Official Files (Truman Administration). 1945 - 1953. Official Files . 1945 - 1953. Pardons, OF 470. 1945 - 1953. Memorandum from Daniel M. Lyons to Charles Murphy with Attachments and Related Material
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...
Collazo, Oscar, 1914-1994.
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Oscar Collazo, also Oscar Collazo Lopez (b. Jan. 20, 1914, Florida, Puerto Rico-d. Feb. 21, 1994, San Juan, Puerto Rico) was one of two Puerto Ricans who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman in 1950. In 1952, Collazo was sentenced to death, but President Truman commuted his sentence to life imprisonment, and he was sent to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. Collazo's sentence was commuted to time served by President Jimmy Carter on September 6, 1979. From t...
Muñoz Marín, Luis, 1898-1980
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Luis Muñoz Marín, a Puerto Rican writer and political leader, was the first elected governor of Puerto Rico. His father, Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859-1916), was elected in 1910 as Puerto Rico's resident commissioner in Washington, D.C. Muñoz Marín was a strong advocate of increased autonomy for Puerto Rico, while believing that the island should maintain its economically beneficial ties with the United States. He was governer from 1949 to 1965, and was the principal founder of the Commonwealth (...
