Oral History Interview
… 1901, although the navy records show 1900. hess: why did the navy records show 1900? mcneil: somebody had to be in world war i. hess: so you lied about your age to get in. [2] mcneil: no. i just got in the hands of an energetic recruiting … the secretaries, the chiefs, and myself were all called to the white house. hess: this was just at the beginning of the korean war? mcneil: july 5th. oh, it was 1949. hess: 1949, a year before the korean war. mcneil: july 5th, or july 7th. right out of the blue the president said, "listen, we're going to have this …
Milton P. Kayle Oral History Interview
… kayle oral history interview oral history interview with milton p. kayle executive secretary of appeals committee, war labor board, 1943; infantryman, u.s. army, 1946; writer, public affairs institute, 1948; budget analyst, legislative … process, you know, a human relations approach. i would like to see it used more. of course, we did later on. in the korean war, the tripartite approach came back. but i thought it made a great deal of sense. johnson: it entailed government … [59] from steelman's office, bob [robert c.] turner whom i recall but that may have been just a little later when the korean war came on in 1950. johnson: where was your office? kayle: it was in the executive office building. we had a huge …
Edwards, India Papers
… june 16 married herbert threlkeld edwards and moved to washington, dc 1943 son, john holbrook moffett, killed in world war ii 1944 volunteer, women's division, democratic national committee (dnc) 1945-47 executive secretary, women's … other speech subjects include the united nations charter, the truman administration's agriculture plan (brannan plan), the korean war, social security, president truman's health care program, joseph mccarthy and communism, and the accomplishments of the …
Clayton Fritchey Oral History Interview, May 6, 1970
… he was the chief campaign manager, and when he wasn't there, i had to pinch hit for him. this is very like a g. h. q in war. it isn't [83] possible , if you took a call every two minutes, a long distance call every two minutes, to take all the … who introduced the marshall plan, the north atlantic treaty organization, the truman doctrine in the mediterranean, the korean war. he's the greatest anti-communist fighter this country has ever known, and to think that you can convince a number … 37 , 89 , 109-111 kefauver, estes, 48-49 , 52-53 kennedy, jack, 23 , 38 , 71-72 , 108-109 knox, frank, 59 , 104 , 106 korean war, 2-16 lawrence, david, 47 , 54 lemay, general curtis, 16 long, russell, 36 lloyd, david, 20 , 38 lovett, robert, …
Isaac N. P. Stokes Oral History Interview
… p. stokes oral history interview with isaac n. p. stokes member of legal staff of office of production management, 1941, war production board, 1942-45, assistant general counsel, 1943-45, solicitor, 1945; associate chief, division of … work on the legal staff of what was then called the office of production management. after pearl harbor it was renamed the war production board. so i did that, thinking that this was a good opportunity for service in the war effort. although we … that. i think that it's hard to say. i guess the u.n. really reached its height after i left the department, in the korean crisis. owing to the lucky fluke that the soviet union was boycotting the security council for entirely different …
Lucius D. Battle Oral History Interview
… w.] snyder and harriman and acheson and a number of others had had that experience in trying to get things done during the war and even before, in a very different kind of administrative situation. is it fair to say they were so grateful, or did it … and the challenge really of the republican party, on the loss of china. wilson: what role did the outbreak of the korean war have in confirming an effort to apply containment generally? if, speculating, if [24] korea had not occurred or … the whole bit. you had something to do, i think, with that whole . . . battle: yes, i was rather deeply involved in the korean thing. i was involved only in the sense that i represented my boss, but i was involved. not that i had any independent …
Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr. Oral History Interview
… with the united states government, 1933-51, including service as director, bureau of plans and statistics, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945; chief, mission for economic affairs (with rank of minister), london, england, … how things looked to you, at the time you were in london, about what was going on in washington in the period late in the war and in the immediate postwar period. what did you feel they knew about the situation? how much awareness did you think … period--pretty technical and highly administrative, dealing with the whole set of problems of export control. we had a korean war, the licensing powers and i had the administration of that licensing operation. we got ourselves up to our necks …
Samuel P. Hayes Oral History Interview
… do. i went down to washington in '42, when i entered government, starting with some of the domestic economic agencies, war production and opa. i then moved into the lend-lease administration and served abroad and in washington for lend-lease … about the consequences of the mission. i was wondering to what extent you attribute whatever satisfactions you felt to the korean war. in short, where does the logic end and the fear generated by korea begin, or is that a fair question? hayes: … well, i think that while these things always are slow and frustrating, perhaps because of the energy generated by the korean war we did get action quite soon on a considerable number of the proposals that we had made. in contrast to other …
