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1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah
, founding father
of Pakistan
, gives
a speech to the Constituent Assembly
, the contents
and meaning
of which remain contentious today
.

However
, his next films
, The Great Dictator
( 1940
), a parody on Adolf Hitler
and Benito Mussolini that ended
in a dramatic
speech criticising
the blind following patriotic nationalism
, and Monsieur Verdoux
( 1947 ), which criticised war
and capitalism
, as well as his
first European film A King
in New York
( 1957
), which ridiculed
the U
. S
. House Un-American Activities Committee
, were more clearly political
and caused controversy
.
In a June 5
, 1947 speech, comporting with
the Truman Doctrine
, Marshall announced
a comprehensive program
of American assistance
to all European countries wanting
to participate
, including
the Soviet Union
and those
of Eastern Europe
, called
the Marshall Plan
.

*
1947 – Marshall Plan:
In a speech at Harvard University
, United States Secretary
of State George Marshall calls
for economic aid
to war-torn Europe
.
In a 1947 speech to the United Nations
, Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Vyshinsky
said that
the Marshall Plan violated
the principles
of the United Nations
.

On June 5
, 1947 in a speech at Harvard University
, he outlined
the American plan
.

The act
, still effective
, was sponsored by Senator Robert Taft
and Representative Fred A
. Hartley
, Jr
. and became law by overcoming U
. S
. President Harry S
. Truman's veto on June 23
, 1947 ; labor leaders called it
the " slave-labor bill
" while
President Truman argued that it was
a " dangerous intrusion on free
speech ,"
and that it would
" conflict with important principles
of our democratic society ," Nevertheless
, Truman would subsequently use it twelve times during his presidency
.

Acheson devised
the policy
and wrote Truman's
1947 request
to Congress
for aid
to Greece
and Turkey
, a speech which stressed
the dangers
of totalitarianism rather than Soviet aggression
and marked the fundamental change
in American foreign policy that became known as
the Truman Doctrine
.
In 1947, Columbia Pictures offered Hellman
a multi-year contract
, which she refused because
the contract included
a loyalty clause that she viewed as
an infringement on her rights
of free
speech and association
.
In 1947, Veeck gave
a speech in an Ohio town
and afterward was asked
a question regarding Jackie Robinson's chances
of making it as
a major leaguer
, to which Veeck responded he did not believe Robinson would fare well
.

It took 2 years
( 1945
to 1947 )
of death
and disease
, and fears that starving Germans might
" go Communist
" before U
. S
. Secretary
of State James F
. Byrnes made his Stuttgart
speech.
In South Carolina
, on April 16
, 1947, he delivered
a speech ( by journalist Herbert Bayard Swope ) saying
, “ Let us not be deceived: we are today
in the midst
of a cold war .” Newspaper reporter-columnist Walter Lippmann gave
the term wide currency
, with
the book The Cold War ; when asked
in 1947 about
the source
of the term
, he referred it
to a French term from
the 1930s
, la guerre froide
.

After graduation
, Tolson
and his wife moved
to Marshall
, Texas
, where he taught
speech and English at Wiley College
( 1924 –
1947 ).
In 1947 he travelled
to Hungary
to give his inauguration
speech at
the Hungarian Academy
of Sciences
, with
the intent
of contributing
to the democratic development
of Hungary
.

Walking into
the House
of Commons
to give
the autumn
1947 Budget
speech, he made
an off-the-cuff remark
to a journalist
, telling him
of some
of the tax changes
in the budget
, which was printed
in the early edition
of the evening papers before he
had completed his
speech, and whilst
the stock market was still open
.

The Hatch Act was challenged
in the Supreme Court
in 1947 and 1974 as
a violation
of free
speech.

Berlin
speech, 1947

The
speech was made
to the Indian Constituent Assembly
, on
the eve
of India's Independence
, towards midnight on 14 August
1947.

* Carter
, George Calvin
, " Passaconaway: The Greatest
of the New England Indians
" ( published transcript
of 1947 speech )
( Manchester
, NH: Granite State Press
, 1947 )

Edward Douglas John Hay
, 13th Marquess
of Tweeddale
( 6 August
1947 – 1 February 2005
), a Scottish aristocrat best known
for his
speech in the House
of Lords debate
( 1996 ) on
the Bosnian civil war
.

