Truman Library - Frank Pace Jr. Oral History Interviews

	Oral History Interviews with Frank Pace Jr.
	Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, Taxation Division, 1946; Executive Assistant to the U.S. Postmaster General, 1946-48; Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1948-49; Director, Bureau of the Budget, 1949-50; and Secretary of the Army, 1950-53.
Interview Transcripts January 17, 1972 \| January 22, 1972 \| February 17, 1972 \| February 25, 1972 \| June 26, 1972 by Jerry N. Hess See also Frank Pace Jr. Papers finding aid
[Notices and Restrictions \| Appendicies \| List of Subjects Discussed] NOTICE These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word. Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the oral history interview.. RESTRICTIONS These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library. [Top of the Page \| Notices and Restrictions \| Appendicies \| List of Subjects Discussed] Appendicies Appendix I: Log of President Truman's Trip to Wake Island, October 11-18, 1950, compiled by Lt. Comdr. William M. Rigdon, USN (Truman Library Papers of Rose A. Conway Collection: Box 3; Logs of Presidential Trips; Presidential Trip Logs -- 1950-52) Appendix II: Substance of Statements Made At Wake Island Conference on October 15, 1950, compiled by General of the Army, Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, GPO, Washington, D.C., 1951 (Truman Library Book Collection, DS918 B7) [Top of the Page \| Notices and Restrictions \| Appendiciesx \| List of Subjects Discussed] List of Subjects Discussed A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Y-Z Acheson, Dean, 67-69, 85, 91, 92, 96, 111, Appendix II, p4 Air Force, U.S., 2, 30 Alexander, Archibald S., 127 Allen, Leven C., 105 Alsop, Joseph, 67 Americans for Democratic Action, 49 Anderson, Clinton P., 63, 64 Anderson, Vernice, 93, 99 Arizona, 22, 23 Arkansas, 1, 6, 7 Arkansas, flag of, 107 Armed services, secretariat of, 124-126 Armed services, unification of the, 129-133 Army, U.S., 2, 129-133 Army, Department of the, 30, 64-75, 76-114, 115-133 Atomic weapons, possible use of in the Korean War, 137-140 Attlee, Clement, 137 Baughman, U.E., 59 Bendetsen, Karl R., 127-128 Biffle, Leslie, 7, 8, 54 Blair House meetings of June 25, 26, 1950, 68-72 Bohlen, Charles E., 113 Bradley, Omar N., 91, 98, 99, 128 Budget, Bureau of the, 2-4, 7, 8, 16, 17, 19-26, 28-32, 33-38, 40-48, 58, 61, 64, 65 Budget in Brief, 20, 21 Case, Clifford, 130, 131 Central Arizona Project, 22, 156 Chapman, Oscar L., 154 Chang Kai Shek, 100, 101 China, Communist, 89, 90, 100-103, 111, 112, 138 Civil Aeronautics Board, 3, 4 Clark, Mark W., 111 Clark, Mary, 12 Clark, Tom C., 2, 11, 12, 13 Clifford, Clark M., 60, 63, 64 Colorado River, 22 Collins, J. Lawton, 112, 114, 129, 130 Collins Plan, 129, 130 Congress, U.S., 7, 8, 19 Council of Economic Advisers, 45, 64, 65, 155 Dai-Ichi Building, Tokyo, Japan, 104, 108 Dawes, Charles, 35, 36, 40 Defense, Department of, 28, 29, 31 Defense, Secretaries of, 121-128 Democratic National Committee, 13, 15 Democratic National Convention of 1944, 4, 13, 14 Democratic National Convention of 1948, 49-51 Dewey, Thomas E., 10, 11, 55, 56 Dickinsen, Edward, 126 Dodd, Francis T., 114 Donaldson, Jesse M., 14 Douglas, Lewis, 37 Douglas, William O., 13 Dulles, John F., 109, 110 Early, Stephen T., 85-87 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 20, 49, 50, 120, 121, 145, 146 Fair Deal, 28 Farley, James A., 15 Finletter, Thomas K., 121, 124-126 Formosa, 82, 97, 100, 101 General Counsel, Department of Internal Revenue (Arkansas), 1 General Dynamics Corporation, 2 General Electric Corporation, 9 Gray, Gordon, 65, 66 Gruenther, Alfred M., 112 "Halls of Montezuma", 132 Hannegan, Robert E., 3, 13, 14, 51 Harriman, Averell, 91 Harvard Law School, 1, 6 Hawaii, 108, 109 Hayden, Carl, 23, 24 Hoover Commission, 19, 20 Hoover, Herbert C., 19, 20 Hume, Paul, 156 Inchon, South Korea, 80, 81, 88, 89 Integration, racial, 150, 151 International Executive Service Corps, 2 Jackson County, Missouri, 38 James, Grover, 6 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner (1952), 134 Jessup, Philip C., 69, 91, 92 Johnson, Earl D., 109, 127, 128 Johnson, Louis A., 67, 69, 79, 80, 83-86, 122 Johnson, Lyndon B., 146, 147 Joint Chiefs of Staff, 124, 125 Joplin, Missouri, 6 Justice Department, Tax Division, 2, 11, 12 Kennan, George F., 113 Kennedy, John F., 146 Kerr, Robert S., 63, 64 Keyserling, Leon, 64, 65, 154, 155 Key West, Florida, 58-61 Kimball, Dan A., 121, 124, 126, 130, 131 KoJe do Island (POW Camp), 113, 114 Korean Military Advisory Group (KMAG), 72, 94, 95 The Korean War, 89, 106, 107 Korean War, 31, 33, 66-75, 76-95, 97-109, 115-121, 137-140 Korean War: armistice of 1953, 120, 121 atomic weapons, possible use in, 137-140 China, intervention in, 89, 90, 100-103 MacArthur, Douglas, dismissal as UN Commander, 104-110, 118, 119 Soviet role in, 77, 78 38th Parallel, decision to cross by UN forces, 88, 89 Wake Island Conference, 90-94, 97-99, 101, 102 Korth, Fred, 127, 128 Lawton, Frederick J., 19 Legislative Reference Service, Bureau of the Budget, 35-37 Little Rock, Arkansas, 1, 53-55 Lovett, Robert A., 87, 119, 120 MacArthur, Douglas, 68, 73, 81-83, 88, 90-94, 97, 98, 100 MacArthur: Rendevouz With Destiny, 102 McAuliffe, Anthony, 72 McClellan, John L., 2, 13 McFarland, Ernest W., 23, 24 Marine Corps, 129-133 Marshall, George C., 84, 86-91, 104, 105, 113, 116-120, 156 Matthews, Francis P., 121-123 Milton, William, 9, 10 Missouri, 6, 7 Muccio, John J., 68 National Security Council, 18 Navy, Department of the, 29, 30 New Deal, 27 New York, Presidential Election of 1948, 52 Nixon, Richard M., 111, 112 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 112 Pace, Mrs. Frank, 10, 11 Poker games with President Truman, 62-64 Postmaster General, U.S., 2, 3 Post Office Department, U.S., 13-15 Presidency, office of the, 17-20 Presidential election of 1948: Biffle, Leslie, in, 8 Budget, U.S., and the, 34 Democratic National Convention, 49-51 Republican campaign mistakes, 55, 56 third parties in, 51, 52 Truman, Harry S., role in, 9, 10 Presidential election of 1952, Democratic nomination, 134, 135 Presidential transition, 1952-53, 140-142 Press Conferences on the Budget, 38, 40, 41 Princeton University, 1, 6 Progressive Party (1948), 52 Pusan, South Korea, 81, 88, 106 Pyrennees Mountains, 112 Radford, Arthur W., 91 Ridgway, Matthew B., 89, 90, 105-107 Rigdon, William M., 58 Robinson, Joseph T., 57 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 4, 5, 17, 25, 45, 46, 48-51, 111, 142-145 Ross, Charles G., 91 Rusk, Dean, 67, 69 Schaub, William, 58 Secretariat of the Armed Services, See: Armed Services Secretaries of the Armed Services, See: Armed Services Secret Service, 59 Seventh Fleet, U.S., 100, 101 Smith, Harold, 19, 25, 37 Snyder, John W., 7, 26, 41-45, 54, 58, 154 Sons of St. Patrick, 123 South Korea, U.S. evacuation of in 1949, 95, 96 Soviet Union, 77, 78, 111-113 Spain, 112 State's Rights Party (1948), 51, 52 Stevens, Robert T., 141, 142 Stevenson, Adlai E., 136 Sullivan, John, 4, 122 Supreme Court, U.S., 1 Symington, Stuart, 14 38th Parallel (Korea), 88, 89 Throckmorton, John, 105 Thurmond, J. Strom, 51, 52 Treasury Department, U.S., 16, 17, 25, 42-44 Truman Beach, 60 Truman, Bess Wallace, 134, 137 Truman, Harry S.: atomic weapons in Korean War, position on use of, 137, 138 Blair House meetings of June 25-26, 1950, and, 69-72, 76 Budget, and the Federal, 22-26, 28, 29, 31, 33-38, 40-48, 59, 61 Central Arizona Project, and the, 22-24 Korean War, Congressional support in, 78, 79 Korean, War, decision .to commit U.S. ground troops in, 73-75 Key West, Florida, vacations in, 59-61 Little Rock, Arkansas, visit to in 1949, 53-55 MacArthur, Douglas, dismissal from military command, 118, 119 MacArthur, Douglas, and VFW letter controversy, 82, 83 Pace, Frank, appointed Assistant Director of the Budget Bureau by, 3, 4 Pace, Frank, first acquaintance with, 2, 3 Pace, Frank, relationship with, 8, 9, 152-154 Presidency, accession to the, 5, 6 Presidency, and the Office of the, 17-20 as President, assessment of, 144, 145, 147-150, 152, 155-157 Presidential Election of 1948, and the, 9, 10 Presidential Election of 1948, opposition of third parties in, 51, 52 Presidential nomination of 1948, and the, 49, 50 Presidential nomination of 1952, decision not to seek, 134, 135 Presidential transition of 1952-53, and the, 140-142 truce in Korean War, possible attainment of, 120, 121 Vice Presidential nomination of 1944, selection for, 13, 14 Wake Island Conference of 1950, and the, 90-92, 97, 98, 101, 102 Williamsburg, U.S.S., trips on, 61, 62 Truman Memoirs, 25, 28, 29, 154 Truman, Margaret, 156 Unification of the Armed Services See: Armed Services United Nations, 70, 71, 88 United States, U.S.S., 122 University of North Carolina, 66 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 82 Vinson, Fred M., 64 Wake Island, 109, 110 Wake Island Conference (1950), 90-94, 97-99, 101, 102 Wallace, Henry A., 4, 13, 52 Webb, James E., 3, 9, 18, 19, 37 Whitney, Courtney, 102 Williamsburg, U.S.S., 61, 62 Willoughby, Charles A., 106s World War II, 64, 66, 116 Yalu River, 103 [Top of the Page \| Notices and Restrictions \| Appendicies \| List of Subjects Discussed] For questions, e-mail truman.reference@nara.gov Return to Truman Library Oral History Finding Aid Return to Archival Reference at the Truman Library

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Oral History Interviews with Frank Pace Jr.

Oral History Interviews with
Frank Pace Jr.