Harry S. Truman Papers Staff Member and Office Files: Charles S. Murphy Files
… the series include the death of president roosevelt, nato, the united nations, foreign aid, the japanese peace treaty, the korean war, jefferson-jackson day, russia, inflation, the economy, native americans, monopolies, education, transportation, fiscal … speech before the president’s committee on national employ the physically handicapped week september 1, 1950, speech on korean war situation september 9, 1950, speech on defense production act [1 of 2] september 9, 1950, speech on defense …
Russell L. Riley Oral History Interview
… russell l. riley oral history interview oral history interview with russell l. riley executive assistant, war assets administration, 1946-48; executive officer, office of educational exchange, 1948, asst. chief, division of … months, i was made assistant chief for the libraries operation and worked on that for about six or eight months. then the korean war hit -- maybe i worked longer than that. i think i did, i worked from the summer of 1949 until december of 1950. when the korean war came along, they set up the economic stabilization agency, which included the office of price stabilization, and …
Marx Leva Oral History Interviews
… harbor, the general counsel of the office of production management, which by that time i think had been changed to the war production board, the general counsel, mr. john lord o'brian, made me counsel for the automotive branch of the war … with the transition. i'm jumping way ahead. his successor [21] transitioned in and out fairly fast and we were in the korean war and one thing led to another. in any event, it was five years before i got out. hess: one question on the … very ineffective, but he had a good chief of naval operations. hess: jumping ahead just a bit, but during, the time of the korean war, at the time of his resignation, he made a speech. i'm not sure if it was in new york--he made a speech on the way …
Felix E. Larkin Oral History Interview
… what job did you do for him? [2] larxin: well, i did a review of navy court-martials. what happened was that after world war ii finished in 1945, in the next year there was a tremendous hue and cry about the sentences of all the fellows who were … were quite conscious of the position that truman was building up vis-a-vis the united nations and everything else on this korean thing, and that he was going to be very forthright about it. the way he was about so many things. so, i guess, it was … of his to be the next candidate. hess: did the political flavor of his handling of the job continue even after the korean invasion? larkin: i think so. i don't recall any difference, frankly. yes. [76] hess: he had another gentleman around, …
Wallace H. Graham Oral History Interview
… time. my father james w. graham then did night duty for extra income at the st. joseph hospital number 2. when world war i began, my father left highland, kansas for active army service. he enlisted as a first lieutenant in the medical corps, … something comparable. did truman threaten to drop a big one on them? he did somebody, some time. johnson: well, during the korean war, you know, he was asked if he would rule out the atomic bomb, and he said he wouldn't rule out the use of any … that's when prime minister attlee came to washington to discuss this matter with him. this was during the crisis of the korean war, after the chinese intervention and offensive in december of 1950. that was a terrible month for president truman, …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, June 5, 1967
… interview, june 5, 1967 oral history interview with philleo nash special assistant for domestic operations, office of war information, 1942-45, and special consultant to the secretary of war, 1943. special assistant to president for minority … with an executive order that covered the military. there was strong pressure for a fepc, particularly as we got into the korean war. nobody felt that this was feasible in this context, but i felt there was something that could be done, that would … acquired quite a bit of all three as the years went by. you must also remember that we were in the period [677] of the korean war. hess: when the war came along and more products were needed, did that do any damage to the government contract …
Philip D. Reister Oral History Interview
… accurately, but my family pronounces it reister (ree-ster) because there was so much anti-german sentiment during world war i. i was born november 9, 1918, in lansing, michigan and then i lived in charlotte, which is 18 miles from there. i … this, i went to washington university at st. louis on the gi bill. i earned my medical degree there. then, during the korean war, i went back into the service at walter reed hospital, where i took my internship. that is where i met dr. graham, … ] list of subjects discussed barkley, alben, 2 benton, thomas hart, 11 graham, wallace, 2-3 . 6-10 , 12-17 ibn saud, 16 korean war, 2 nixon, richard m., 3 reister, philip d., 1-3 research hospital, 3 , 6 roosevelt, franklin d., 2 , 14 secret …
Donald C. Blaisdell Oral History Interview
… this he saw through some kind of a world-wide organization, comparable to the league of nations from the first world war and, of course, anticipating the united nations after world war ii. one of the organizational efforts that he made was in 1939, just at the time of the outbreak of war, setting up the … perhaps i should be succeeded by somebody who was more in sympathy with [200] the way things were going at the time. the korean war in 1950, in one way gave the united nations a shot in the arm. but then we realized that it was just a happy …
