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truman did keep them in line as safe as he could and was pretty successful at it. the thing about this particular one, literally the night he and some of these officers left, i think they were gone for about a week, it's like the cats away and the mice will play kind of thing. literally that very night he left things got a little bit out of hand. he left i think it was lieutenant zimmer in charge and he was a very nice guy, basically the fellow in charge of handling the wagons, lumber, oversaw, various men taking care of and operating the horses, a very nice guy. everybody liked him but he did not know how to impose discipline. frankly, he just steamrolled right over him. he got in a whole bunch of trouble nearby, he got drunk, causing all kinds of motion. mps were involved, a lot of them, thinking back to the movie scenes you've seen, that was his battery. as soon as he was out, rolled over the hill so to speak but ultimately, may be only about a quarter of them were actually apprehended but everybody knew the folks who were involved in this stuff as he left when
truman did keep them in line as safe as he could and was pretty successful at it. the thing about this particular one, literally the night he and some of these officers left, i think they were gone for about a week, it's like the cats away and the mice will play kind of thing. literally that very night he left things got a little bit out of hand. he left i think it was lieutenant zimmer in charge and he was a very nice guy, basically the fellow in charge of handling the wagons, lumber, oversaw,...
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that is another thing about truman that a lot of people don't realize. oh, yes.l, i will tell you. you get one thing here. you get a good view of but it was often even worse. you get a good view here of mud. there was really the last two, the last two months in france, mud was probably their main enemy. frankly, they are looking a little bit better here than they often looked. the boots look fairly clean. they must've known that they're going to be having a photo taken and the quote over here refers to when he took out one of the two german batteries. i was telling you about. the division on the 35th division's left did not keep up with them for a variety of good reasons, by the way, it was not completely their fault, but they could not keep up with the 35th and the upshot of that was in that big open area on the 35th left, the germans dumped 16 artillery batteries into it. they were firing on the 35th from the flank and a huge number of casualties were experienced there. the 35th division over about a four day period has a thing like 7000 i mean these are number
that is another thing about truman that a lot of people don't realize. oh, yes.l, i will tell you. you get one thing here. you get a good view of but it was often even worse. you get a good view here of mud. there was really the last two, the last two months in france, mud was probably their main enemy. frankly, they are looking a little bit better here than they often looked. the boots look fairly clean. they must've known that they're going to be having a photo taken and the quote over here...
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some of them tried and got truman in a lot of trouble. when they were turned over to the french it was found that between the last gun inspection and when the french got them all kinds of little portions were taken. training wheels for moving it. firing pins, lanyards. all kinds of little things are missing. the french were ticked off and the guy that got in trouble over that was truman and he had to do inspections including getting under mattresses in people's bunks to try to run the stuff back down. people wanted to take home parts of their guns, it was their gun. yeah. quite a good horseman. that little comment about he not only commanded the outfit, he owned it. i think within about one day, maybe literally the evening after he took over the battery some of the men orchestrated kind of a horse flesh riot of letting a bunch of the horses loose in a position and made a big showy routine trying to get them together. i think it was truman's thought at the time that they were doing this to see if they could spur him into getting all worked
some of them tried and got truman in a lot of trouble. when they were turned over to the french it was found that between the last gun inspection and when the french got them all kinds of little portions were taken. training wheels for moving it. firing pins, lanyards. all kinds of little things are missing. the french were ticked off and the guy that got in trouble over that was truman and he had to do inspections including getting under mattresses in people's bunks to try to run the stuff...
