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Truman reiterated many of them in this address since control of the Congress had shifted in the 1948 United States elections to Truman's Democratic Party. The domestic-policy proposals that Truman offered in this speech were wide-ranging and included the following: [1] [2] federal aid to education; a tax cut for low-income earners
Harry S. Truman's inaugural address, known as the Four Point Speech, was delivered by United States president Harry S. Truman, on Thursday, January 20, 1949. In a world only recently emerged from the shadow of World War II , in which freedom and human rights seemed under threat from many sides, this was Truman's response.
Truman also spent time discussing means to achieve a peaceful world through support of the United Nations and other foreign aid programs. [1] Truman concluded his speech by reminding the nation of its "high purposes" and calling for remembrance of "the fundamentals" as the world looked to the United States for leadership:
The ceremony, and Truman's speech, were also broadcast abroad through the Voice of America, and translated into other languages including Russian and German. [21] According to some calculations, the 1949 inauguration had more witnesses than all previous presidential inaugurations combined.
On March 31, 1870, 26-year-old Henry Truman, a Black man, was shot and killed by Philadelphia Officer John Whiteside after being accused of shoplifting from a grocery store.
The event, held on May 6 at the Avalon with a live room upstairs at Bardot, was one of many parties Emo Nite has thrown over the years dedicated to the genre. Emo Nite founders T.J. Petracca and ...
It was Truman's sixth State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Sam Rayburn, accompanied by Vice President Alben W. Barkley in his capacity as the president of the Senate. Truman began his speech by discussing the ongoing Korean War: As we meet here today, American soldiers are fighting a bitter campaign in ...