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Finding men for federal jobs in Truman era Washington
President Truman pressures qualified men to accept key federal posts notably housing coordinator Wilson Wyatt who flirted with aeronautics board and state to return home Wyatt finally agrees to serve while Truman emphasizes solving the housing crisis Eisenhower meets with Senate military affairs committee and outlines cooperation with Congress and the Allied experience in Germany asserting a democratic, people’s army and readiness for give and take with Moscow
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Washington
Truman
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Wyatt
Hannegan
Civil Aeronautics Board
Jim McGranery
Justice Department
Civil Aeronautics
White House
Missouri
Jackson County
Kansas City
Ike
Senate
Dwight—Eisenhower
Potomac
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Soviet Russia
Congress
U. S
Allied Control Commission
Germany
Elboyys
Marshal Zhukov