H. Graham Morison Oral History Interview, August 16, 1972
… history interview, august 16, 1972 oral history interview with h. graham morison assistant to the general counsel of the war production board, 1941-43; captain, united states marine corps, 1943-45; special assistant to the attorney general of the … whether on the white house grounds or not, in deep thought with his hand like this, looking down, at the time of the korean war, to exemplify the agony and the problems of the chief executive, which i thought was a great picture. i never have … he didn't call me," but he said, "you know about it charlie, you were privy to it," (talking to charlie murphy) "when the korean war came on general macarthur was making a grandstand play with his corn cob pipe just like his filmed landing in the …
Joseph D. Coppock Oral History Interview
… interview with joseph d. coppock economist, u.s. department of agriculture, 1941; special assistant to the vice chairman, war production board, 1942; price executive, chemical and drugs bureau, office of price administration, 1943; economic … to the economic and social council of the united nations, new york, geneva, santiago, 1946-52; civilian faculty, national war college, 1951-53. state college, pennsylvania july 29, 1974 by richard d. mckinzie see also joseph d. coppock papers … strategy of the first order. mckinzie: could i ask you to talk about events in 1949, '50 and '51 around the time of the korean war and truman's sudden concern with underdeveloped areas in the world? this must have affected your work. coppock: …
John M. Cabot Oral History Interview
… into two compartments, i think. the first was carrying out the policies which were necessary in the persecution of the war. my principal job as the [5] officer primarily responsible for central america (it was only later that the caribbean … independence, but not to be provocative with advice the finns didn't need. mckinzie: you were there at the time the korean war broke out and in a very good observation point, at least in regards to scandinavian countries. how did they think … russians held this over them. [95] mckinzie: they were not particularly upset by the buildup of nato forces after the korean war began? cabot: no. i think that was before germany entered the nato alliance. mckinzie: yes, but there was, of …
Richard D. Weigle Oral History Interview
… college and taught there. [3] one of the three courses that i taught was called, "problems of the pacific." when the war came along in 1942, i had to resign from carleton because of college policy, in order to accept an appointment in the … bergin and later general hadon l. boatner. (boatner in the '50s went to koje to settle a prison camp uprising during the korean war, as you may know). boatner had been relieved at myitkyina because he [6] apparently had been unable to make any … good many [11] more in the various divisions. we had ca, the division of chinese affairs, na, the division of japanese and korean affairs, sea, the division of southeast asian affairs, and pi, as i think it was called, the division of philippine …
Col. R. Allen Griffin Oral History Interview
… [1] fuchs: might we start with a little background on your career, colonel griffin? griffin: well, in the first world war i had been a captain of infantry and i commanded a company of riflemen successfully. when the war was over i went home to … forth. i told him, "no," i was going home. fuchs: this was 1952 when you resigned. you did serve during the period of the korean war in 1951 and part of '52. what were your principal activities then? griffin: well, my principal activity, really, … been a charge made that funds were diverted, in the sense that we promised new equipment to countries there, and then the korean war came and we were taking the new equipment and giving them used equipment. have you any reflections on that? [66] …
Henry Byroade Oral History Interview
… summary description: topics discussed include the building of airfields in the china-burma-india theater during world war ii; operations over the "hump" to china; the ledo road; the flying tigers; the bombing of tokyo; the marshall mission to … sure. [81] johnson: in other words, this idea about a neutral, unified germany may have still had some validity until the korean invasion? byroade: well, i don't know. we were getting pretty tense, fed-up, and leery of the russians even before … of truman. johnson: yes. i wonder when this meeting might have taken place. are we talking about early 1950, before the korean war, do you believe? byroade: i'm not sure of that. it would have been three or four months before ike went to europe. …
Fraser Wilkins Oral History Interview
… after coming back from halifax, which was a probationary post. it was the eve of the american entry into the second world war, and we were kept here in washington working in the visa division, where there was a tremendous increase in the number of … countries like iran an issue? wilkins: i don't remember that it was in 1949-50. mckinzie: you left in the fall of '50; the korean war had already started, and there was all at once, in turkey and the whole area, a large amount of military … or was it something you injected into the situation with dulles? when you were there dealing with political affairs, the korean war was going on. was there any representation to the indians that their stance on things represented some abdication …
