White House Records Office files, 1945-1953.

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White House Records Office files, 1945-1953.

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The White House records clerk had the responsibility of assuring that the president took action on pending legislation within prescribed time limitations. The files are composed primarily of memorandums from interested departments and agencies giving their opinions on proposed legislation and of memorandums from the director of the Bureau of the Budget forwarding his recommendations on legislation to the president. These files are supplemented by microfilmed files on pending legislation from the records of the Bureau of the Budget which cover proposed bills that are not covered in the White House Records Office files.

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Harry S. Truman Library

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Harry S. Truman Library

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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...

United States. Bureau of the Budget

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The records were created and accumulated in 1941 by Eric H. Biddle on behalf of his mission, sponsored by the American Public Welfare Association, to study public welfare conditions and activities in Great Britain under the heavy aerial bombardment of that country. During the mission Mr. Biddle was appointed as Foreign Observer for the Bureau of the Budget, attached to the United States Embassy in London. In this capacity he brought the records of his mission to the Bureau, where they were offic...

United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)

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United States. White House Records Office

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