<Articles>The Truman Administration and the Loyalty Program of 1947

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  • <論説>トルーマン政権と忠誠問題 : 一九四七年忠誠計画成立過程の考察
  • トルーマン政権と忠誠問題--1947年忠誠計画成立過程の考察
  • トルーマン セイケン ト チュウセイ モンダイ 1947ネン チュウセイ ケイ

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Soon after the Second World War, the American conservative businessman, confronted with labor offensives and the continuation of the government's war-time control over the business world, initiated a strong anti-communist campaign. Conservatives in Congress also pressed the administration, exploiting the anxiety among the public about communist espionage activities. While these pressures mounted high on President Truman, the administration itself had been well aware of the usefulness of anticommunist propaganda in mobilizing the isolationist public for the support of its foreign policies. Although Truman refrained from the loyalty or communist issue for a while, the outcome of the mid-term election in 1946 urged him to take a new more conservative stance. To study a new loyalty measure, he set up a commission, which, in fact, came under the leadership of intelligence agencies that were anti-New Deal and pursued an absolute security. No wonder the result was such as might run counter to civil liberties.

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  • 史林

    史林 59 (2), 165-201, 1976-03-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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