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Accounting system, Government's, revision of, 597-603 Acheson, Dean: Adams, Sherman, scandal involving, 918-919 Alaska, 1345-1358 Allen, George, 116-117, 139, 505
Anderson, Clinton P., 805-811, 1181 Anti-ballistic missile system, 1239-1241 Appointments Secretary to the President, role of, 712-714 Army Reserves, U.S., Harry S. Truman in, 973-974 Arnow, Phil, 439 Arvey, Jake, 1036 Asia, Marshall plan proposed for, 1203 Assassination attempt on President Truman, 1331-1335 Atomic bomb:
Truman's decision to use, 538, 542-544, 1608-1616
Balmacido, Carnelio, 1372 Bank "holiday" of 1933, 24-27 Bankers, political views of, 1172-1175 Barkley, Alben:
Democratic National Convention of 1952, role in, 1510 as Vice-President of the United States, 665, 667-668 Vice-Presidential nomination of, 656-660, 661-664 Baruch-Hancock report, 441-445 Benton, William, 1925-1926 Berchtesgaden, Germany, features of, 485-489 Berenstein, David, 133-134 Berlin, Germany, as a strategic target during World War II, 468-469 Bevin, Ernest, and Marshall plan, role in, 1125, 1167-1168 Biddle, Francis, 773-774 Biffle, Leslie, 460, 652, 654, 655-657, 665-667, 1498-1499 Blandsford, John, 232 Blanton, C. L., Sr., 131 Bowles, Chester, 232, 234-236, 325-326, 411, 413, 1049-1050, 1923-1926 Brannan, Charles, 811-814 Bremen, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 478-479 British loan, in 1946, 975-982, 988-1001 British pound, devaluation of, 1003-1005, 1008-1010, 1014 Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, assistance in Truman's Senatorial campaign of 1940, 53-55 Brownell, Herbert, prosecution of "scandals" in Truman administration, 919-920 Bruce, David K.E., 1022 Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, 1888-1889 Budget balances, U.S. Treasury, 1137, 1678-1679, 1714-1716, 1741, 1780- 1782, 1834 Bulkley, John, 438 Bunn, Edward B., 649 Bureau of Customs, uniform appraisal system adopted for, 603-606 Bureau of Internal Revenue, 850-904, 1861-1873 Burgess, W. Randolph, 721 Burrus, Rufus, 127, 128 Byrd, Harry F., 1493-1494 Byrnes, James F., 163, 164, 177-180, 191, 227-228, 723-729
foreign aid, views on, 1176-1183 liberals and conservatives, 561-565 luncheons, without the presence of the President, 738-743, 846-847 note-taking, absence of, 844, 845, 846 Capital gains taxation, 1850-1851 Caruthersville, Missouri, trip by President Truman in 1945, 652-655 Case bill (concerning labor-management relations), 569-572 Caudle, Lamar, 891, 920-921 Chapman, Oscar, 801, 803-804 Chautauqua, Alben Barkley's involvement in, 661-662 Chief Frank John, portrait of, 633-634 Chiles, Henry Clay, 131 China, aid to, 1208-1210, 1233-1238 China, Peoples Republic of, 1444-1446 China, U.S. policy toward, 1451 Churchill, Winston, visit to White House, January 1953, 271 Civil rights, Southern bankers, views of, 1260-1261 Civil rights, in the Truman administration, 1259-1263, 1271-1274 Clark, Bennett, 75-77 Clark, Tom, as U.S. Attorney General, 774-775 Clark, Tom, foreign aid, role in, 1179 Clark, Vernon L., 636, 1653 Clayton, William L. (Will), 1107-1111 Clifford, Clark, 927-943, 946-949 Coal industry, strike in 1946, 425 Coast Guard, U.S., reorganization of, 606-607, 1874-1882 Cologne, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 481-482 Committee for European Economic Cooperation (CEEC), 1126-1128 Communism, as issue in campaign of 1948, 1068-1069 Community property issue, 1908-1909 Congressional liaison, 1488-1493 Connally, Tom, and the Truman Committee, 81 Connelly, Matthew, prosecution of, 916-917, 918, 949-955 Cook, Evelyn (Mrs. John W. Snyder), 253 Coombs, Philip H., 438 Counterpart funds, 1137, 1144, 1155 Cowen, Myron M., 1360-1361, 1384, 1393 Credit of the U.S. Government, maintenance of, 1774-1777, 1795-1796 Cripps, Stafford, 982, 983, 984 Currency exchange rates, 1000-1002
