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Motion Picture MP2002-282

Screen Gems Collection (outtakes from the television series "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman")

Administrative Information

Footage
180 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 11 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Truman discusses the strikes of 1946 involving the railroads and mines. He talks about his veto of the Taft-Hartley bill, his reelection in 1948, and his claim that when voters are correctly informed, they vote "with good sense and good reason." Also included is an unidentified man"s voice announcing the railroad strike is over. Sound only.

Date(s)
ca.
1961 - 1963

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Moving Image Type
Screen Gems

Shot List

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Reel 1

0:00   Harry S. Truman describes his efforts to intervene in the strikes of 1946. "I had to get those mines and those railroads back in operation." He had been elected with the help of the labor unions, but had the people of the United States to think about.
1:15   Truman discusses his order for miners to go back to work, their defiance, which "put them in the position of striking against the government." He discusses John L. Lewis being arrested and fined.
1:39   Unidentified man's voice announces railroad strike has been called off. He asks Congress to give favorable consideration to the rights of labor, and described President Truman's speech to Congress as being misleading.
2:38   Mr. Truman declares that John L. Lewis had to be taught the lesson, that the President of the United States is head of the government and that no union can run the government under our Constitution.
3:18   Mr. Truman discusses the election of the 80th Congress when labor and liberals stayed away from the polls, "but the Republicans didn’t."
3:52   Mr. Truman discusses his veto of the Taft-Hartley bill, an "anti-labor bill, bad for businesses, bad for the country." Segment of President Truman's remarks on the veto of the Taft-Hartley Bill on June 20, 1947, in the radio address to the American people.
4:27   He states he sees labor and management as a partnership in which all benefit.
4:47   Mr. Truman claims that when voters are properly informed, they usually vote "with good sense and good reason." He cites his reelection in 1948.