Mrs. Stuart A. Rice Oral History Interview
… do this. at that period government wives spent many of their afternoons leaving calling cards, a custom ending with world war ii. monday the supreme court wives were "at home," and tuesday was congressional, and wednesday was something else, and … we have had dinner. [92] there may have been a few others, and in later years we went to a number of receptions in the korean embassy. but we never had a dinner at the korean embassy. have i put on any information about our korean young people? hess: i don't believe so. rice: perhaps we …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, February 29, 1996
… assistant to the president, 1945-46; the assistant to the president, 1946-53. also served as director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1946; chairman of the president's scientific research board, 1946-47; acting chairman of … johnson: how about defense spending? what was your position on defense spending, do you remember? this was before the korean war started, like in 1948-49. did you feel that the spending on defense department was too much or too little? … settle. then in 1950 the railroads again had to be seized by the [168] government to keep them running, even after the korean war had started. so you're in the railroad business quite a bit. steelman: that's right, quite a bit. johnson: when …
Leo R. Werts Oral History Interview
… werts oral history interview oral history interview with leo r. werts manpower specialist, office of price management, war production board, war manpower commission, 1941-45; manpower, labor advisor, director manpower division, u.s. military … into that. actually, i think i was in international [41] labor affairs at that juncture only for about a year, then the korean conflict came along. the secretary established a new unit to handle manpower in connection with the korean conflict, called the defense manpower administration, and i was moved over. fuchs: was this in the department of …
Acheson, Dean G. Papers
… in the documents include jefferson-jackson day dinners, jewish organizations, ibm, labor unions, the naacp, the national war college, and roosevelt day dinners. the appointment books file subseries contains appointment schedules kept by acheson’s … germany, great britain, greece, india, indochina, indonesia, iran, israel, italy, japan, joint chiefs of staff, korea, korean war, mexico, middle east, national security council, the netherlands, new zealand, north atlantic treaty organization … releases related to acheson’s speeches on nato, the united nations, education, europe, the japanese peace treaty, the korean war, and spain. the topic index cards re state department documents file subseries contains index cards related to …
Douglas Ensminger Oral History Interview
… get more input into, not only the point iv program, but these other programs that were slowly evolving in this post-world war ii period? ensminger: i was in the office of foreign agricultural services at that particular time. and it's interesting … [86] ensminger: okay, but i say we found that the countries bargained with us. taylor: how much impact do you think the korean war had on our attitude in foreign policy, it was changed from preventing communist revolutions in the underdeveloped … understand the debates in congress, and all the things that came out of the hearings. taylor: what influence did the korean war have on the totality of our foreign aid program? ensminger: well, i don't think there's any question that the …
The President's News Conference
… of the internal revenue, so i can't give you an answer. [10.] q. mr. president, do you regard this country as being at war ? the president. this country is trying to assist the united nations in preventing aggression, just as it did in greece … did in berlin, and in several other instances. q. this all goes to the supreme court argument, mr. president. are we under war conditions ? the president. i don't think i ought to make any direct comment on the arguments that are made to the … would like to ask you one more question. you issued a statement 4--i have forgotten--a week or so ago, with respect to the korean negotiations. i wonder if there has been any result from that statement, or negotiations broken off-- the president. …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
… for the keeping of the free world free. that is what it amounts to. this is the most important election since the civil war, and that is the reason i am out trying to give you the facts, trying to get you to think for yourselves and get the … the major achievements of our armed forces there during the last 18 months--has been the creation and training of a strong korean ground army. this is one of the greatest benefits we have obtained during the lull in fighting that resulted from the … republic of korea military forces totaling approximately 400,000 men. our training schools are turning out 14,000 south korean soldiers each month. there are 50 percent more korean troops in the battle lines today than there are americans. but …
Rear Admiral Donald J. MacDonald Oral History Interview
… cruiser division 9, then stationed in hawaii. but president roosevelt, knowing that we were going to be involved in a war eventually, wanted to make arrangements with the british to see how we could help, and decided to send admiral ghormley … johnson was out. hess: well, that was also about a month -- if it was in august, that was about a month or so after the korean war started. the korean war started the last of june of 1950. macdonald: well, this as i recall, was at least a month before johnson left, at …
C. Girard Davidson Oral History Interviews
… general counsel, 1943-46; consultant office of production management, washington, 1941-42; assistant general counsel, war production board, 1944-45; assistant secretary of the interior, 1946-50; national democratic elector, 1952; member of the … florida, 210 keyserling, leon, 3 , 63 kingsley, david, 59 kingsley, j. donald, 63 , 70 , 95, 96 knoxville, tennessee, 2 korean war, 158-159 krooth, david, 3 krug, julius a., 5, 6, 7, 14-15 , 22 , 23 , 31 , 34 , 38 , 47 , 48 , 58 , 88 , 130 , 147 , 148 …
Theodore Christidis Oral History Interview
… i would be very glad to answer it, but in a particular way. wilson: yes. christidis: immediately after the end of the war the whole of europe was in ruins and communism was invading all the western world. that is a [2] fact that nobody can … point of the disaster which crushed the nazis later. [3] when we were liberated, after peace was signed, the world war continued for greece, for we had to face the third invasion, which was as bleak, as strong, as hard, and as ruthless as … one of the first great statements dealt with greece, the truman dogma, and then marshall's speech. how important was the korean war as a transitional point in these aid programs, or had the emphasis toward rearmament away from recovery begun …
Winthrop G. Brown Oral History Interview
… stayed there with his mission and his successors, philip reed, and amory houghton, and others, until may of 1945 when the war in europe was over. [3] that's a fascinating story in itself. mckinzie: i wonder if you might dwell for a moment on … wilcox as head of the trade [33] policy division. then i went over to international materials policy during the korean war off and on, and dealt with shortages of raw materials. mckinzie: did the division of commercial policy get … mckinzie: could you talk to me a little bit about your work with the office of international materials policy after the korean war started? particularly about the method of stockpiling that was a sensitive topic at the time. brown: yes. …
Merrill C. Gay Oral History Interview
… that attracted many high caliber "professionals." mckinzie: how did you feel about cordell hull's view that after the war there was going to have to be more economic integration than there had ever been before? gay: this was one of the reasons … one of the missions. but my branch of specialists -- twelve to fifteen varying from time to time -- participated in many korean policy decisions. korea was also brought into the ecafe and the colombo plan. and like japan, even hosted the colombo … aid from the united states to far eastern and middle eastern countries, particularly after 1950 with the beginning of the korean war. much of that aid, though, was not going into development -- much of it was going into military preparedness. did …
Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview
… robert b. landry oral history interview oral history interview with robert b. landry member of faculty, national war college, 1946; executive officer to army air force chief of staff, general carl spaatz, 1947; united states air force … to chat about events of the day, occasionally some more pressing matters such as the cold war, the russian threat, the korean situation and things like that. it was on one such occasion that i recommended to the president he have an up-to-date … war ii. o'donnell was commanding general of the 15th air force bomber forces that were being employed in korea in the korean war. maybe it was '51-'52, along in there. the bombers began to take quite a licking because they weren't allowed to …
J. Burke Knapp Oral History Interviews
… attention to cambridge economists, so i only really later came to appreciate the values of the keynesian doctrine. the war broke up the business that i was in. when the war broke out in september '39, the british market closed down completely, continental europe was soon in turmoil, and my job … body in charge of the affairs of nato, was to hold its first session in london in the fall of 1950. the outbreak of the korean war in june, 1950, gave new impetus to this matter, and indeed precipitated a crisis in international affairs which at …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interviews, June 11 and June 17, 1975
… director, foreign procurement and development branch, foreign economic administration; and, as special consultant to the war department. he served during the truman administration as vice-chairman, u.s. strategic bombing survey, 1944-46; deputy … topics discussed include the dillon, read, and company; administrative assistants to president roosevelt in world war ii; office of coordinator of inter american affairs; international basic economy corporation; conscription law; board of … of point iv program; truman doctrine; trieste question; nsc-68; joint strategic survey committee; nuclear war strategy; korean war; dismissal of general macarthur; north atlantic treaty organization; german rearmament; french indo china; middle …
Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Ohio
… and keep prosperity and full employment in this country--and we have done it throughout this difficult period after world war ii. and on the international scene, we have taken the lead in forging an alliance of free countries so strong that the … were in control of congress, and that "good-for-nothing, do-nothing" 80th congress laughed at my efforts. then the korean emergency came along, and by the time we got a controls bill passed and the stabilization agencies established, the … his own party in congress in 1949 and 1950 voted against aid for korea. and the record shows we have built up a fine south korean army, which is now providing more than half of the frontline troops, and is providing a bigger proportion of those …