Davis, William H., 325 Deal, Horace, 48-49 Debt, Federal, management of, 1731-1756, 1778-1799 Debt reduction, Federal, postwar period, 1761-1765 Defense Plant Corporation, operations of, 13-15, 89-91, 211, 221, 644-649 DeGaulle, Charles, monetary policies of, 1824-1829 Delgado, Francisco A., 1365 Demobilization, 314-316, 546-547 Democratic National Convention of 1948, 1024-1056 Democratic National Convention of 1952, 1507-1512 Dingell, John, 1898, 1899, 1900-1901, 1915-1916 Disaster Loan Corporation, 8-9 Dodge, Joseph M., 1401, 1404-1406, 1413, 1414, 1415, 1421-1422, 1439 Dollar, stability of, 1770 Donaldson, Jess, 792-793
Douglas, Lewis William, 1022 Douglas, William O., as possible nominee for Vice-Presidency on Democratic ticket in 1948, 660-661 Dunlap, John, 888, 896-897 Dusseldorf, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 480-481
Early, Stephen, 957 Eaton, Charles A., 1153 Eccles, George, 1651 Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, 1142-1154 Economic Cooperation Administration, created, 1143 Eightieth Congress, as issue in 1948 campaign, 1257-1258 Eisenhower, Dwight D.:
as potential Democratic candidate for Presidency in 1948, 1035-1037, 1505-1506 as Republican candidate for Presidency in 1952, 1037-1039, 1513-1514 Snyder, John W., acquaintance with, 469-471, 1040 Election campaign of 1944, Harry S. Truman's role in, 135-141, 146-150 Election campaign, Congressional, of 1946, 432-436 Elsey, George, 939 "Empire building" in the executive department of Government, 708-710 Employment Act of 1946, 555 Essen, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 480-481 Europe, reconstruction of, plans for, 507-511 Evans, Tom, 127, 128, 131 Excess profits tax, 1684, 1701-1703, 1846-1849, 1898-1907 Exchange rates, 1814-1817, 1821-1824 Export-Import Bank, 1131-1133, 1144
Farrington, John, 130 Federal-state coordination, on taxation, 1854-1857 Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S., and U.S. Secret Service, 783-785 Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 410 Feidler, Ernest R., 630, 1491 Finance, international, 1765-1771, 1800-1829, 1858-1859 Fisher, Charles, 646 Fleming, Robert V., 642 Foley, Edward, 1491 Foley, Raymond M., and housing policy, 407-410 Ford, Henry, 218 Foreign aid, Asia, aid to, 1204 Foreign aid, to Europe, 1945-1952, 1219-1222 Foreign aid, U.S., postwar, 1083-1112 Foreign economic policy, taxation, 1858-1859 Formosa, defense of, 1450-1453 Forrestal, James 563, 756-762
Frankfurt, Germany, as a target for strategic bombing in World War II, 472-474 Fulton, Hugh, 181-182
Gardener, Max, 163, 347, 348 General Accounting Office, 1886, 1888 George, Walter, 901-902 Georgetown University, Foreign Service School, 644-649 Germany:
currency reform, 1813 postwar division of, 517 postwar reconstruction of, 517-520, 525-527 Giannini, A. P., and Mario, 158-161, 1650, 1651 Government and Relief in Occupied Areas (GARIOA), 1085-1086 Grain bin controversy, in 1948, 809--811 Granthan, Alexander, 1386-1387 Guam, in 1949, 1394-1395 Guarderno, Miguel, 1372 Graves, Phil, 130 Great Britain, American financial aid to, 975-1000
empire, in postwar period, 511-514 Labor party, U.S. support of, 1010-1011 United States aid for, 1014-1023, 1163-1164
Hamburg, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 476-478 Hannegan, Robert, 114-116, 788-792, 1243-1256, 1278-1280
and Democratic Conventi6n of 1944, 106-115 and election, Senatorial, of 1940, 56, 57-58, 72-74 foreign aid, role in, 1179-1180 Harper, Roy, 65, 69 Harriman, W. Averell, 564, 828-831, 1022 Harrison,, Pat, 664 Hassett, William, 955-956 Hatch, Carl, and Truman Committee, 81 Hawaii, statehood. question in 1949, 1397-1398 Helm, Neal, 69, 654 Helvering, Guy T., 611, 789 Hillman, Sidney, 111, 113, 114 Hillman, William, and book, Mr. President, 1641 Hillman, William, role in Democratic National Convention of 1948, 1043 Hoffman, Paul, 730, 1157-1158, 1186-1189, 1233 Hong Kong, in 1949, 1386-1389 Hoover, J. Edgar, 781, 1635-1640 Hoover, Herbert:
Gridiron Club dinner, remarks at, 1162 and Rayburn, Sam, 1161-1163 Humphrey, George, 1038, 1529, 1530 Humphrey, Hubert H., and Democratic National Convention of 1948, 1026-1027, 1039, 1040
Ikeda, Hayato, 1412, 1414-1415 Inaugural, Presidential, 1945, 142-143 Income tax, and tax policy, 1839-1841, 1850 Interest rates, trends in, 721-723, 1656-1658 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. See World Bank. International Development Advisory Board, 1222 International Monetary Fund (IMF), 672-698, 1805, 1809, 1815, 1817-1818 Investment, in U.S. economy, by private enterprise, 1777-1778, 1786-1788
Joint Committee on the Economic Report, in 1948, 1692-1693 Jones, Jesse, 7, 152-154, 192, 258, 260
Kean Committee (Congressional), 923-925 Kempton, Greta, and Snyder, John W., 589-596, 621-634 Kennan, George, and financial aid to Great Britain, 975-977, 1006, 1015-1021 Kerr, Robert (Senator), and Marshall plan, 1140 Keyserling, Leon H., 1922-1923 Killion, George, 624 King Committee, investigation of Bureau. of Internal Revenue, 885-893 Klagsbrunn, Hans, 79-80, 281, 321 Knutson, Harold, 1899-1900, 1902, 1916-1917 Korea, military status in 1949, 1416-1418 Korea, and Soviet Union, 1447-1450 Korean War, financing of, 1624-1627, 1705-1709, 1798-1799, 1807-1808, 1838-1851 Kowloon, 1387-1388 Kraus, Charles H., report by, 924-926 Krock, Arthur, views on British currency crisis, 1006-1008 Krug, Julius A., 327, 800-803, 1181 Kyoto, Japan, 7, 437-439
Labor unions and apprenticeship program, postwar, 390-392 Larson, Jess, 920-921 Latin America, U.S. aid to, 1223-1231 Lawrence, David, and Democratic National Convention of 1944, 123 Lee, Frank, 130 Legislation, involving U.S. Treasury Department, 1488-1493 Lend-lease program, 498 Lewis, John L., 425-428, 431-433 Lerner, Manual, 439 Liberty Bells, from France, 1326-1330 Loran, aid to navigation, 1341-1342, 1430-1431 Lovett, Robert, 560, 770-771, 1022 Luce, Henry, 795 Lustron corporation, 376, 379
Roosevelt, Franklin D., conflict with, 1462 Truman, Harry S., relationship with, 1440-1442 McGranery, James, 778-780 McGrath, J. Howard, 775-779, 1066-1067 McKim, Edward, 201-202 Magdeburg, Germany, as a strategic target in World War II, 465-466 Maquire, Phil, 438 McNutt, Paul V., 327 Maloney, James J., and Thomas E. Dewey, election day in 1948, 1080 Marshall, George C., 729-734
Marshall plan, 1091, 1100-1150, 1151-1159, 1176-1192
