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Roger Tubby Oral History Interview
… my main achievement there, i think, as i look back, was getting town manager government for bennington. during [2] the war i was in the board of economic warfare and when that became the foreign economic administration, a combination of bew and … least influence with the president? tubby: oh, golly, i just don't know. hess: all right, sir, our next subject is the korean war. even though you were still at the state department in the summer of 1950 when the korean war began, we should talk about that briefly. what do you recall about the events of that time? tubby: well, …
Brigadier General Louis H. Renfrow Oral History Interview
… his office. then when the truman committee was organized, vaughan went over to work on the truman committee. then when the war came he went on active duty and wound up in australia and new zealand where he was the provost marshal of new zealand. … and dentists [17] in the next year. that was the first amendment to the act that we sent up to the hill after the korean war started, which was exactly what i predicted we'd have to do. and later on, when the bill was up for extension of … in to the pacific to gather up all of the surplus property and store it on guam and okinawa we would have lost the [128] korean war. that surplus yard in guam and okinawa supplied our troops for one year until we could get something over there. i …
Ben Hill Brown Oral History Interview
… adviser, department of state, 1946-49; deputy assistant secretary for congressional relations, 1949-55; assigned national war college, 1955-56; foreign service officer, 1956---; director, u.s. operations mission to iraq, 1956-58; u.s. operations … and heavy weapons course. there was every indication that i was going to be an infantry officer for the duration of the war. then i was assigned to camp croft after leaving benning, and camp croft happened to be in my own town. the military … joseph r., demoralizing attacks on, 45-47 secretaries of, evaluated, 53-55 thorp, willard l., 66 truman, harry s., korean intervention, congressional support for, 43-45 truman, margaret, 78 un general assembly, u.s. delegation to, 1947, …
Goldy, Daniel L. Papers
… and kentucky, office of defense, health and welfare 1942-43 assistant regional director for ohio, michigan and kentucky, war manpower commission 1943-46 served in the u.s. navy, assigned to offices overseeing war production and civilian personnel and industrial relations programs 1946-47 special assistant to the director of the … log exports--sustained yield unit logging lumber box 92 lumber--aid [agency for international development] financing for korean procurement lumber--allowable cut lumber--ara [area redevelopment administration] lumber--blow down timber [1 of 2] …
General Harry H. Vaughan Oral History Interview, January 16, 1963
… history interview with general harry h. vaughan personal friend of harry s. truman since 1917; military associate in world war i and subsequently in the field artillery officers reserve corps; treasurer for senator truman's 1940 reelection campaign … to be the main speaker. freeman's topic was comparing the truman committee with the committee on the conduct of the war at the time of the civil war. [64] he figuratively stressed the great difference between that and the truman committee … the pacific when ike went out there -- that trip that ike [130] took between election and the inauguration to stop the korean war? morrissey: the fulfillment of the "i will go to korea," promise? vaughan: yes, when he stopped in hawaii radford …
Harry S. Truman Papers: White House Central Files: President's Personal File
… september 2, 1945 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address opening the 1945 national war fund campaign, october 2, 1945 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - remarks after … june 30, 1950 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address to the nation concerning the korean situation, july 19, 1950 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address before the … week, august 9, 1950 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address to the nation concerning the korean situation, september 1, 1950 ppf 1-f the president - drafts of messages and speeches, etc. - address to the nation …
Andrew J. Biemiller Oral History Interview
… oral history interview oral history interview with andrew j. biemiller member, wisconsin legislature, 1936-42; with war production board, 1942-44; member 79th, 81st u.s. congresses, 5th wisconsin district; special assistant to the secretary … harry truman, whom i have such a high regard for. in 1950 i was defeated. we came back here for a lame duck session. the korean war was [ 24] on. i got a call one day from matt connelly. he said, "andy, the president wants to see you." i said, … kaltenborn, h. v., 9 katzenback, nickolas, 97 kennan, joseph, 4 kennedy, john f., 68 , 96 , 97 , 99 kennedy, robert f., 97 korean war, 23 kotecki, mr., 66 labor: and truman, harry s., 30-34 , 38-41 and the vote of, 63 lafollette, phil, 51 , 87 , …
Joseph A. Fox Oral History Interview
… and times herald in 1915, and i was in newspaper work from there on with the exception of two years, of course, during the war. hess: what were some of your early jobs when you first started out in the news field? fox: oh, i was just a cub … a cub reporter. hess: and then when did you come here to town, to [3] washington? fox: i came with the -- during the war -- i had better start back this way. during the war i was stationed in washington for a while with the signal corps. … at the white house. hess: now, of course, now he went over to see general [douglas] macarthur, that's all involved in the korean matter, and of course, south korea was invaded in june of... fox: 1950. hess: where were you when you first heard the …
Theodore Tannenwald, Jr. Oral History Interview
… tannenwald, jr. oral history interview oral history interview with judge theodore tannenwald, jr. special consultant, war department, 1943-45; consultant to the secretary of defense, 1947-49; counsel to the special assistant to the president, … that would give me an outlet for my emotional problems of not being willing to stay in private practice while the war was going on. one of my good friends, who unfortunately is now deceased, was philip l. graham, who later became publisher … were that the nsrb was going to be reorganized, and would be really the overall agency under the president for running the korean war effort, not the military side of it, but like what happened with the war production board during world war ii. for …
Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, March 21, 1984
… those of us who were interested -- bill rogers, for example, was the head of a subcommittee staff concerned with the war and its aftermath. he and i and others felt strongly that the government operations committee had no business sending … armed services committee on general douglas macarthur's dismissal by president truman. in reading some of the books on the korean war, i've noticed references here and there to some of your observations on the macarthur hearings. i was wondering in … of the world. he knew asia, and he knew japan, and he knew what he could do if he had the resources in asia to win the korean war. but he didn't understand the relationship between what he was doing and what was happening in europe. i remember …
James Woodrow "Bud" Porter Oral History Interview
… "hi, john," and this sort of thing. he never was one to pass up an old friend, or a crony or anything, or one of his world war i buddies or anything 1ike that. hill: what were your duties at the kansas city star at this time? porter: well, at that time when he was elected [5] vice president we had a one man bureau out here. this was during world war ii and i had had a serious operation, and because of that i was classified 4-a. the star had prior to that needed someone … bombing of, 29 kansas city star , 2 , 3 , 4-7 , 11-12 , 15 , 21-23 , 25 kennedy, john f., 23-24 kennedy, robert f., 23-24 korean war, 29 macarthur, douglas, 29 masonic order, 41 miller, merle, 21 pearson, drew, 18 polls, popularity, 30 …
James R. Fuchs Oral History Interview, Volume 1
… fought in the peloponnesian wars but wrote his famous history , but conducted interviews with others who fought in the war, which, as you know, lasted a quarter of a century. that is often cited. it is, of course, as old as oral traditions as … with [22] mr. truman's battery d mates, which as you know, was the field artillery unit that he commanded during world war i. from there we naturally wanted to get something into the record about the chairmanship of what was commonly known as … bank for reconstruction and development based on the conference at bretton woods, the european recovery program, the korean war, and on many other facets of our foreign relations during that period. interviews with some 100 persons have been …
C. Thomas Bendorf Oral History Interview
… to california when you were how old? bendorf: an infant. johnson: you lived there, except for the time out during world war ii, when you were in england with the air [2] force. bendorf: and the korean war as well. johnson: when did you get into politics, so to speak? bendorf: well, i went through a program in san francisco …
Robert L. Dennison Oral History Interview, September 10, 1971
… the chief of naval operations at that time.i had done some work with the joint chiefs of staff in the latter days of the war, and there were so many postwar problems appearing that involved the navy and the army, and the state department. we … it. well, then forrestal heard about it. he thought it was a great idea. they were organizing what was called the state, war and navy coordinating committee, and we had to have a staff, we had to have papers, we had to have somebody review these … profession [50] and it takes a lot of skill and a lot of honesty, too. now, here's something i just remembered. during the korean war i was in his office late one afternoon around 6 o'clock. it had been a long, hard day. i was briefing him on …
Francis O. Wilcox Oral History Interview, February 10, 1984
… country about our foreign policy at that time, which there isn't today. we had just emerged, from a [52] terrible world war, and i think everybody wanted to do what was possible to create the kind of conditions that would make a more permanent … we lived in an interdependent world, that the united states could not remain isolationist. we had been pushed into the war whether we wanted to be or not, and there was no alternative. i think he felt that in the period after the war the only … needed to consider the issues involved. [ 98] ritchie: well, i have loads of other questions i'd like to ask, about the korean war period, and the period when alexander wiley was chairman of the committee, but i think this might be a good …
Elinor Borenstine Oral History Interview
… i don’t know what happened during that romance. i don’t know how mother and daddy got together.but they did before world war i because i have a little picture of him that mother had on her desk or her dresser the whole time he was gone to the war. [3] geselbracht: was the story of how they first met something that was talked about in later years? borenstine:no. … after he died? borenstine:oh my. shortly before daddy died mother’s nephew, her youngest sister’s son, came home from the korean war without any visible means of support. daddy took him in the store to teach him the business, because daddy knew he …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, August 18, 1966
… interview, august 18, 1966 oral history interview with philleo nash special assistant for domestic operations, office of war information, 1942-45, and special consultant to the secretary of war, 1943. special assistant to president for minority problems, 1946-52, and an administrative assistant to the president, … this was reconverted back again, to what was an effective defense mobilization office for the limited emergency of the korean war, and at this he was very capable, a brilliant performer, a brilliant administrator. it gave him, i think, the …
Harry S. Truman Collection
… on family farm near grandview, missouri 1917-1919 served in 129th field artillery; commanded battery d during world war i; promoted to rank of captain 1919 (june 28) married bess wallace at trinity episcopal church, independence, missouri … contain materials from the mhdc and ghdc. these include the bess truman collection, the atomic bomb collection, the world war i collection, the world war ii collection, and the korean war collection. [ top of the page | administrative information | biographical sketch | collection description | series …
