President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur April. Bradley informed the President of the views of the Joint Chiefs, and Marshall added that he agreed with them. Truman wrote in his diary that "it is of unanimous opinion of all that MacArthur be relieved. All four so advise." Later, before Congress, the Joint Chiefs would insist that they had only "concurred" with the relief, not "recommended" it. On 11 April 1951, President Truman drafted an order to MacArthur, which was issued under Bradley's signature: In a 3 December 1973 article in "Time" magazine, Truman was quoted as saying in the early 1960s: Although Truman and Acheson accused
The President Vanishes against playing the role. Produced by Walter Wanger and directed by William Wellman, "The President Vanishes" began filming in Hollywood September 10, 1934. The film is described in John Douglas Eames' "The Paramount Story": Andre Sennwald reviewed the film for "The New York Times": "The President Vanishes" was adapted for the screen by Lynn Starling, Carey Wilson and Cedric Worth, with uncredited contributions by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. "Forty-two years later, paired in a revival with Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men", it could still stir audiences," wrote John McAleer. "For the initiated the film supplied a hint