Communist countries, attitude toward, 1191-1192 cost of, 1156 and World Bank, 698 Martin, Glenn, 589, 590 Mead Committee, 240-241, 312 Mellon, Andrew, 1148 Messall, Victor, 102-103, 132-133 Mexico, 1227 Meyer, Eugene, 692, 696 Molotov, Vyacheslav, 203-205 Monroe, Frank, 131 Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 174, 199-201, 533, 534, 568, 743-744, 798-799 Morris, Newbold, 777-778 Moss, Harold, 1372-1373, 1416 Murphy, Charles S., 939, 944-946, 949 Mutual Defense Program, 1211, 1218 Mutual Security Act of 1951, 1216-1218
Nathan, Robert, 278, 281, 437-438, 559, 1620 National Advisory Council, 1117, 1129, 1135-1136, 1145-1150, 1151-1153, 1158 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 1212-1214
O'Donnell, John A., 1365 Odum, Reathel, 103-104 Office of Economic Stabilization, in postwar period, 411-413 Office of Price Administration, 349 Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 222-231, 239-245, 264-265, 274-309 Oil depletion allowance, 1707-1708 Old, Francis P., 1362-1363 Oliphant, Charles, 885, 920-921 Ottawa, Canada, conference on NATO, 1213-1214
Patton, James, 811 Pauley, Edwin, 197-198 Payroll savings plan, 638-639, 642-643 Pendergast, James, 127, 1055 Pendergast, Tom, and endorsement of candidacy of Lloyd Stark, 44 Perkins, Frances, 837, 838 Philippines, economy of, in 1949, 1360-1386, 1390-1393
"Poor People's March," 1968, on Washington, D.C., 615-620 Postmaster General, U.S., role of, 786-787, 793-796 Potsdam Conference, preparations for, 504-511, 528-529
Presidency, politics and problems of, 1591-1603 Presidential Agency: OWMR (book by Herman M. Somers) 322-323, 349 Presidential election campaign of 1948, 1061-1077
memorandum by Clark Clifford on strategy for, 937-938 speech in Kiel auditorium, 1074-1075
Ramson, Floyd, 158 Rankin, Earl, 1386 Rayburn, Sam, 1707-1708 Reconversion of economy, postwar, 107-222, 1619-1620
Congress, U.S., role of, 440-445 contracts, settlement of, 332-335 demobilization of armed forces, 314-316 and employment, 310-312, 323-329 financial aspects of, 338-343 housing policy, 355-410 labor, role of, 336, 340-345, 351 labor-management relations, 413-414 legislation for, 549-550 materials and tools, 336-337 Office of Price Administration, 349 planning for, 321-322, 324-328 price controls, 342-344, 551-552 railroad strikes, 420-425 reorganization of agencies, 445-449 ship construction, 313-314 small business policy, 556-557 surplus equipment, disposal of, 316-320, 339-340 surplus property disposal in Europe, trip regarding, 455-492 "21-point" program, 553-559 wage agreements in steel industry, 417-419 wage stabilization, 351
Reparations from Germany, 501-502 Revenue Act of 1948, 1722, 1836 Revenue Act of 1950, 1844-1845, 1846 Rockefeller family, 831 Romulo, Carlos P., 1204-1205 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 257 Rosenman, Samuel, 959-963 Rosenman, Mrs. Samuel, 380 Ross, Charles G., 956-958 Ross, Nellie, 569 Royall, Kenneth, 755-756
Sawyer, Charles, 832-836
Scandals, prosecution of, 914-921 Schoeneman, George J., 861-863, 865, 867, 884, 888, 896-897, 921-923 Schwellenbach, Louis, 837-839, 841-843 Sebald, William J., 1432-1433 Secret Service, U.S., 783-786 Sermon, Roger, 131 Short, Joseph, 958-959 Skinner, Carlton, 1394-1395 Smith, Harold, reconversion, role in, 448-449 Smith, Walter, 164-165 Snyder, Drucie, 253-254, 589-590 Snyder, John W.:
