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  2. List of executive actions by Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    Delegating and Transferring Certain Functions and Affairs to the Office of Defense Mobilization Provided for in Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1953 June 17, 1953 31 10462: Delegation of Certain Functions of the President to the Housing and Home Finance Administrator June 19, 1953 32 10463: Amendment of Section 6.4 of Civil Service Rule VI June 25 ...

  3. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 - Wikipedia

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    The bill would have amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period. [78] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.

  4. Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force - Wikipedia

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    Morgan, who had been appointed chief of staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (designate) in mid-March 1943 began planning for the invasion of Europe before Eisenhower's appointment [3] and moulded the plan into the final version, which was executed on 6 June 1944.

  5. Presidential Emergency Action Documents - Wikipedia

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    Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs) are draft classified executive orders, proclamations, and messages to Congress that are prepared for the President of the United States to exercise or expand powers in anticipation of a range of emergency hypothetical worst-case scenarios, so that they are ready to sign and put into effect the moment one of those scenarios comes to pass.

  6. Psychological Strategy Board - Wikipedia

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    The board's first director was Gordon Gray, later National Security Advisor during the Eisenhower administration. The board was created in response to the growth of Office of Policy Coordination covert activities during the Korean War. [2] Under Eisenhower, the board became a purely coordinating body.

  7. Eisenhower Doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The Eisenhower Doctrine was a policy enunciated by Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 5, 1957, within a "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East". ". Under the Eisenhower Doctrine, a Middle Eastern country could request American economic assistance or aid from U.S. military forces if it was being threatened by armed aggression

  8. Broad front versus narrow front controversy in World War II

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    The Allied leaders were aware that the logistic resources were inadequate for either option, but Eisenhower decided on the second plan. On 10 September Eisenhower authorised two US Armies to advance to both the Ruhr and the Saar, in the belief that the gamble was worth taking in order to fully exploit the disorganised state of the German forces.

  9. Steel strike of 1959 - Wikipedia

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    However, Eisenhower limited the Board's mandate to clarifying the issues rather than recommending a settlement. Realizing that the strike could linger despite the use of the Taft–Hartley provisions, management offered a three-year contract with small improvements in pay and fringe benefits and binding arbitration over Section 2(b).