Presidential Reactions to Joseph McCarthy
Reaction of President Harry Truman to Loyalty Investigation, News Conference at Key West
News conference
By: Harry Truman
Date: March 30, 1950
Source: Truman, Harry. Reaction of President Harry Truman to Loyalty Investigation, News Conference at Key West. March 30, 1950. In Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., and Rodger Burns, eds. Congress Investigates: A Documentation of History, 1792–1974. New York: Chelsea House, 1975, 80–83. Available online at http://trumanlibrary.org/publicpapers/ (accessed August 6, 2003).
About the Author: Harry Truman (1884–1972) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1934 and then served as President Franklin Roosevelt's (served 1933–1945) vice president in 1945. Following Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945, Truman was sworn in as the thirty-third U.S. president. After World War II...
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1950's Government and Politics Primary Sources
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