atomic bomb, knowledge of, 186, 1604-1607 atomic bomb, use of, opinion on, 1434-1437 banking, career in, 6-8, 11 and Baruch, Bernard, 1057-1060 biography of, from speech to Toledo, Ohio, Rotary Club, text of, 246-273 Bureau of Internal Revenue, investigations of, 877-896 Bureau of Internal Revenue, reorganization of, 897-904 Caruthersville, Missouri, trip in 1945, 652-655 Case bill, views on, 569-572 civil rights, views on, 1264-1271, 1274-1278 as a conservative, 553-560, 565 Council of NATO, member of, 1807 deficit financing of U.S. Government, views on, 617-618 and Democratic National Convention of 1944, 108-113 Democratic National Convention of 1948, role in, 1025-1056 as a Democratic party loyalist, 1175 election, Senatorial in 1940, role in, 45-75 Federal Loan Administrator, appointment as, 163-165, 192-193 as Federal Loan Administrator, 107-216, 262-264 Georgetown University, connections with, 644-651 Greek-Turkish aid program, role in, 1098-1099 as a "liberal conservative," 1169-1171 Marshall plan, role in, 1114-1150, 1151-1159 and Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 222-231, 239-245, 264-265, 274-309 Pacific inspection trip in 1949, 1340-1440 philosophy of, 168-170 Point IV program, views on, 1196-1202 politics and the U.S. Treasury Department, views of, 1913-1915 Potsdam conference, role in, 505-506, 536-540 Presidency, comments on, 1591-1603 Roosevelt, Franklin D., views of, 341-342 Russia, trip to, in 1961, 1534-1590 Secretary of the Treasury, appointment to, 166-267 surplus property disposal, and trip to Europe in 1945, 450-491 Truman, Bess Wallace, first acquaintance with, 20-21 and Truman, Harry S., on April 12-13, 1945, 161-162 Truman, Harry S., first meeting with, 16-18 Truman, Harry S., relationship with, 574-577, 953, 973-974, 1930-1931 Truman Committee, role in establishing, 78-84 World Bank, involvement in, 689-691 World's Fair of 1904, influenced by, 1-3 World War I, soldier in, 4-6 Solicitor General, U.S., 782 Somers, Herman, 322-323, 349 Southard, Frank, 1134-1136 Soviet Union, and Germany, reparations from, 515-516 Soviet Union, and intervention against Japan, in 1945, 500-501 Spencer, Henry, 1651 Spingarn, Stephen, 940-941 SSR Committee, 445-449 Stainback, Ingram M., 1397 Stalin, Joseph, and Truman, Harry S., at Potsdam conference, 539 Stamm, Colin, 1499 Stark, Lloyd, and Pendergast, Tom, 44, 73 Stassen, Harold, 1109-1110 Steelman, John, 838-841
Stevenson, Adlai:
Democratic Presidential candidate in 1956, 1517-1518 Stimson, Henry, 745-747 Surplus property disposal, role of U.S. State Department in, 493-495 Symington, Stuart, 1249, 1278
Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill, 401-405 Tax credit, proposal for, 1908, 1910-1912, 1917-1918 Tax policies, 850-869, 1643-1649, 1657-1731, 1831-1873, 1898-1921 Tax policy, relating to foreign economic policy, 1858-1859 Tax reduction, in 1948, 1918-1920 Tax structure, end of World War II, 582-586 Tax structure in Japan, 1927 Tax structure, problems and inequities, 1927-1929 Tax treaties, 1727 Teitelbaum, Abraham, 920 Tobin, Maurice, 843-844
Trade, international, 1803 Transition to the Eisenhower administration, 718-720, 1518-1533 Treasury, U.S., Secretaries of, 743-745 Treasury, Secretary of, policies, 1946-1952, 1757-1921 Treasury Department, U.S., advisors to, 1649-1651
functions of, 268-269 fiscal and monetary policies in reconversion period, 1659-1676, 1731-1732 management improvement program in, 1861-1897 Truman, Harry S.:
