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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:
that “they” should manage our rights, the way we hire a professional to do our taxes; “they” should run the government, create policy, worry about whether democracy is up and running.
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.
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