VINTAGE RARE "Fair Deal Plan" Oscar R. Ewing Hand Written Letter For Sale
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VINTAGE RARE "Fair Deal Plan" Oscar R. Ewing Hand Written Letter:
$489.99
Up for sale a RARE "Fair Deal Plan" Oscar R. Ewing Hand Written Letter Dated 1972.
ES-3805
Oscar
R. Ewing (March 8, 1889 -
January 8, 1980) was a 20th-century American lawyer, social reformer, and
politician who was one of the main authors of the Fair Deal program of U.S. President Harry S. Truman. Oscar Ross Ewing was born on March 8, 1889,
in Greensburg, Indiana. His
parents were George McClellan Ewing and Nettie Ross Ewing. In
1910, he graduated from Indiana University
Bloomington. In 1913, he graduated from Harvard Law School. Ewing
first taught at the University
of Iowa Law School. Then, he joined a firm in Indianapolis. During
World War I, he served in the U.S. Army and left as captain. In
1920, he joined the law firm of Hughes, Schurman and Dwight in New York City. In 1937, and Ewing, where he remained until 1947. In 1942,
he became a special U.S. prosecutor who won the conviction of William Dudley Pelley,
leader of the Silver Shirts, for
sedition. In 1947, he won the convictions of Douglas Chandler and Robert Best on charges of treason,
both of whom had broadcast for the Nazis during World War II. n the Winter of 1946–1947, after the Republicans
swept mid-term elections, Ewing began holding quiet meetings at his home in
Washington that lead to formulation of Truman's Fair Deal. Participants
included: Clark M. Clifford, then
Truman's special counsel (later, last Secretary of Defense under
President Lyndon B. Johnson); Leon Keyserling of the Council of Economic Advisers and
advocate of planned economic growth; C. Girard
Davidson, assistant secretary of U.S. Department of
Interior; David A. Morse, Assistant
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor;
and Charles S. Murphy, an
Administrative Assistant to Truman. In 1948, the Fair Deal helped Truman defeat
Governor Thomas E. Dewey. In
1947, Truman appointed him administrator of the Federal Security of Health and Human Services). In 1948, Clifford and he
were in charge of Truman's "whistle stop" tour. As head of FSA until
1952, he promoted civil rights, extended federal welfare programs, and
broadened Social Security coverage. He opened the old Gallinger Hospital in
Washington, DC, to African-American doctors. He advocated for a national health
plan. wing
is credited as the organizer and leader of this unofficial policy group of
Truman's, though some other members changed (1947–1952). They also supported
recognition of Israel (1948), Truman's veto of
the Taft-Hartley Act (YYYY),
and a "welfare state."
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