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truman doesn't initially. by that truman wants to keep defense spending. but in the wake of the korean war, truman okays the approval for a massive rearmament drive, which gathers pace after the chinese intervention. and that comes from the fact that if america shows resolve in korea. if america builds up its military capacity, stirling can be deterred. but there's an opposing school of thought behind closed doors within the pentagon sometimes within the republican party, which argues that if war with the soviet union is inevitable, if the soviets will have nuclear weapons within four years, probably best to get the war over and done with now and the whole notion of a preventive strike, louis, who's defense secretary, started the war, is muttering about this. certain journalists secretary, navy francis matthews makes a speech in august 50 advocating a preventive. and it's quite a lot of muttering behind closed doors, which gathers pace at moments when the korean war is going badly. so in the summer of 1950, but particularly in december, january 1950, 51, w
truman doesn't initially. by that truman wants to keep defense spending. but in the wake of the korean war, truman okays the approval for a massive rearmament drive, which gathers pace after the chinese intervention. and that comes from the fact that if america shows resolve in korea. if america builds up its military capacity, stirling can be deterred. but there's an opposing school of thought behind closed doors within the pentagon sometimes within the republican party, which argues that if...
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he also in same visit met president truman and their discussion began with truman saying. judge, do you know the story of the blinded sergeant? and he said, mr. president, i tried that case. so i would say that i you know, one of the things judge waring went say he was a kind of national in the late forties. he would reporters would ask him fairly commonly that what got into you? you know, how did you change? and would say, well, the bench i'd developed a passion for justice. that's a wonderful statement. but, you know, there were a lot of other southern federal judges who apparently did not develop at that time a passion for justice. and and so i think it wasn't like was a clamoring to follow him. it was really, you know, the fright. johnson and and the three great judges of the fifth circuit. tuttle and brown. that's really a little later. he's already retired by the time they get on the bench. they're eisenhower appointees. so at the time, he's out there by himself so i think the answer was, you know, while wait is where he had become probably the most reviled man, the
he also in same visit met president truman and their discussion began with truman saying. judge, do you know the story of the blinded sergeant? and he said, mr. president, i tried that case. so i would say that i you know, one of the things judge waring went say he was a kind of national in the late forties. he would reporters would ask him fairly commonly that what got into you? you know, how did you change? and would say, well, the bench i'd developed a passion for justice. that's a wonderful...
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truman, february of 1952, 20 2% approval, which is extremely low . lbj, the war in vietnam was a disaster. so, they were very unpopular nationally but also within their own parties. so, the circumstances today i think are very different. biden has obviously been drawn much deeper into the campaign, into the general election, essentially, but he's also obviously quite unpopular it it is that internal party pressure that at least, in part, i think, drove all three from seeking another term. host: for the other two that you mentioned, was it that unpopularity that was the main driver, or were there other factors? guest: i think that each was unique. truman had been in office for about seven years and was eligible to run, but democrats have control of the white house for 20 years at that point. there was economic, so economic discontent in the country. inflation, joblessness, unpopular price control, and above all the war in korea was a stalemate. that was truman's war. that really settled him as well. and then he was deeply unpopular. he was wounded by
truman, february of 1952, 20 2% approval, which is extremely low . lbj, the war in vietnam was a disaster. so, they were very unpopular nationally but also within their own parties. so, the circumstances today i think are very different. biden has obviously been drawn much deeper into the campaign, into the general election, essentially, but he's also obviously quite unpopular it it is that internal party pressure that at least, in part, i think, drove all three from seeking another term. host:...
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to seek reelection, entering the korean war, among other unpopular decisions, left truman facing the lowest job approval rating on record, just 22. >> i have served my country long and i think efficiently and honestly, i shall not accept a renomination. i do not feel that it is my duty to spend another four years in the white house. >> presidents teddy roosevelt and calvin coolidge also decided not to run for another term. but biden's decision stands apart from those of his predecessors, all of whom served more than four years in office. >> all of those presidents theodore roosevelt, calvin coolidge, harry truman, lyndon johnson all took the presidency upon the death of an incumbent, became president in their own right by getting elected to the office, and then declined another term in office. so this is a little different insofar as joe biden did, you know, was the candidate in 2020, became president and has opted after one term not to go forward. >> but now democrats are hoping to avoid history repeating because in the most recent two examples, when johnson and truman both democrat
to seek reelection, entering the korean war, among other unpopular decisions, left truman facing the lowest job approval rating on record, just 22. >> i have served my country long and i think efficiently and honestly, i shall not accept a renomination. i do not feel that it is my duty to spend another four years in the white house. >> presidents teddy roosevelt and calvin coolidge also decided not to run for another term. but biden's decision stands apart from those of his...
