PRESIDENT HARRY S TRUMAN - ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 350558
Price: $3,500.00
HARRY S TRUMAN
Signed illustration showing the President at his desk wearing his Masonic ring.
Illustration signed: “Harry Truman” and inscribed at lower margin below image: "Best wishes
to the council of personnel administration/Harry Truman". In brown ink, 16½ x 21¼.
Facsimile signature at lower right margin. Harry S Truman (1884-1972) had been Vice
President for only 82 days when he became the 33rd President of the U.S. (1945-1953)
upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945. Faced with the ordeal of ending WWII,
Truman oversaw the surrender of Germany (May 7) and ordered the atomic bombings on
Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9). He fought the Cold War with the Truman
Doctrine, a policy granting Greece and Turkey $400 million in economic and military aid to
help them fight Communist aggression. By the end of 1945, Truman had introduced economic
measures that would become part of his Fair Deal program. As a result, the minimum wage
was increased from 40 to 75 cents an hour through an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938 and Social Security benefits were extended to include approximately ten million
more people. During his second term, Truman ordered U.S. forces into action when North
Korean troops invaded American-supported South Korea. Minor staining, otherwise fine
condition. Framed to an overall size of 38¼ x 26½.
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