Paul H. Nitze Oral History Interview, August 4, 1975
… director, foreign procurement and development branch, foreign economic administration; and, as special consultant to the war department. he served during the truman administration as vice-chairman, u.s. strategic bombing survey, 1944-46; deputy … topics discussed include the dillon, read, and company; administrative assistants to president roosevelt in world war ii; office of coordinator of inter american affairs; international basic economy corporation; conscription law; board of … of point iv program; truman doctrine; trieste question; nsc-68; joint strategic survey committee; nuclear war strategy; korean war; dismissal of general macarthur; north atlantic treaty organization; german rearmament; french indo china; middle …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, October 13, 1966
… interview, october 13, 1966 oral history interview with philleo nash special assistant for domestic operations, office of war information, 1942-45, and special consultant to the secretary of war, 1943. special assistant to president for minority … came over, permanently, it was not as a civil rights specialist, but as a lawyer. and, of course, by 1950 we were in the korean war and there was a lot of legal work to be done with the partial mobilization and spingarn worked on many of those … in the world. i went to see him one time when he was working on a draft of the partial mobilization bill for the korean war and he said, "well, i'm sorry, i can't talk to you, i'm working on something important." so, i said, "well, okay …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interviews
… of, 538-539 keyserling, leon, 122-123 , 523-524 key west, staff operations in, 293-318 kingsley, j. donald, 149 , 436 korean conflict: chinese intervention in, 204-206 u.s. intervention in, 217-221 labor unions, influence on president truman's … david, 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 139 , 141 , 153 , 155 , 163-164 , 165 o'brien; laurence, 260 o'donnell, john, 58 office of war mobilization and reconversion, termination of, 434 , 441 omaha, nebraska, speech by president truman in (1948), 20-21 …
The President's News Conference
… the council stated that inflationary pressures in the months and year ahead would be stronger than any since the initial korean outbreak, and advised that an even stronger anti-inflationary program would be needed. the council recommended tax … on that was said in that comment i made. [15.] q. mr. president, i have another question, sir. you mentioned the price war in the prepared statement. do you consider that unfavorable, or favorable? the president. i think it is very favorable. i …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, January 20, 1967
… office. i went in there, and with him was general alexander surles, who was at that time the information officer for the war department; head of the information setup there. and surles said he had an important story--i think he used the word … her office to take it--i think it was a girl reporter. they wouldn't believe it. the follow up was mostly done from the war department. that statement of the president's was written, i think, at the war department and taken to potsdam by … been fired yet when that story came out, but it came out all right. hess: he left in september of '50, shortly after the korean war got underway. [73] ayers: well, i've got quite a lot of that. he was fired by president truman and it was only a …
Robert L. Dennison Oral History Interview, November 2, 1971
… with admiral robert l. dennison washington, d.c. november 2, 1971 by jerry n. hess [114] hess: admiral, let's discuss the korean conflict. now that started in june of 1950. where were you when you first learned of the invasion? dennison: well, it … also true about [117] vietnam (and it's going to be true in other places as well, i'm afraid), is that this was a limited war, limited in the sense that our objectives were limited, which people seem to have forgotten. that kind of a war isn't … fighting without a declaration of war. hess: if we were ill-prepared to meet the situation that arose at the time of the korean invasion, how did that condition come about? dennison: it came about mainly through a belief on the part of some that …
To Secure These Rights
… from fear. and from time to time, and in some places, this freedom has been gravely threatened. it was so after the last war, when organized groups fanned hatred and intolerance, until, at times, mob action struck fear into the hearts of men and … accordingly, all able-bodied citizens must enjoy the right to serve the nation and the cause of freedom in time of war. any attempt to curb the right to fight in its defense can only lead the citizen to question the worth of the society in … largest group of american residents presently subject to this discrimination are those born in japan. [33] residents of korean origin, as well as persons born in certain other asiatic countries and pacific island areas, are also denied …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, May 19, 1970
… way, yes. we had during the period that i was special counsel, from 1950 to 1953, particularly, well, i guess after the korean war started, which would have been in the summer of 1950. we had designated liaison people from the department of defense and … particularly during the fall of 1950, the speeches and messages to congress having to do with the defense posture and the korean war and the military establishment, marx leva would have worked with us on those speeches. you may recall that earlier …
Richard L. Strout Oral History Interview
… roosevelt's days it was a group perhaps of 50 or 100 people. they were wedged so tightly that just before i went to world war ii as a war correspondent, they filled me up with millions and millions of bacilli of antitoxin shots and i fainted right there. it … 3 kennedy, john f., 59-60 press conferences of, 62 , 63 kent, frank, 41 key west, florida, 51 khrushchev, nikita, 21-22 korean war, 51-52 life magazine, 10-12 , 38 , 39 lincoln, abraham, 61 "the little man's ballad", 68 london telegraph , 64 the …
Short, Joseph H. and Short, Beth Campbell Papers