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the truman administration was already kind of entering an embattled period, and truman himself had come to political success in kansas city, missouri, under the the watch of a entrenched democratic political machine. so there was this idea that this this hearing was going to not reflect well on democrats around the country. and this was something that would have to be controlled. so within his party, there was folks who weren't interested in this. on the flip side, senate republicans wanted to make sure that they could get involved in this because they saw this as a potential issue for them to run on in the 1950 midterm elections. and then in the following elections. and so there was a rival proposal to have a committee, the congress committee, run this investigation, ultimately through lots of negotiation. senate democratic leadership came up with the idea of creating a special committee that would be appointed by the vice president, alvin barkley, and that then the membership could be both republican and democrat. and maybe this would make everyone happy, essentially, and give senator
the truman administration was already kind of entering an embattled period, and truman himself had come to political success in kansas city, missouri, under the the watch of a entrenched democratic political machine. so there was this idea that this this hearing was going to not reflect well on democrats around the country. and this was something that would have to be controlled. so within his party, there was folks who weren't interested in this. on the flip side, senate republicans wanted to...
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to seek reelection, entering the korean war among other unpopular decisions, left truman facing theroval rating on record, just 22. >> i have served my country long, and i think efficiently and honestly, i shall not accept a renomination. i do not feel that it is my duty to spend another four years in the white house. >> presidents teddy roosevelt and calvin coolidge also decided not to run for another term. but biden's decision stands apart from those of his predecessors, all of whom served more than four years in office. >> all of those presidents theodore roosevelt, calvin coolidge, harry truman, lyndon johnson all took the presidency upon the death of an incumbent, became president in their own right by getting elected to the office, and then declined another term in office. so this is a little different insofar as joe biden did, you know, was the candidate in 2020, became president and has opted after one term not to go forward. >> but now democrats are hoping to avoid history repeating because in the most recent two examples, when johnson and truman both democrats, stepped asi
to seek reelection, entering the korean war among other unpopular decisions, left truman facing theroval rating on record, just 22. >> i have served my country long, and i think efficiently and honestly, i shall not accept a renomination. i do not feel that it is my duty to spend another four years in the white house. >> presidents teddy roosevelt and calvin coolidge also decided not to run for another term. but biden's decision stands apart from those of his predecessors, all of...
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harry truman was president was counted out and none known for something else.oes truman said if you want a friend in washington get a dog. well guess what? the last couple of weeks, after the last couple of weeks i know what he means. [laughter] [applause] but that's why it's so good to have real friends. i have real friends, so many of you had my back and i think i've had yours as well. and i will never forget it. [applause] and a couple of delaware folks here as well and one of my best friends. his nickname his mouth. a longshoreman loyal as. i'm truly honored to be here. there's a tense moment in this country it is a tense moment for the few days after the assassination attempt on donald trump grateful he was not seriously injured and continued to for he and his family. it's time for an important conversation in this country. our rhetoric has gotten too heated. as i have made clear that my presidency we have a responsibility lower the temperature and condemn violence in any form. [applause] you have to remember in america we are not enemies. we are friends.
harry truman was president was counted out and none known for something else.oes truman said if you want a friend in washington get a dog. well guess what? the last couple of weeks, after the last couple of weeks i know what he means. [laughter] [applause] but that's why it's so good to have real friends. i have real friends, so many of you had my back and i think i've had yours as well. and i will never forget it. [applause] and a couple of delaware folks here as well and one of my best...
