TRUMAN, Harry S. Typescript signed ("Harry Truman"), as President, a mimeograph press release of Truman's final State of the Union Address, 7 January 1953. Folio, 8 leaves (16pp.), rectos and versos, signed on first page .
TRUMAN, Harry S. Typescript signed ("Harry Truman"), as President, a mimeograph press release of Truman's final State of the Union Address, 7 January 1953. Folio, 8 leaves (16pp.), rectos and versos, signed on first page . "THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT AWAKENING OF THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE ON THE ISSUES OF CIVIL RIGHTS" A POWERFUL FAREWELL STATEMENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Truman surveys the many accomplishments of his nearly eight years in office and expresses gratitude that the current change of power is a "normal transition," unlike his assumption of the presidency upon the shocking death of FDR--"the great and gallant human being who had been taken from us"--on 12 April 1945. Yet he quickly follows with a not so subtle dig at FDR and his advisors, wrapped within praise for the Eisenhower transition team: "together, I hope and believe we have found means whereby the incoming President can obtain the full and detailed information he will need to assume the responsibility the moment he takes the oath of office." This was in stark contrast to the treatment Truman received at the hands of FDR and senior Cabinet members in 1945. Not until twleve days after becoming president did he receive a somewhat condescending note from Secretary of War Henry Stimson, seeking a meeting to inform Truman about the Manhattan Project, saying "I think you ought to know about it without much further delay." That weapon, as Truman points out here, permanently changed the nature of the Presidency. "Now, the President...has to lead the whole free world in overcoming the communist menace--and all this under the shadow of the atomic bomb." He returns to the threat of nuclear weapons several times in this address, making the point that nuclear war "is not a possible policy for rational men. We know this, but we dare not assume that others would not yield to the temptation science is now placing in their hands." He alludes to the hysteria of McCarthyism--"The communists cannot deprive us of our liberties--fear can." And makes a ringing endorsement for protecting the civil rights of black Americans. "There has been a great awakening of the American conscience on the issues of civil rights....In our armed forces, our civil service, our universities, our railway trains, the residential districts of our cities--in stores and factories all across the Nation--in the polling booths as well--the barriers are coming down."
TRUMAN, Harry S. Typescript signed ("Harry Truman"), as President, a mimeograph press release of Truman's final State of the Union Address, 7 January 1953. Folio, 8 leaves (16pp.), rectos and versos, signed on first page .
TRUMAN, Harry S. Typescript signed ("Harry Truman"), as President, a mimeograph press release of Truman's final State of the Union Address, 7 January 1953. Folio, 8 leaves (16pp.), rectos and versos, signed on first page . "THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT AWAKENING OF THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE ON THE ISSUES OF CIVIL RIGHTS" A POWERFUL FAREWELL STATEMENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Truman surveys the many accomplishments of his nearly eight years in office and expresses gratitude that the current change of power is a "normal transition," unlike his assumption of the presidency upon the shocking death of FDR--"the great and gallant human being who had been taken from us"--on 12 April 1945. Yet he quickly follows with a not so subtle dig at FDR and his advisors, wrapped within praise for the Eisenhower transition team: "together, I hope and believe we have found means whereby the incoming President can obtain the full and detailed information he will need to assume the responsibility the moment he takes the oath of office." This was in stark contrast to the treatment Truman received at the hands of FDR and senior Cabinet members in 1945. Not until twleve days after becoming president did he receive a somewhat condescending note from Secretary of War Henry Stimson, seeking a meeting to inform Truman about the Manhattan Project, saying "I think you ought to know about it without much further delay." That weapon, as Truman points out here, permanently changed the nature of the Presidency. "Now, the President...has to lead the whole free world in overcoming the communist menace--and all this under the shadow of the atomic bomb." He returns to the threat of nuclear weapons several times in this address, making the point that nuclear war "is not a possible policy for rational men. We know this, but we dare not assume that others would not yield to the temptation science is now placing in their hands." He alludes to the hysteria of McCarthyism--"The communists cannot deprive us of our liberties--fear can." And makes a ringing endorsement for protecting the civil rights of black Americans. "There has been a great awakening of the American conscience on the issues of civil rights....In our armed forces, our civil service, our universities, our railway trains, the residential districts of our cities--in stores and factories all across the Nation--in the polling booths as well--the barriers are coming down."
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