During
the 1947 session
of the Delta Council
, Dean Acheson
( Under-Secretary
of State
in Truman's administration ) delivered
a speech on campus that unveiled
the Marshall Plan
, detailing postwar relief
for Europe
.
1947 and National

The year 1961 marks
the fourteenth anniversary
of the unification
of our Armed Forces under
the National Security Act
of 1947.

He won
the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award
in 1947 for Cartoonist
of the Year
, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award
( posthumously )
for his
" unique
and outstanding contribution
to the profession
of cartooning
.

Capp received
the National Cartoonists Society's Billy DeBeck Memorial Award
in 1947 for Cartoonist
of the Year
.

One award was presented
for both leagues
in 1947 and 1948 ; since 1949
, the honor has been given
to one player each
in the National and American League
.
In doing so
the bulk
of Liberals remained supporting
the government
, but two distinct Liberal groups
had emerged within this bulk –
the Liberal Nationals
( officially
the " National Liberals
" after
1947 ) led by Simon
, also known as
" Simonites ",
and the " Samuelites
" or
" official Liberals ", led by Samuel who remained as
the official party
.

A new Constitution was promulgated
in 1947, and Chiang was formally elected by
the National Assembly as
the first term
President of the Republic
of China on May 20
, 1948
.

* Carl Landauer
( 1947 ): Theory
of National Economic Planning
.

*
1947 – The Everglades
National Park
in Florida is dedicated
.

This arrangement continued until as late as 1965
, although it was somewhat regularised after
the creation
of the National Dock Labour Scheme
in 1947.

*
1947 – Stephen Hadley
, U
. S
. National Security Adviser

Greenberg was traded
to the National League
in 1947, which was Jackie Robinson's rookie year
.

By
the end
of 1946
, the Communist Democratic Army
of Greece
had been formed
, pitted against
the governmental
National Army
, which was backed
first by Britain
and after
1947 by
the United States
.

Communist successes
in 1947 – 1948 enabled them
to move freely over much
of mainland Greece
, but with extensive reorganization
, the deportation
of rural populations
and American material support
, the National Army was slowly able
to regain control over most
of the countryside
.

**
In 1947, Wooden's basketball team won
the conference title
and received
an invitation
to the NAIA
National Tournament
in Kansas City
.

After India gained independence from
the United Kingdom
in 1947, it soon joined
the Commonwealth
of Nations
and strongly supported independence movements
in other colonies
, like
the Indonesian
National Revolution
.

*
1947 – Cold War: U
. S
. President Harry S
. Truman signs
the National Security Act
of 1947 into United States law creating
the Central Intelligence Agency
, United States Department
of Defense
, United States Air Force
, Joint Chiefs
of Staff
, and the United States
National Security Council
.

He was selected
for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949
to 1954
, was
the recipient
of the inaugural MLB Rookie
of the Year Award
in 1947, and won
the National League Most Valuable Player Award
in 1949 —
the first black player so honored
.
In 1987
, both
the National and American League Rookie
of the Year Awards were renamed
the " Jackie Robinson Award
" in honor
of the first recipient
( Robinson's Major League Rookie
of the Year Award
in 1947 encompassed both leagues ).

Nehru was elected by
the Indian
National Congress
to assume office as independent India's
first Prime Minister
in 1947, and re-elected when
the Congress party won India's
first general election
in 1951
.

Johnny Lee Bench
( born December 7
, 1947 in Oklahoma City
, Oklahoma ) is
a former professional baseball catcher who played
in the Major Leagues
for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967
to 1983
and is
a member
of the National Baseball Hall
of Fame
.

Next
, the National Security Act
of 1947 established
the United States's
first permanent peacetime intelligence agency
, the Central Intelligence Agency
, which then took up
the functions
of the OSS
.

Constructing Pakistan: Foundational Texts
and the Rise
of Muslim
National Identity
, 1857 –
1947, Oxford 2010
, ISBN 978-0-19-547811-2
1.377 seconds.