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truman and warn japan, if they do now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth. behind this air attack will follow sea and land forces in such numbers and power as they have not yet seen, and with the fighting skill of which they are already well aware. let there be no. mistake, we shall completely destroy japan's power to make war. it was to spare the japanese people from utter destruction, that the ultimatum of july the 26th was issued at. their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. if they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth. these words had the tone, the jewish bible where it explains about the calamity and destruction of rebellious tribes. america planted to carry out second nuclear attack on japan on august 11th and this time chose a plutonium 239 bomb, but the attack was carried out two days earlier due to climatic conditions. on the morning of august 9th. in 1945, another b-29 bomber flew to attack the city of
truman and warn japan, if they do now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth. behind this air attack will follow sea and land forces in such numbers and power as they have not yet seen, and with the fighting skill of which they are already well aware. let there be no. mistake, we shall completely destroy japan's power to make war. it was to spare the japanese people from utter destruction, that the ultimatum of july the...
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as harry truman said, i have never given anyone hell. i just told the truth and they thought it was hell. that is what i'm going to do. here's the truth about why donald trump presidency was held for black americans. he tried to take millions of black americans off of their health insurance. they had a $2 trillion tax cut to benefit the super wealthy and the biggest corporations and exploded the federal debt larger than anyone president in one term. there is no room for us to do what we should be doing. the best thing is to protect people's lives with childcare, eldercare and so much more to grow the economy. the mismanagement of the pandemic was especially devastating to black communities. i know. the economic crisis drove up black unemployment, decimated small black businesses and you peacefully protested george floyd's murder. donald trump called for the national guard to go after you. go figure. if a guy who spread a lie about barack obama saying he was not born in america and he was not a u.s. citizen. of course, he thinks of black
as harry truman said, i have never given anyone hell. i just told the truth and they thought it was hell. that is what i'm going to do. here's the truth about why donald trump presidency was held for black americans. he tried to take millions of black americans off of their health insurance. they had a $2 trillion tax cut to benefit the super wealthy and the biggest corporations and exploded the federal debt larger than anyone president in one term. there is no room for us to do what we should...
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harias truman informs stalin that america had achieved a new and powerful weapon.july 26th, 1945, the allies issued and announced an ultimatum, which outlined the terms of surrender for the empire of japan. the ultimatum stated that if japan did not surrender, it would face prompt and utter destruction, but this statement did not talk. talk about the new bomb, substantial portions of japan's key industrial centers have been leveled to the ground in a series of record incendiary raids. what has already happened to tokyo will happen to every japanese city whose industries feed the japanese war machine. if the japanese insist on continuing resistance beyond the point of reason, their country was... for the same destruction as germany, our blows will destroy their whole modern industrial plant and organization, which they have built up during the past century, and which they are now devoting to... to hopeless cause. we have no desire or intention to destroy or enslave the japanese people, but only surrender can prevent the kind of ruin which they have seen come to germ
harias truman informs stalin that america had achieved a new and powerful weapon.july 26th, 1945, the allies issued and announced an ultimatum, which outlined the terms of surrender for the empire of japan. the ultimatum stated that if japan did not surrender, it would face prompt and utter destruction, but this statement did not talk. talk about the new bomb, substantial portions of japan's key industrial centers have been leveled to the ground in a series of record incendiary raids. what has...
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joseph stalin, winston churchill and harry s truman attended the conference. the conference was held to clarify the situation of post war europe and defeated germany. our demand has been, and it remains, unconditional surrender. i want the entire world to know that this direction must and will remain unchanged and unhambered. on the other hand, participants in the conference were waiting for the outcome of the war in the pacific ocean and asia, japan. harry s truwan received a coded telegram at postdam at 7:30 p.m. on july 16th, operated on this morning diagnosed process not yet complete, but results seemed satisfactory and already exceed expectations. harry s truman informs stalin that america had achieved a new and powerful weapon. on july 26th, 1945, the allies issued and announced an ultimatum which outlined the terms of surrender for the empire of japan. the ultimatum stated that if japan did not surrender, it would f prompt and utter destruction. but this statement did not talk about the new bomb. substantial portions of japan's key industrial centers ha
joseph stalin, winston churchill and harry s truman attended the conference. the conference was held to clarify the situation of post war europe and defeated germany. our demand has been, and it remains, unconditional surrender. i want the entire world to know that this direction must and will remain unchanged and unhambered. on the other hand, participants in the conference were waiting for the outcome of the war in the pacific ocean and asia, japan. harry s truwan received a coded telegram at...