… the truman administration's message to the public (through a so-called "working group") during the dark days of the korean war. following the sudden death of her husband in september 1952, beth campbell short was appointed correspondence secretary … in their retirement years and with such historic events as the death of president franklin d. roosevelt, the end of world war ii, and the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the seventh series, the louise hachmeister file, contains …
Richard Farrington Oral History Interview
… missouri has had a republican majority for years. in fact, today it's . . . johnson: does that go back to the civil war? how do you account for that? farrington: probably. there was a civil war battle at hartville, missouri; that's where … so, he missed about three months of being a two-term president. johnson: things got rough for the president after the korean war started. and there was mccarthyism and some scandals. [54] farrington: i'll tell you, when you examine truman's … some tremendous decisions, dropping the bomb, the marshall plan, reconstruction of europe . . . johnson: of course, the korean decision was the toughest decision he had to make. farrington: i think so. johnson: and the firing of macarthur. what …
Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Need for Extending Inflation Controls
… that the price increases have added about $7 billion to the cost of the military equipment we have bought since the korean outbreak. this means inflation has cost us $7 billion for arms alone in 1 year--that is, now we pay $7 billion more … on a tremendous mobilization program which is absolutely necessary to prevent soviet rulers from starting a third world war. government spending for defense will increase very fast in the next few months. anti the more money the government …
Donald S. Dawson Oral History Interview, March 16, 1976
… any other man was responsible for saving western civilization. i think that his program of foreign assistance after the war probably saved the world for freedom as we know it today. i think great advances were made in civil rights under his … 15 independence, missouri, 19 , 20 internal revenue service, u.s., 2 kansas city, missouri, 19 key west, florida, 11-14 korean war, 17 macarthur, douglas, 22-23 mcgrath, j. howard, 8 messall, victor r., 5 news leaks, white house, truman administration, …
Harry S. Truman Papers Post-Presidential Papers
… on family farm near grandview, missouri 1917-1919 served in 129th field artillery; commanded battery d during world war i; promoted to rank of captain 1919 (june 28) married bess wallace at trinity episcopal church, independence, missouri … was then changed to provide for 39 half-hour episodes, and in 1962 the first half-hour segment was filmed, relating to the korean war. after these two films were completed, talent associates stopped production and in 1963 sold its rights to ben … j. kl klutznick, philip m. knowland, william f. korea – choi, chi whan korea data [1 of 2] korea data [2 of 2] box 86 korean cultural foundation kronheim, milton s. kurt, margaret ann [2011 accretion] la labor - afl labor – cio labor – general …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 22, 1967
… to lose that way. it has always seemed to me that if the proponents of fepc in '46, or in the '40s right at the end of the war, would have accepted an fepc without enforcement sanction, so-called voluntary fepc, without the enforcement sanctions … dealing with what to do in 1967 going back to a proposal that didn't even reach the status of law in 1950. anyway, on the korean war bill, the korean war as i recall broke out, washington time, june 24th, 1950, [365] i think it was june 25th out there and june 24th …
Dillon S. Myer Oral History Interview, Chap XIV-XVII
… dillon s. myer oral history interview, chap xiv-xvii oral history interview with dillon s. myer director, war relocation authority, 1942-46; commissioner, federal public housing administration, 1946-47; president, institute of … korea on april 27, 1961. i went to work immediately to acquaint myself with the program and to become acquainted with the korean minister in charge of his staff. during the first three weeks i felt that i had become well enough acquainted with the … out, especially the fact that in most cases the workers were being paid entirely in surplus commodities, instead of the korean government putting up their share of the cash that was originally proposed. after three weeks we wakened at about .two …
Durward V. Sandifer Oral History Interview
… while i was in the state department, on the law of evidence in international arbitrations and adjudications. after the war began, you may remember that [cordell] hull was very prompt in beginning the study of postwar problems in the state … of the palestine case, because he regarded it as of the highest political importance. but, for example, when [90] the korean case broke in 1950, there had to be a decision immediately. the north koreans attacked. a meeting of the security … disagreement and debate with the russians and the communists on the greek case, and the very early development in the korean peace, and the palestine case -- that was uppermost. i would say that the organization was so preoccupied with all of …
Jack K. McFall Oral History Interview
… assistant secretary of state, 1949-52; u.s. minister to finland, 1952-54; and ambassador to finland, 1954-55. during world war ii he served as a commander assigned as senior naval observer in freetown, sierra leone, 1942-44 and as first assistant … difficulty of any kind in working on our complicated responsibilities. hess: all right. concerning the events around the korean invasion, sir, what do you recall? mcfall: well, i recall that i was dispatched to inform senator connally, chairman … carlisle h., 97 japanese peace treaty, 94-95 judiciary committees, 64 kansas city, missouri, 2 , 17 kerr, robert, 52 , 96 korean invasion, meeting concerning, 99-100 langer, william, 62 laos, 57 liberia, 57 mccarran, pat, 50 macarthur, douglas, …
Louis H. Bean Oral History Interview
… father's migration here a year earlier. i like to say that the reason why i'm here in your presence is the russo-japanese war, as my father migrated as a result of that war. and if that hadn't happened i don't know where i'd be today. but we came to the united states, settled in new england. i … i'd have to recite what everybody else probably thinks of, the marshall plan, that came under his administration and the korean episode. i would imagine these two things will stand out in his administration, but i want to give you one criticism i …
