The year 1950 , ( as we are wo nt to do with “ round ” numbered years ) , provide pot of anticipation of what the second one-half of the twentieth century throw .
An angry editorial decisive of PresidentHarry Truman , ( a Missouri indigen ) , and his visual sensation for the class 2000 appeared in the January 6 , 1950 Sedalia Democrat ( Sedalia , MO ) . An selection appears below . you may read the integral articlehere .
Mr. Stalin and the Moscow planners never offered the comrades anything nearly as skilful as what Mr. Truman promises . The Proto-Indo European he put in the sky would really be deserving waiting for , if it could be had by the twelvemonth 2000 .
In international affairs , there will be world peace treaty . The molecule will be under international control . The United Nations will be a proceed concern and will have forces to preserve international police force and order . World Commerce Department will be regullated under the novel International Trade Organization . Other nations will share America ’s successfulness through an flesh out Point Four Program of technical assistance to under - germinate nation . Communism will be suppressed , not by force of arms , but by an solicitation to the mind and warmness of gentleman .
See also : Lyndon B. Johnson on 2063 A.D. ( 1963)Hubert H. Humphrey ’s Future ( 1967)Hubert H. Humphrey ’s Year 2000 ( 1967)Negro President by Year 2000 ( 1965 )
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