Gould Lincoln Oral History Interview
… prominence as a senator when he was head of the committee investigating certain aspects of the conduct of the second world war. i think he did a very good job. before that i'd known him. hess: you had known him before that? [2] lincoln: well, i had … elizabeth bentley and all that... lincoln: yes, that stuff wasn't helping truman at all, [23] and another thing was the korean war, and that was a very unpopular war, as you know, and just as unpopular as this vietnam war is now, or even more … things, and the whole thing together was calculated to lower mr. truman's popularity. there's no doubt about it that the korean war was a very definite handicap to the democrats at that time. hess: mr. lincoln, where would you place mr. truman on …
William T. Golden Oral History Interview
… consultant to the u.s. president to review organization of the government's military-scientific activities incident to the korean war, consultant to director of the budget, 1950-51; member of military procurement task force of the commission on … it was in the office of defense mobilization, and because actually what started all of this was the outbreak of the korean [22] war, in the summer of 1950. johnson: june of '50. golden: yes. that caused some congressional leaders to press …
J. Noel Macy Oral History Interview
… think historians would like to know why people go into government service. you had a career as a newspaperman before world war ii so what prompted you to go into government? macy: well, the army had something to do with that. i was in the national … think it's a question of what level, and i'm not clear on that myself. i ran into it again, because after this period the korean war came along, and the newspaperman who had been running the printing and publishing division of the national … and still thinks of himself as there to chisel everything he can for the industry? mckinzie: then you came back with the korean war? macy: i stayed until the end of that, and then [51] they wanted me to take that and some other industries over to …
Thomas C. Mann Oral History Interview
… by accident, the accident i just described, a jurisdictional problem. mckinzie: when you went on these missions during the war, i understand a great deal of your work involved safeguarding sources of materials and keeping trade flowing into the … think that's obviously silly, and some day it will be realized and corrected. mckinzie: how did your work change when the korean war started? mann: oh, i don't know that my work changed very much. we were interested in getting support. [66] the korean thing was tied into the u.n., and this is when it really broke down -- when the russians vetoed and walked out. it was …
John L. Sullivan Oral History Interview
… school. i entered dartmouth in 1917 and left the following year to join the united states navy. at the conclusion of the war, i returned to dartmouth where i graduated in 1921. in 1924 i received my law degree from harvard university. in 1928 i … quite well. we had our differences of opinion, but we got along well and still do. hess: at this time, and before the korean war, many of the services were being cut back. according to some of the figures that i have seen, the air force was … day dinner (1952), 79 johnson, louis a., 4-6 , 56-63 , 65 , 71-74 kefauver, estes, 77 , 78 , 80 , 81 knox, frank, 17 , 18 korean war, 73 krug, julius a., 85 , 86 landry, robert, 52 , 53 leahy, william d., 50 "little cabinet," 28 long, russell, 34 …
R. Gordon Arneson Oral History Interview
… interview with r. gordon arneson during the truman administration, mr. arneson served as the secretary of the secretary of war's interim committee on atomic energy, 1945; member of staff, u.s. delegation to the united nations atomic energy … to live on, and i worked for the federal home loan bank board in new york city for some months. about this time, the war agencies were ginning up; and i worked for the national defense advisory commission, the office of production management, … too much of their resources on defense? arneson: yes. johnson: i notice in june of '50--this would be at the time the korean war broke out--that you were concerned about western europe selling strategic materials to the soviet bloc. did that …
The President's News Conference
… revenue. q. mr. president, may i ask a question? the president. sure. [10.] q. senator taft has been saying that the korean war is truman's war--a useless war, i mean. i don't know whether there has been an effective answer on that-i wonder if you would comment on …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, January 15, 1963
… assistant to the president, 1945-46; the assistant to the president, 1946-53. also served as director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1946; chairman of the president's scientific research board, 1946-47; acting chairman of … because i thought i had somebody that could take my place, namely david stowe. i was on the verge of leaving when the korean situation came up. one morning i went into the president's office and he asked me did i meet general bradley out in … we have, i think, 21 boxes of papers out at the truman library covering this program. this was stopped, i assume, when the korean war began and because of defense contracts and whatnot really solved the problem. steelman: yes, we were working …