Irving Perlmeter Oral History Interview
… televised, as well as his appearances before joint sessions of congress, and on special occasions such as the end of world war ii. outside of such official occasions, the only other occasion of a personal nature, (at least i call it personal) was … members or clearance of speeches or releases, let's say, by general macarthur from his headquarters? perlmeter: during the korean war, the president issued an order that no government official could give a public address on certain sensitive … george, 64 independence, mo, presidential press conferences at, 14-15 kennedy, john f., 40 key west, florida, 14 , 60 korean war, 46 , 49 , 61 krock, arthur, 40 lincoln (nebraska) star , 3 lloyd, david d., 6 , 19 , 43 loyalty, of government …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, July 27 and December 7, 1963
… stowe: sometime in 1946. john r. steelman, who was then the assistant to the president and director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion, asked me to come over to work in his office at the white house. at the time i was chief … when it became apparent that someone would be needed to head up defense mobilization and planning specifically for the korean war as opposed to the long-range planning handled by the national security resources board, an executive order was … not only in negotiations on mexican labor, but also in trying to persuade mexico to give some show of support in the korean war, even if they sent only a very limited force. i also became involved in discussions on the air treaty with mexico …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 29, 1967
… clark clifford, attorney general mcgrath, john steelman, charlie murphy, don dawson and myself. june 24th, saturday; korean attack [that was our time, it was the 25th out there]. june 27th, tuesday; at staff i rushed in where angels would … ninety-one congressional record 12218 to 12220 dated december 17, 1945.) now i'm quoting mr. hoovers speech early in the war skeptics proclaimed that we were wide open to espionage. they held that nothing was secure and nothing was being done. the record is exactly to the contrary. we knew from the very outbreak of the war that espionage was under control, i do not mean that the enemy was not active, he was. foreign powers tried not only to …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, October 22, 1985
… to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. independence, missouri october 22, 1985 by niel m. johnson [ notices … the plane, and when we got in he said, "we're going to stop at st. louis and pick john snyder up." he said, "you know, the korean trouble seems to be coming to a head and i'm going to go back and see about that. that's why i'm going back today … off, we're going to have to change our plan from reduction of taxes to maybe increasing them." that was because of the korean war. so that was john snyder's relation to truman, and what he had to anticipate. johnson: truman was in favor of …
The President' s News Conference
… midst of the same emergency. we are trying to arm the nato countries so they can stand up. we are trying to prevent the korean army that we have there, along with our allies, from being shot in the back. and that can only be done by an all-out … of ammunition through that route. and they had people in there to guard the route. q. they just held them over from the war ? the president. yes. q. mr. president, was that after the potsdam conference-- the president. oh, no, that was long …
Raymond P. Brandt Oral History Interview
… to establish such a committee to investigate the national defense program. brandt: he may have. it may have been the civil war, but i just don't know, i'd have to speculate on that. and i also don't know who was the originator of the idea. i've … recall that because i think wallace duel [62] was covering all that for us. and the only thing that i know about that korean thing, sidney souers, a very good friend of mine, was on the national security council, and the... hess: he's from st. … are mr. truman's major accomplishments? during his administration what were his major accomplishments? brandt: i think the korean thing was a tremendous decision. well, first the atomic bomb was the big decision, the [88] use of the atomic bomb. …
Thomas D. Cabot Oral History Interview
… coordinating the military assistance with economic assistance, was a very large problem for the united states after the korean war broke out. there have been some criticisms, and one criticism is roughly as follows: "the marshall plan was about to fall … union specifically, might attack berlin. we were scared about berlin, and we didn't, of course, want to start a nuclear war. berlin couldn't have been defended with ground troops, if the soviets had wanted to move in there. rearming europe …
Carleton Kent Oral History Interview
… oral history interview with carleton kent newspaper correspondent with the chicago times (now sun-times ), 1939-71; war correspondent, pacific and european theaters, 1942-44; washington correspondent, 1945-71; and president of the white … i moved to the chicago daily times , which was a precursor of the sun-times , and have been there every since. during the war i was a gallant war correspondent for about three years. hess: which theaters of operation? kent: first in the pacific in … city star , 2 kent, carleton, personal background, 1-4 key west, florida, 76-85 kiel auditorium, st. louis, mo., 74 , 75 korean war, 91 , 92 , 94-100 krock, arthur, 87-89 lawrence, kansas daily journal world , 2 lawrence, william, 102 linkins, …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, November 20, 1985
… to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. independence, missouri november 20, 1985 by niel m. johnson [ notices … truman sort of agreed with you. i would imagine the situation didn't change probably very much, at least until the korean war, because of lower appropriations for defense in those days? burrus: that's right. johnson: were you president of the roa …
John F. Melby Oral History Interview, November 14, 1986
