Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981

John W. Snyder is interviewed at his Washington, D.C. apartment by Robert Cochran, who is doing a biography of Snyder, Tape 4 of 10. John W. Snyder was sent to a highly classified war seminar in California in 1939, where he learned of the "Yellow Peril" of the Japanese buildup. He was at the Defense Plant department and conferred with Senator Harry S. Truman about his concerns. Snyder was concerned with availability of strategic materials such as rubber. Truman worked to get legislation prioritizing the materials critical for the war effort.

President Harry S. Truman's 298th News Conference, held in the Indian Treaty Room (Room 474) in the Executive Office Building at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 1952. Topics discussed include: The United Nations truce team at Panmunjom, Korea; the resignation of Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, and the nomination of James P. McGranery to replace him; the Chelf subcommittee investigation of Assistant Attorney General Newbold Morris, and J. Edgar Hoover's role; General Harry Vaughan's statement to the St. Louis Post Dispatch regarding Truman running for the Senate; Truman's support of W.