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and the book that he came up with was truman.d obviously that changed the ajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a ma bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle ection, because all the people running for president, when that book cameut thought of as the next harry truman. the decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book for the but david was just such a class act an didn't it didn't waste a word on the page. e writer. he he was he was anhe literallye waterci ofn thought that his his that that he was writing like a painter. and yocould see the characters in his books. i publish his book on the wright brothers. kind of a classic david mccullough book, because he allowed him to writet theptimism of the american spirit and, you know, the c do nature of americans as told through these these brothers. and that was a story, the truman picasso story that i wanted to get out there. mr. good. mr. karp, howu have to work directly with authors and
and the book that he came up with was truman.d obviously that changed the ajectory of david's career. it became it was it was really a ma bestseller. it also was a book that a lot of people were reading in the cycle ection, because all the people running for president, when that book cameut thought of as the next harry truman. the decisions, who was, you know, who had tenacity and and so it was an influential book for the but david was just such a class act an didn't it didn't waste a word on...
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and that was a story, the truman picasso story that i wanted to get out there. mr. good. mr.karp, howauthors and edit te you've bn ceo and president for the last four years? well, i still get to do it. i don't get to do it as much as i would like, but i do get to work with doris kearns goodwin. i'm still working with bob woodwardmy favorite novelist ofl time. and i've worked with john on three of his novels, the first one, which i think is really ace person. and it was yecurve on on transg. and an did abc mysteries and most recently, we published the last chairlift and john, i think is one of the greatest novelists alive and and for all time and i've been since i was in high school. i think he's a pure sbody who'so write abohe the changing nature of our culture,f gender and and t love and regretove ain. or his style that attracts you to john irving? bothinthat he he has i think heas written about politics and sexuality and. values and in a in a really compelling, emotional way. but i also think that it's a vey writer and when i read the world according to gar you know, in hig
and that was a story, the truman picasso story that i wanted to get out there. mr. good. mr.karp, howauthors and edit te you've bn ceo and president for the last four years? well, i still get to do it. i don't get to do it as much as i would like, but i do get to work with doris kearns goodwin. i'm still working with bob woodwardmy favorite novelist ofl time. and i've worked with john on three of his novels, the first one, which i think is really ace person. and it was yecurve on on transg. and...
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harry truman is behind you. and a mural on the wall. was it his idea to incorporate the cia or was that bill donovan? the idea donovan had always been pushing for a peacetime intelligence organization at the end of world war two. so many wartime organizations just were dissolved because everyone wanted to come home. but truman realized that he was going to need a peacetime intelligence organization to take on the soviet union. so within a couple of years, all those elements of the ss are brought back together in the central intelligence agency. one of the things that truman wanted was a newspaper that would give him information he couldn't get anywhere else. so starting with the daily summary, which is a collection of all the different cables from state department and other places coming together for him, that will evolve into the president's daily brief, something that every morning is delivered not only to the president of the united states, but to our top policymakers to help them inform them on on information they literally can't ge
harry truman is behind you. and a mural on the wall. was it his idea to incorporate the cia or was that bill donovan? the idea donovan had always been pushing for a peacetime intelligence organization at the end of world war two. so many wartime organizations just were dissolved because everyone wanted to come home. but truman realized that he was going to need a peacetime intelligence organization to take on the soviet union. so within a couple of years, all those elements of the ss are...
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family that live in the house right behind truman. he's stunned to hear about the local thai to suspected cyanide poisoning. >> oh, absolutely. >> other neighbors don't remember seeing chong, either. do you recognize this woman? >> no. >> sad as tragic. but it's on the other side of the world. and granted, the person that died is connected to this. >> bangkok police say they believe that one person in the group administered the poison to others. they found that chong was alone in the room when the teen food were delivered, and that video shows the rest of the party arriving shortly after. family of the two victims also told police that they had invested nearly $280,000 to other members of the party, and they were all meeting up to sort out their financial issues. the investigation is still underway in oakland. suzanne fawn, abc seven news. >> this morning, protesters hit san francisco's great highway to fight a potential closure that would make it car free 24 over seven. some people who live nearby drove in caravan today to demonstrat
family that live in the house right behind truman. he's stunned to hear about the local thai to suspected cyanide poisoning. >> oh, absolutely. >> other neighbors don't remember seeing chong, either. do you recognize this woman? >> no. >> sad as tragic. but it's on the other side of the world. and granted, the person that died is connected to this. >> bangkok police say they believe that one person in the group administered the poison to others. they found that...