… supplies which, after all, were pretty much on a starvation level at this time, and would stay that way throughout the war. so, we ate an awful lot of spam and that sort of stuff. we got where you could face it and it was all right, but … hand, waiting for them. by that time, of course, chiang was reconsolidating his forces on taiwan. also, let's face it, the korean war was beginning to loom. then, of course, with korea, that was all over. we got the twenty-year freeze. but the … melby: yes, sure. we thought it was going to be a leisurely kind of thing. but then came june 25, 6 a.m., and north korean troops crossed into the south, and suddenly it became a matter of the greatest urgency. that mission was put together …
Edwin McCammon Martin Oral History Interview
… oral history interview with edwin mccammon martin during the truman administration, was chief, division of japanese and korean economic affairs, department of state, 1945-47; chief, division of occupied area economic affairs, 1947-48; deputy … yes. martin: i first got involved in july 1947, when i had been about two years working in charge of japanese and korean economic policy. i had started work on occupation policy at oss under ed mason who then went to state and then left. … trade business. i'd seen him in paris frequently on trips over there on various problems. and gordon i'd known from the war production board; i worked with him very closely the last six months i was there, and we were personal friends. i stayed …
India Edwards Oral History Interview, January 16, 1969
… mrs. luce attempted to speak for "g.i. jim." the implication was that if the boys who had been killed in the second world war could come back they would say to vote against roosevelt. i thought this was the lowest thing i ever heard of any … to pick it up and follow it." hess: what issue was he referring to? edwards: i spoke in 1952 at the convention about the korean war, and i said how just a war it was, and that if the [27] women of the country would only understand it, that they … day on board ship and he added: "adlai stevenson would never touch it," and of course it was true. he never mentioned the korean war. he stayed as far away from it as he could. hess: in your opinion, why did he do that? edwards: because he thought …
Dr.Edwin G. Nourse Oral History Interview
… in the new deal and what c.e.d. is developing on the practical business side, and we've got to get with it here after the war so that we capture the vitality of the war effort and switch it over to lively peacetime reorganization," and that lead … would perhaps not be enough? as you will recall, there was a period of time following the second world war and before the korean invasion, in which appropriations for defense spending were cut back. several people have been mentioned in that … advice that i was giving and i was not saying that the time might not come when government would have to step in. if the korean war had not supervened at that time, we would had to face that possibility. the council would have had to say, "well, …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, May 21, 1969
… about anything that i would say now would just be speculative. i do know, of course, that that was the fall when the korean war was a very great concern, a very great problem and at the time of the election things in korea were not going well. the … maybe in september? [190] hess: october 15th. murphy: october 15th. at that time general macarthur told him that the war was over and that we had won and that by christmas he would be able to send a division of the troops from korea to …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 9, 1970
… two men. i put the document away in a safe place for storage. in the winter of 1944, well over a year later, the allied war effort had moved ahead very considerably, british troops had entered greece, the germans were out, there was a good deal … various questionings from his curious reporters, but the subject was a minor one and in all the press and events of the war, particularly the battle of the bulge, which erupted some days later, this whole matter was quickly forgotten. well, … participation in that campaign that year? [427] elsey: he thought it would be completely inappropriate in view of the korean conflict which had begun on june 25th. he simply did not think he ought to be out engaging in the kind of political …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, June 24, 1969
… resignation. this had to do with the budget for defense. of course, the defense expenditures had been quite high in world war ii and then president truman was quite successful in getting them down after world war ii, and at about the period of which we now speak, 1949 and 50, louis johnson was secretary of defense, and jim webb was … of the first key decisions were made, were just things that i heard later on. hess: was the decision to intervene in the korean situation cleared with the congressional leaders before the announcement was made? murphy: i do not know whether it …
Keyserling, Leon H. Papers
… leon h. keyserling--list lewis, wilfred, [the brookings institution]--the federal government's fiscal policy in the post war recessions (1961-1962) life magazine (1952) lippmann, walter--columnist (1949-1967) look magazine (1948) lowenthal, mr. … 1928 new republic , letter to in re "michael gold literary controversy anti-trust policy and the railroads since the war--anti-trust term paper [harvard university law school], 1931 "legal education," study for general education board, 1932, … planning," by leon h. keyserling, may 27, 1975 [draft] galley [keyserling review of an article about the economics of the korean war] letter to the editor, the new york times , june 3, 1976, from leon h. keyserling [re protests against handling of …
George Tames Oral History Interview, June 11, 1980
… roosevelt and the truman press situations. tames: when i first met truman, he was chairman of the senate committee on the war investigation [special senate committee to investigate the national defense program]. to be very honest with you, i was … to a horse-drawn caisson. on the last mile everybody walked. they had the honorary pallbearers -- the cabinet members, war leaders, and so forth. well, there [22] were the three life photographers and myself. when life magazine came out it … and i ran into suzy park (i think that's her name). she worked for the speaker of the house, and got caught up in this korean scandal, and when the speaker didn't run for reelection, she just lost her job in his office as a receptionist or …
Harold I. McGrath Oral History Interview
