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[1] The term Fair Deal came to encompass all of Truman's domestic policy agenda during his time in office. Many of the proposals made in this speech were ones that Truman had previously made to the previous Republican-majority Congress in his 1948 State of the Union Address. Truman reiterated many of them in this address since control of the ...
The Fair Deal was a set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in 1945 and in his January 1949 State of the Union Address. More generally, the term characterizes the entire domestic agenda of the Truman administration , from 1945 to 1953.
The American Housing Act of 1949 (Pub. L. 81–171) was a landmark, sweeping expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and issuance and the construction of public housing. It was part of President Harry Truman 's program of domestic legislation, the Fair Deal .
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 1 0 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 2 0 Lyndon B. Johnson: Critics' Choice Movie Awards (3 nominations, 0 wins) Best Acting Ensemble 2 0 13 nominations, 4 wins Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries: 1 0 Golden Globe Awards (2 nominations, 1 win)
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January 5 – President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program. January 11 – Los Angeles, California, receives its first recorded snowfall. January 17 – The first Volkswagen Beetle to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to New York City by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the ...
And Jury Duty really does give Ronald the full Truman Show treatment, complete with hidden cameras and crew members, actors playing "real" people — or, in the case of James Marsden, actors ...
Truman's civil rights act died in Congress, leaving him to use executive orders to act against segregation. Much of Truman's Fair Deal in 1949–1951 was defeated, with exceptions such as a public housing provision when conservatives split. Truman was frustrated by continued conservative strength in Congress, in spite of liberal gains in the ...