Mark Smith again, “in 1940, Missouri Democrat Harry S. Truman was re-elected to the United States Senate. However, he had not been endorsed by, nor did he endorse Franklin Roosevelt ...

or give up the civil rights program and get on as best they could with the rest of Harry Truman’s legislation. * Debate on any measure can now be shut off by a two-thirds vote of the Senate.

Sen. Arthur Vandenberg (R-Mich.), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a former isolationist, told Truman that the Republicans would support him if he made a public case for aiding ...

and Harry Truman knew it when he gave his order to Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas. Leaving the White House after a 45-minute conference with the President, Lucas glumly admitted ...

President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur at President Truman's arrival at the Wake Island Conference. Credit: Department of State On April 25, 1951, the Senate unanimously approved ...