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A
speech dealing with the defense perimeter of the United States, 495-496 Truman, Harry S.: Ak-Sar-Ben, 546, 549 Alamogordo, New Mexico, 311, 315 Algiers, 77, 78 Allen, George E., 357 Allis, Barney, 952 Ambassador Hotel, 953 America Firsters, 53, 81 American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 352 American Legion, 657 American Legion Fair, Caruthersville, Missouri, 365, 368, 369, 371-372 American Red Cross, 288 Americans for Democratic Action, 138, 569, 650 Anderson, Vernice, 755-756, 761, 839 Antwerp, Belgium, 339, 345 Arlington National Cemetery, 776, 777, 787 Arnez, Desi, 565 Arvey, Jacob M., 138, 545, 569 Assassination attempt on the life of Harry S. Truman, 776-792 Associated Press (AP), 289, 290, 399, 522, 979, 994, 1002 Atlanta, Georgia, 119 Atomic bomb:
Leahy, William, opinion of the power of, 713-714 Nixon, Robert G.: Truman, Harry S.:
questioned by reporters about Great Britain and, 373-379 Stalin, Joseph, informed that the United States had a new weapon, 320-321 statement dealing with the use of, 612-614
Truman, Harry S., announces that first atomic bomb had been dropped while aboard, 328-329 Ayers, Eben, 197, 201, 202-204, 205, 619-620, 797-798, 812
B
Baruch, Bernard, 49, 100 Batista, Pulgencio, 536 Battersea Power Station, 16 Battle of the Bulge, 339 Beatty, Morgan, 289 Berkeley, California, 563-564 Berlin, Germany, 255 Biffle, Leslie, 368-369, 372 Birdzell, Donald, 783, 784 Black market, in Potsdam, 345-347, 348-349 Blair-Lee House, 728-729, 818
Bonham, Texas, 596, 599-600 Booth, Win, 485, 490 Bradley, Omar N., 744, 745, 751, 763, 764 Brandenburg Gate, 300, 302 Brandt, Pete, 1004 Brest, France, evacuation of, 9-11 Bridges, Styles, 821 Brown, Walter, 286 Bruenn, Howard, 105, 107, 117-118 Butte, Montana, 550 Byrnes, James F., 71, 238-239, 263, 270-271, 283, 286, 294, 301, 303-304, 309
Truman, Harry S.: Vice Presidential candidate, potential nominee in 1944, 61, 62, 63-64
C
financial problems involved with, 596, 599-602 Truman, Harry S., his daily routine while aboard, 604-605 Canfil, Fred, 171
Carey, Idaho, 554, 556, 559 Caruthersville, Missouri, 365, 368, 369, 371-372 Casablanca Conferences, 33, 260 Castro, Fidel, 536 Chambers, Whitaker, 411, 933 Charlottesville, Virginia, 985 Chiang Kai-shek, 514
Chicago Sun Times, 652 Chicago Tribune, 393, 418, 647, 652, 661, 1032 China, 1034, 1040
Marshall, George, mission to, 514
Iron Curtain speech, Fulton, Missouri, 85 Potsdam, at, 310-311 speaking ability of, 85-86 Truman, Harry S., as an admirer of, 325-326 United States' aid in fighting Germany, sought, 81-82 Clifford, Clark, 288, 391, 615, 616-617, 704, 707 Coates, Wilma, 559-561 Coffelt, Leslie, 783 Cohen, Benjamin, 285 Colliers, 1011-1012, 1023, 1026-1027 Columus, Ohio, Dispatch, 410, 419 Combined Chiefs of Staff, 777 Commodity Credit Corporation, 621-622 Commodore Hotel, 958 Congress:
Truman, