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Eng Summary All My Sons
Eng Summary All My Sons
truman
On february 10,1941,Harry.S.Truman’s speech in senator changes his
destiny.upon the request of president,franklin roosevelt,congress appropriated
the more than $ 10.5 billion to bolster national defense buildup.Truman
cautioned against awarding defense contracts in a way which makes rich the
richer and poor the poorer & advised not to distribute the contracts on the
basis of friendship or political affiliation.Truman proposed an “Investigation
of national defense program and the handling of contracts.”
Before his first meeting,Truman studied the reports of the controversial civil
war era - Joint committee on the conduct of war in which he concluded that
the formation of the committee was not being accepted by some people who
turned out to be violent.The chairman had taken a resolution that the
committee would be a guardian to the people.