George C. Marshall, Jr., secretary of state, in a commencement speech to Harvard University (massachusetts) proposes the European Recovery Program (a.k.a. the “Marshall Plan”) whereby the Federal government would restore Europe and the Soviet Union to their pre-war economic vitality.
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 366.
Marshall Plan – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan#Marshall’s_speech
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