… in 1944, when the members of the truman committee were conducting hearings in california pertaining to the national war effort and were the guests of the democratic jackson day dinner of that year. i was impressed at that time with the … to win, so he won and we lost all the other [73] seats. but helen had a fighting chance. my judgment is really that the korean war which broke about the summer of 1950 defeated her. fuchs: how's that? mcgrath: i think nixon had rather cleverly … take a chance. we can't take a chance. it's too much of a risk." she might have won without the shooting episode of the korean war, because she was a ringtailed dandy and a magnificent campaigner. and she would wear a cape and was dramatic and …
William J. Randall Oral History Interview, December 8, 1989
… that have to be exercised moneywise. i was a very strong fiscal conservative. johnson: did you vote for johnson's "war on poverty?" randall: i probably did, with reluctance; not completely, or not totally. on some things we're moving a … on the county court. we reduced taxes several times while i was on the county court. johnson: president truman, during the korean war, said we should pay-as-we-go, which meant we should increase taxes considerably. randall: i guess i'd have to … i thought it was interesting. he said, "well i guess you could say we won world war ii. half and half said we tied the korean war, and we definitely lost the vietnam war." oh, that was so sad. let's see, we had some of those threads that you …
J. William Theis Oral History Interview
… the marshall plan; things that he wanted in the foreign field. do you feel that elections, when there is no shooting war, are run more on domestic matters than foreign matters? theis: well, there's the old story that you have right now, … policy. he had the courage to do things that needed to be done; foreign aid, push the marshall plan. of course, the korean situation was a very difficult time, but he didn't have much option on that, and :it came near the end. there will … i think it had to be used in some way. it might well have been demonstrated in some other way which would have ended the war -- like that. a lot of innocent people might have been spared. i have always felt that it would have had a similar effect …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History Interview, May 2, 1969
… you that whole story if you're interested. fuchs: i certainly am. ewing: for a proper background one must go back to world war i. turkey had ranged herself with the central powers and lord allenby headed the allied army that was fighting the turks … there anything you feel i've overlooked about the '48 campaign that we should discuss? ewing: i don't think so. fuchs: the korean war, of course, coming along in 1950 resulted in a certain amount of upheaval in government. how did it affect the … sulzberger wants the president to know that every source of information that the new york times has in the area of the korean conflict tells us that the chinese are going to intervene and that general macarthur definitely should be prepared for …
Truman, Bess W. Papers
… included in this series is a victory loan ledger that bess used to keep track of liberty bonds that she sold during world war i. this series also contains a card signed by bess truman when she was president of the community welfare league, a local … keeley) and arry mayer (later calhoun). the letters discuss their families, mutual acquaintances, romances, and world war i. this entire series has been digitized and can be browsed on our website. the fifth series, the correspondence file, … truman’s singing career and concerts; the 1948 election and 1949 inaugural; the renovation of the white house; the korean war and douglas macarthur; the 1950 assassination attempt upon president truman; books written about harry s. truman; …
Campbell, Wallace J. Papers
… information bureau, 1956 national rural electric cooperative association, 1959 ocean freight overseas campaign for korean teachers pamphlets on viet nam and poland box 10 panama conference (2 folders) panama conference, 1953 philippines, … organization, 1954 foreign affairs conference of the department of state, 1958 fowler manuscript, here is your next war re oil freedom fund friends committee on national legislation box 35 greenbelt cooperative (2 folders) health here is … (5 folders) murray d. lincoln school, escuintla, guatemala, dedication of nationwide program policy and program committee "war on hunger" - testimony world food congress food for peace file: housing legislation box 90 committee on banking and …
Dr. Harold Seidman Oral History Interview
… [tom b.] fugate of virginia. mr. truman had asked the budget bureau to look at the panama canal organization after the war, because he felt it was archaic and something needed to be done. i spent, oh, i guess a couple of months down there on … working with him on some of the rubber disposal [66] legislation, rubber plants, abaca, on scaling down of some of the war industries that had been acquired by the government. hess: he had been chief of owmr. seidman: yes. hess: office of war … that the armed forces be cut back somewhat more severely than the army and the navy would have liked, and then when the korean war came along we were caught sort of short-handed, mr. webb and the bureau of the budget got a little bit of bad …
Oscar L. Chapman Oral History Interview, January 12, 1973
… when he was harry woodring's assistant? chapman: assistant, yeah. he was in there... hess: just before the second world war. chapman: that's right, and he was... hess: but that is the time that ickes and johnson did not get along. chapman: … a job did louis johnson do as secretary of defense? he went in in march of 1949; he was there during the beginning of the korean conflict and he left in september of 1950. so he was there about a year and a half through a very interesting time, … been... chapman: yes. hess: ...the president's wishes. chapman: i felt that he was. hess: because at the beginning of the korean war, in [811] june of 1950, our armed forces were down and mr. johnson received sort of a bad press at the time... …
C. Girard Davidson Oral History Interview, July 18, 1972
