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[1] [2] Three days earlier, on January 3, the first live television broadcast from the House Chamber occurred during the opening session of the 80th Congress. Truman watched this broadcast on a special 10-inch television set installed in the Oval Office in preparation for his State of the Union Address which was also to be televised.
It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, [2] and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to oppose the communist rebellions in Greece and Soviet demands from Turkey. More generally, the Truman Doctrine implied American support for other nations threatened by Moscow. It led to the formation of NATO ...
After the passage of the act in July 1947, the Speaker of the House became the next-in-line. During different points of Truman's first term, Secretary of State Stettinius, Secretary of State Byrnes, Secretary of State Marshall, Speaker Joseph Martin , and Speaker Sam Rayburn would have succeeded to the presidency if Truman left office.
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the repeal of the Taft–Hartley Act, regulating the activities of labor unions; an increase in the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour; national health insurance; expanded Social Security coverage; a $4 billion tax increase to reduce the national debt and finance these programs.
"In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March" is a funeral dirge composed by John Philip Sousa in 1881, while serving as director of "the President's Own" United States Marine Band, for the state funeral of President of the United States James Garfield. It was debuted during the committal of Garfield's remains and, 51 years later, was ...
Al Lannon (1907-1969), born Albert Vetere, was an Italian-American leader in the Communist Party USA and a co-founder of the National Maritime Union (NMU), best known for organizing and activism for American labor unions on behalf of merchant mariners and stevedores (1930-1955).
Fans think the "Cowboy Carter" song "Ya Ya" holds a clue to Renaissance Act III. In the song, Beyoncé mentions three locations: “We gone buss it down from Texas to Gary all the way down to New ...