1946 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Harry S. Truman February 2026 February 2025 1946 State of the Union Address Untitled - DPLA - 530c7c5e5527e230d60afe6f93eec86f.jpg Cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman depicting Congress' reaction to receiving the State of the Union. 1946 01 21 House Chamber and Senate Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C. State of the Union Address Harry S. TrumanKenneth McKellarSam Rayburn Format Written Previous 1945 State of the Union Address Next 1947 State of the Union Address The 1946 State of the Union Address was given by the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, on Monday, January 21, 1946, to the 79th United States Congress. It was written by Samuel RosenmanSchlesinger Robert White House ghosts : presidents and their speechwriters 2008 Simon & Schuster New York 9781416565352 41 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover and is notable for being the longest State of the Union message at the time: the written speech was sent to Congress, not orally given, and was 27,465 words long.Length of State of the Union Messages and Addresses in Words Gerhard Peters The American Presidency Project March 11, 2024 https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-documents-archive-guidebook/annual-messages-congress-the-state-the-union-3 The address combined Truman's economic report with state of the union information regarding returning to a peace economy after the end of World War II, foreign policy in Europe and the admission of Hawaii into the United States.Adams Mark Analyzing Truman's State of the Union Messages https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/lesson-plans/analyzing-trumans-state-union-messages Harry S. Truman Library & Museum Truman Library Institute 7 June 2022 In the address, Truman stated, "At Moscow the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and Great Britain agreed to further this development by supporting the efforts of the national government and nongovernmental Chinese political elements in bringing about cessation of civil strife and in broadening the basis of representation in the Government. That is the policy which General Marshall is so ably executing today. It is the purpose of the Government of the United States to proceed as rapidly as is practicable toward the restoration of the sovereignty of Korea and the establishment of a democratic government by the free choice of the people of Korea."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/157.html State of the Union Address: Harry S. Truman (January 21, 1946) 23 January 2017 Truman also urged Congress to admit Hawaii into the United States, but cautioned them to wait on admitting Alaska until "it is certain that this is the desire of the people of that great territory".Whitehead John S. Completing the union : Alaska, Hawai'i, and the battle for statehood 2004 University of New Mexico Press Albuquerque 9780826336378 201 See also 1946 United States House of Representatives elections References Harry S. Truman's First State of the Union Address 1946 State of the Union Address 1945 State of the Union Address 1947 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1946 Category:Speeches by Harry S. Truman Category:Presidency of Harry S. Truman Category:79th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:1940s State of the Union addresses