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Motion Picture MP2002-296

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

Administrative Information

Footage
180 feet
Running Time
5 minutes 21 seconds
Film Gauge
35mm
Sound
sound
Color
Black & White
Produced by
Screen Gems in association with Ben Gradus
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Description

Harry S. Truman discusses his battle with Congress over price controls. The conservative wing of the party was not in agreement, but he believed the welfare of the party was more important than his popularity. 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 discusses his battle with Congress over price controls. He states that his adviser and good friend John Snyder was not in agreement, that he represented the conservative wing of the party. John Snyder's voice is on the recording for a brief statement about job creation.
1:18   Harry S. Truman states that the welfare of the country was more important than his popularity, and he proceeded with price controls.
2:20   Mr. Truman discusses his differences with conservatives. "I never minded a political scrap as long as I was sure I was on the right side." Anything that approaches the welfare of the people, conservatives call "communism or socialism."
3:19   Harry S. Truman states that free enterprise is a wonderful system, but it needs rules under which it can work. He needed an extension for price control beyond June 30, 1946.
4:12   Harry S. Truman discusses the fierce fight lobbyists put up against price controls. But he stood firm for the American people and would "not let run away prices take away the savings of the American people who had supported the government of the United States and made the sacrifice to win that war."