H. Graham Morison Oral History Interview, August 10, 1972
… history interview, august 10, 1972 oral history interview with h. graham morison assistant to the general counsel of the war production board, 1941-43; captain, united states marine corps, 1943-45; special assistant to the attorney general of the … particular assignment and what problems you were faced with? morison: yes, i remember it came as a great surprise, the korean war was coming on and i was called over to the white house, and i forget whether charlie was then counsel, i guess he … the president was authorized in a national emergency to establish an agency to control prices and wages. in view of the korean conflict the president had to stabilize prices and wages. it was named the office of economic stabilization. so, i …
Nicholas G. Thacher Oral History Interview
… charge afghanistan-pakistan affairs, 1954-56; 1st secretary american embassy, baghdad, iraq, 1956-58; assigned national war college, 1958-59; deputy director, office near eastern affairs, department of state, 1955-62; consular of embassy … arabia. the [49] only people who were susceptible was the iraqi monarchy. and that's how it came about. johnson: did the korean war trigger this effort to get the military alliances there in southeast asia, or was it maybe nato? thacher: it was a series of events. the korean war, as naked communist aggression, was certainly a very important event, but the berlin blockade, the conquest of …
Robert Wyatt Oral History Interview
… your parents had lived on that land for a number of years? wyatt: my granddad bought this land a few years after the civil war. johnson: what was his name? wyatt: wylie wyatt. [3] johnson: he came here and kind of homesteaded, or bought a farm, right after the civil war you say? wyatt: well, he was up north of the river after the war, and then came down in 1886, wasnt it mom? mrs. wyatt: … wasnt that big an elevator. johnson: i know mr. truman was rather unpopular in 1952, the last year of his presidency. the korean war was still going on; that was the main thing, and then there were people complaining about communists in …
Elbert G. Mathews Oral History Interview
… changed constantly. this was in part because of changing world conditions. obviously, the attitudes one had before world war ii were quite different from those one had after world war ii and in the succeeding years. our position in the world, the … anybody in washington [42] that could do it. mckinzie: where did military assistance come into your work? it did in the korean war, of course, but was it before that? mathews: well, i said earlier that when i was in the south asian division … maybe even the tactics, when some crisis events occurred -- when, for example, china fell and then, subsequently, when the korean war began. this would have seemed to have made the area considerably more sensitive than it was in 1947, when you came …
Walter Trohan Oral History Interview
… and truman got in this, and because of that connection mr. truman got into the subcommittee on the conduct of the war. and he, in those days, sought a great deal of advice from mr. wheeler because wheeler was an old hand at that time, and … it found necessary to replace him, do you know? trohan: well, i think -- i don't know, as i remember... hess: because the korean war had started? trohan: the korean war had come on and johnson was trying to sabotage acheson, and acheson was very close to the white house and johnson …
Harold L. Enarson Oral History Interview
… and its larger dimension. that began to help focus my interests in that area. remember, in the times following world war ii we had this huge clash of big labor and big [2] corporations. it's almost impossible to reconstruct the passion and … traveled to canada to study their system at one time. i'm not clear on the exact dates and i don't know exactly when the korean crisis heated up, but, in any event, by the end of the summer, i was suddenly invited -- i guess it was by dave stowe … largely with price and wage stabilization matters, defense, the mobilization effort as we got deeper and deeper into the korean conflict and as the chinese marched across the yalu. then, there was charles murphy, a north carolinian, who was the …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, April 9, 1969
… to the director of the reconstruction finance corporation, 1940-44; federal loan administrator, 1945; director, office of war mobilization and reconversion, 1945-46. secretary snyder was a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. washington, d.c., april 9, 1969 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | interview transcript | additional snyder … about the lack of defense preparation. you must recall that this was in 1949 and only about eight months before the korean thing broke out. they were discussing about strange ships coming by and that they didn't know what was going on. so i …
Elsey, George M. Papers
… policies, the marshall plan, palestine, the point four program, soviet union, loyalty investigations, internal security, korean war, legislation, national defense, armed forces unification, and reorganization of the executive branch. notable documents … august 11: conference on aging letter 1950, august 30: voice of america letter box 34 1950, september 1: fireside chat on korean situation 1950, september 9: defense production act speech 1950, september 13: message to congress on general marshall …