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| Lot # 67 PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - Document 156914 |
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HARRY S TRUMAN
33rd President of the United States.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "Kindest regards to A.F. Ruppenthal/Harry
S Truman". B/w, 14x11. ©Chase-Statler, Washington, D.C. Harry S
Truman (1884-1972) had been Vice President only 82 days when he assumed the
presidency upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death (April 12, 1945). Faced with
the ordeal of ending WWII, Truman oversaw the surrender of Germany (May 7) and
ordered the atomic bombings on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August
9). He fought the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine (1947), a policy
granting Greece and Turkey $400 million in economic and military aid to help
them fight Communist aggression. By the end of 1945, Truman had introduced
economic measures that would become part of his Fair Deal program (1949). As a
result, the minimum wage was increased from 40 to 75 cents an hour through an
amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and Social Security benefits
were extended to include approximately 10 million more people (1950). In his
second term, Truman ordered U.S. forces into action when North Korean troops
invaded American-supported South Korea (1950). Fine condition. Framed in
Gallery of History style: 22¼x27.
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