atomic bomb, decision to use, 1603, 1608-1611 and banking crisis of the 1930s, 24-27 and Baruch, Bernard, 1056-1058 Biffle, Leslie, friend of, 1032-1034 Byrnes, James F., relationship with, 724-729 Cabinet, role of, in his Presidency, 578-579, 699-710, 715-718 Caruthersville, Missouri, trip in 1945, 652-655 civil rights program, 1259-1263 and Clark, Bennett, 42-43, 75-77 and Congress, relations with, 1495-1496, 1497-1504 Congressional campaign of 1946, role in, 1243-1256 Congressional campaign of 1950, role in, 1257 decision-making, as President, 1077-1078, 1618-1627 and Democratic National Convention of 1944, 108-113, 117-121 Democratic National Convention of 1948, acceptance speech, 1042-1043 at Democratic National Convention of 1948, and role in, 1028-1029, 1041, 1047 at Democratic National Convention of 1952, 1509 devaluation of British pound, position on, 1014 Harriman, W. Averell, relationship with, 829 history, student of, 22 and housing program, postwar, 383-384, 405-406 and Ickes, Harold, 796-798 and interest group relationship, 406-407 and Japan, ending war with, 184-185 Key West vacations, 1317, 1324-1326 as "liberal" and "conservative," 1628-1631 memoirs, writing of, 1030-1032 and Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 345 Office of President, comments on organization of, 1591-1592 and Patterson, Robert, 749 personality of, 168 portraits of, by Greta Kempton, 591-594, 622-626 Potsdam conference, preparation for, 1319 Potsdam conference, speech about, 536-537, 541-542 Presidential campaign of 1944, role in, 135-141, 146-150 Presidential election in 1948, day after, 1079 Presidential election campaign of 1952, role in, 1515 Presidents, ranking among, 1631-1634 re-nomination in 1952, decision to decline, 668-670 Reserve Army Corps, contribution to, 23-24 and Roosevelt, Franklin D., 126, 144, 146, 148 and Secret Service, 1336-1337 Senatorial campaign of 1940, 45-75, 127-134 Senatorial experience, in budgeting and transportation, 28-37 Senatorial staff of, 102-104 at Shangri-La retreat, 1317 and Snyder, John W., appointment of, as Federal Loan Administrator, 163-165 speech in Kiel auditorium, 1948 campaign, 935-937 as speechmaker, 1075-1076 Stalin, evaluation of, 539 and Stark, Lloyd, regarding endorsement by Tom Pendergast, 44 and Stimson, Henry, 746-747 Taft-Hartley Act, veto of, 572-573, 578-580 U.S.S. Williamsburg, trips on, 1316-1319 Vardaman, Jacob, relationship with, 929-931 Vice-Presidential nomination of, 105-113 Vice-Presidential nomination under Eisenhower in 1947, allegation about accepting, 1082 Wallace, Henry, resignation of, 818-819 in World War I, 1320-1324
Turley, Clarence, 67 "Turnip-day session" of Congress, planning for, 1048-1054 Twenty-One Point message, 1945, 553-559
United Nations Fiscal Commission, 1859 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 1086-1087 U.S. savings bonds, sale of, 634-643
Vardaman, Jacob, 65, 68, 929 Vaughan, Harry, 80, 131, 969-972 Vinson, Fred, 196, 222-223, 228-229, 278-279, 562, 566-568
Wake Island, in 1949, 1395-1396 Wake Island conference, 1457-1458 Walker, Frank, 786-788 Wallace, Henry, 117-119, 121-124, 147, 152, 155, 814-828 Wallgren, Monrad, and Truman Committee, 81 Walsh, Edmund, 646 Wardman Park hotel, 760, 820 War Mobilization and Reconversion Act, 550 Wear, Sam, 131 Welch, Phil, 130 White House staff, and Cabinet, relationship with, 844-846 Whitney, Alexander F., 420-423 Wiesbaden, Germany, synthetic rubber production during World War II, 483 Wiggins, A. L. M., 866-867, 1626, 1657 Willys-Overland Corporation, 1905-1906 Winant, John, 490 World Bank, 672-698, 1809-1811, 1818
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