… general counsel, 1943-46; consultant office of production management, washington, 1941-42; assistant general counsel, war production board, 1944-45; assistant secretary of the interior, 1946-50; national democratic elector, 1952; member of the … when i finally resigned, the newspapers said that cva was dead as a dodo. hess: how much of an effect do you think the korean war, which came along in the last of june in 1950, had on such a domestic program as this, when we had to change the … you stress that point at the time, do you recall? this was in june of '50 and you left last of that year? did you see the korean war in the context of an opportunity at that time? davidson: i probably didn't at that time. you see i think there is …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 10, 1969
… in handling large amounts of material and distilling the essence, the most important ideas, from this material. during the war years when president roosevelt, and later truman, was away from washington, the map room staff would send shore written … naval aide to the president. i accompanied mr. truman to the potsdam conference. by the time he returned from that, the war with japan was practically over, and so during the fall of 1945, i was working with the new naval aide commodore james k. … policy, sometimes the secretary of state himself would be present or a representative of the secretary of state. after the korean war broke out and matters of foreign policy became even more critical and sensitive, and we had to be especially …
Mrs. Joseph H. Short Oral History Interview
… i had a small baby at the time, i missed his outstanding performance as chairman of the committee which investigated the war industry problems. i later came to understand what a marvelous job he had done there. but i didn't know it at the time … lots of days), and truman had to make a decision about what to tell the press. remember this was right as we were in the korean war. joe was impressed with his ability to handle decisions -- to listen to arguments pro and con, make up his mind … paul, 66 inauguration day of 1952, 73-80 indian treaty room, 59 jefferson-jackson day dinner of 1952, 90 key west, 90 korean war, 10 , 34 , 91 library of congress, and the alexander the great story, 84 , 87 linkins, carroll, 79 little cabinet, …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, November 8, 1985
… to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. independence, missouri november 8, 1985 by niel m. johnson [ notices … night in blair house? burrus: the mayflower. i was there when truman made his address to the reserve officers about the korean affair. that was also the visit where i overheard him talking to averell harriman on the phone, when i was in the … themselves with our views." so that was that. johnson: when was that? burrus: i'm not sure. i believe it was after the korean war started. mrs. burrus and i were the only two persons besides the people doing the work. johnson: was that sort of …
Webb, James E. Papers
… activities in alaska) anti-inflation (economic stabilization) 1947-48 "at the crossroads," report by the director of war mobilization and reconversion, july 1, 1946 box 13 bureau of the budget, staff report on organization of the bureau of … radio script for "capitol memo" remarks at luncheon for ambassador ali sastromidjojo - feb. 20, 1950 lecture at national war college on "the organization of the state department" feb. 24, 1950 address before the export managers club of new york - … of miami (florida), january 1972 re webb files articles re the soviet union articles by james e. webb - "the facts of the korean crisis" written for the daughters of the american revolution magazine, november 1950 foreign policy reports - 1952 …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 15, 1969
… that time. when the president decided to create that position, it must have been in the fall of 1950, i guess, after the korean war started, this was the man he wanted. theres no question on it, there was no--there might have been a [315] second choice … first choice. he had gotten to know him in the course of his work as chairman of the investigating committee during world war ii and had a very high regard for mr. wilson and asked him to take this job. now, mr. wilson was quite a sensitive …
Joseph G. Feeney Oral History Interview
… [12] put a bill through which would take care of many, many thousands of people who had been displaced as a result of the war, and no one seemed to be doing anything about it. many, many thousands of displaced persons were still living in camps … course, too, the professions, particularly in the medical profession, it was brought home very vividly as a result of the war, how few doctors there were to take care of so many people. mr. truman was the only person i knew who ever mentioned the … was another, particularly after his trip to wake island and the assurances he received from general macarthur. the korean war was another. but the marshall plan was not an [123] accident, it was not dreamed up overnight like some people …
William L. Batt, Jr. Oral History Interview
… for somebody to set up a little shop to do some of this backstop work for their efforts. i had known dave morse during the war and during a campaign i ran for congress, unsuccessfully, back in '46, outside philadelphia. i think it was dave morse … to get back associated with the administration and with government. i hadn't been in the government since before the war. i'd wanted to be outside so i could run for congress and be active in the community. so they asked me to come down and … issues that he raised -- not just the truman doctrine in greece and turkey, but getting the entire united nations into the korean business; the firing of macarthur, making quite clear the predominance of the [57] civil over the military; the …
J. Leonard Reinsch Oral History Interview
… questions of what day, what time; as the new commander in chief when [50] did he address our armed forces in this war that we were in, and how did he handle that? then we had the problem of the blair house which had been occupied by the … in his office prior to the international broadcast received an illuminated scroll of his declaration of the cessation of war in the european theater. i was in washington preceding the japanese treaty, but i was assigned to a group to go to europe … -- he was using a little literary license. fuchs: mr. truman made an emergency broadcast, so to speak, regarding the korean situation in 1950. did you get called in in time to work on this? reinsch: no -- i don't recall the circumstance and i …