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**__ Truman Administration: Congress __**

**__ Major Legislation __**

|| **Legislation** || **Description** || || **Employment Act** || **Government has to maintain employment as well as labor and price stability** || || **Administrative Proceedure Act** || **Set up a process that all federal agencies have to follow, including procedural standards.** || || **Luce-Cellar Act** || **This gave the right for Filipinos and Asian Indians to become naturalized citizens.** || || **Taft-Hartley Act** || **This gave the president the right to set up a board to investigation union disputes if he believes national security is in danger. It declared closed shops illegal, forbids jurisdictional strikes, secondary boycotts, and unions from contributing to campaigns. This was vetoed by the President, by Congress overruled his veto.** || || **Presidental Succession Act** || **Established the line of succession after the president to what it is today. If both the president and vice president are inable, the Speaker of the House and then the President pro tempore of the Senate would fill in.** || || **National Security Act** || **Established the National Security Council (NSC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It gave the CIA the responsibilty to organize, interpret, and manage US intelligence relating to National Security. It aslo created the Director of Central Intelligence (DIR) and made him/her responsible for the protection of the various intelligence sources.** || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Central Intelligence Agency Act** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Allowed the CIA use of confidential procedures and exemptions from many limitations on such procedures in normal circumstances. Also, CIA funds are to be budgeted in other department and transferred to the CIA without, disregarding normal restrictions. The Agency was also exempted from full disclosure of their sources, in order to protect them.** || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__ Highlights of the Administration: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Year**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1946**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1946**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1946**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1947**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1947**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1947**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**1949**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**The 22nd Amendment added to the Constitution**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**The United States joins the UN (1945)**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Marshall Plan**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__ **Criticisms** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**__ Characteristics: __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**The Congressional administration under Harry S. Truman had little success due to continued disagreements between the Congress and President and their inability to agree.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**The 79th, 81st, and 82nd Congress had a Democratic majority, the 80th Congress had a Republican majority. Throughout Truman's presidency he and congress failed to get along. The 80th Congress was perhaps the most difficult, but none of them cooperated well with the president. At this time, most people were against the economic reforms and limitations (i.e., wage contols etc.) that Truman was advocating.**

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**At this time, the U.S., was just coming out of World War II. The Us joined the UN in 1945, instituted the Marshall plan in 1947, the military was desegregated in 1947, the Nuremberg trials took place in1948, NATO was formed in 1949, and the Korean War began in 1950. The early period of Truman's administration was marked with numerous labor strikes and dsiputes between the government and various labor unions. Congress and Truman failed to agree on the tactic for dealing with the labor crises, most likely making it last much longer that was neccessary.**
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