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It was Truman's second State of the Union Address; however, it was his first State of the Union Address to be delivered as a speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr., accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Arthur Vandenberg.
Historians often use Truman's speech to Congress on March 12, 1947, to date the start of the Cold War. [3] Truman told Congress that "it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures."
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
It was Truman's third State of the Union Address. Presiding over this joint session was House speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr., accompanied by Senate president pro tempore Arthur Vandenberg. Even though Truman's previous 1947 State of the Union Address had been televised, this address was only broadcast nationwide over the radio. [1] [2]
At the urging of Acheson, who warned that the fall of Greece could lead to the expansion of Soviet influence throughout Europe, Truman requested that Congress grant an unprecedented $400 million aid package to Greece and Turkey. In a March 1947 speech before a joint session of Congress, written by Acheson, Truman articulated the Truman Doctrine ...
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Republican newspaper magnate, Kay Thorndyke, intends to make her lover, aircraft tycoon Grant Matthews, U.S. president, with her as the power behind the throne.Thorndyke plans to use her newspaper chain's influence to deadlock the 1948 Republican National Convention, so it will choose Matthews as a compromise dark horse candidate, instead of Thomas E. Dewey, Robert A. Taft or former Governor ...
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 ...