People determine U S foreign policy says Truman
President Truman argues the people of the United States shape foreign policy, not Congress or the president, asserting that democratic sentiment directs both foreign and domestic policy across Europe and Asia. He emphasizes that public feeling fixes national actions and that critics’ charges target the people.
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Demobilization Debate Shapes Postwar Policy
A historical reminiscence argues rapid demobilization after 1945 reshaped U S foreign and domestic policy. It contends keeping larger forces in Europe and Asia might have deterred Soviet expansion, but public pressure and political choices led to swift troop repatriation and broader budget cuts. It also critiques McCarthyism, Lattimore accusations, and the Hoover Commission reforms amid rising defense spending and wartime controls' removal.
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Russia
China
Asia
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Archery and the Golfer War Beyond the Edge of the Course
A quirky reminiscence recalls homeowners near golf holes resorting to drastic defenses like archery and cannon fire to deter errant shots. Anecdotes feature a cannon in South, slingshots, and even a yacht club gun, amid warnings that such tactics create a worse mental hazard than the risk they meant to curb.
Lash Favored Teenagers Misbehaving
London reports a rising teen crime wave with youths armed by razors knuckle dusters and improvised bicycle chain whips. Girls join gangs maiming and robbing for money liquor and clothes as judges plead for flogging revival while public opinion and press back a return to the lash amid a surge in violent crime across Britain.
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Lash
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Josh
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Viscount Jowitt
Lord Goddard
Viscount Drowitt
Great Britain
Sound and Picture Sent Simultaneously Over Radio Link
Chicago engineers described a new transmission system that sends both sound and video over a common radio link. Tested for commercial TV use, it reduces noise and fading and eliminates separate wires for sound. The report was prepared by engineers from Federal Tele Communications Laboratory, a unit of International Telephone and Telegraph.
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International Telephone && ‘Telegraph Corporation
Christ King and Gods plan for peace in an atomic age
Sermon notes emphasize that the Bible guides faith and practice but does not answer every problem in detail. The plan includes forgiveness of sins and building a better society through personal repentance. War is condemned. peace aligns with Gods plan, especially in an era of nuclear threat, with Christ as king guiding the world toward the kingdom of God.
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Foreman God
Dean Rusk
U.S. State Department
Christ
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