Download or read book Speech by President Truman Asking Congress to Pass the Truman Doctrine written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project WhistleStop features an image of the text of a speech by U.S. President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) asking the U.S. Congress to pass the Truman Doctrine. The doctrine, established in 1947, stated that the United States was obligated to support people who were resisting subjugation. The document was an indication of the beginning of the Cold War. The U.S. Department of Education sponsors the WhistleStop project.