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i think in 2024 more people are interested in reading reagan than they are in truman. but i also think in the modern era, again, to build a little consensus here, i've got two democrats, fdr and and i've got two republicans, eisenhower and reagan. and so you can see that presidents from both parties were great at their in their leadership traits are knowing and and passing to the next generation. so some say the wobbly as choice here actually is there are only 4000 thousand days and had a rocky personal life, to put it mildly. tell to talk about war. but but but you make the point that he learned on the job. walk us through a couple of to start with. let's do his his civil rights speech which was it wasn't even finished when he began in 69. no response in 63, right after birmingham. but he really he came into office he'd been a playboy in congress in the in the senate. he'd never pursued a serious bill. he wasn't respected at all. he was viewed as a playboy, handsome, charismatic, wealthy pulitzer prize winning historian. profiles in courage which, of course, was writt
i think in 2024 more people are interested in reading reagan than they are in truman. but i also think in the modern era, again, to build a little consensus here, i've got two democrats, fdr and and i've got two republicans, eisenhower and reagan. and so you can see that presidents from both parties were great at their in their leadership traits are knowing and and passing to the next generation. so some say the wobbly as choice here actually is there are only 4000 thousand days and had a rocky...
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i think in 2024 more people are interested in reading reagan than they are in truman. but i also think in the modern era, again, to build a little consensus here, i've got two democrats, fdr and and i've got two republicans, eisenhower and reagan. and so you can see that presidents from both parties were great at their in their leadership traits are knowing and and passing to the next generation. so some say the wobbly as choice here actually is there are only 4000 thousand days and had a rocky personal life, to put it mildly. tell to talk about war. but but but you make the point that he learned on the job. walk us through a couple of to start with. let's do his his civil rights speech which was it wasn't even finished when he began in 69. no response in 63, right after birmingham. but he really he came into office he'd been a playboy in congress in the in the senate. he'd never pursued a serious bill. he wasn't respected at all. he was viewed as a playboy, handsome, charismatic, wealthy pulitzer prize winning historian. profiles in courage which, of course, was writt
i think in 2024 more people are interested in reading reagan than they are in truman. but i also think in the modern era, again, to build a little consensus here, i've got two democrats, fdr and and i've got two republicans, eisenhower and reagan. and so you can see that presidents from both parties were great at their in their leadership traits are knowing and and passing to the next generation. so some say the wobbly as choice here actually is there are only 4000 thousand days and had a rocky...
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jim townsend during this time, what was the truman administra tions response to these hearings? well, the truman administration vigorously defended itself in terms of both, you know, continuing to. require that its, you know, the members of the administration, members of the, you know, employees in the u.s. government. answer questions about their loyalty and about their activities. so the truman administration was not, you know, backing off from from trying to find communists who might be spying or might be infiltrating the government. but at the same time, they vigorously oppose the kinds of tactics that that senator mccarthy was employing. you know what what senator mccarthy would do would be to basically rely on rumors and even invented evidence to suggest the whole departments of government were under the sway of communists. one of his chief targets early on was the voice of america, which was a service that the united states government provided to broadcast news around the world, particularly in countries that that were under the control of totalitarian governments. and he
jim townsend during this time, what was the truman administra tions response to these hearings? well, the truman administration vigorously defended itself in terms of both, you know, continuing to. require that its, you know, the members of the administration, members of the, you know, employees in the u.s. government. answer questions about their loyalty and about their activities. so the truman administration was not, you know, backing off from from trying to find communists who might be...