President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur creation of a professional military. This made civilian control increasingly problematic when coupled with the constitutional division of powers between the President as commander-in-chief, and the Congress with its power to raise armies, maintain a navy, and wage wars. In relieving MacArthur for failing to "respect the authority of the President" by privately communicating with Congress, Truman upheld the President's role as pre-eminent. Harry S. Truman became President of the United States on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, and won an unexpected victory in the 1948 presidential election. He was the only president who served after 1897
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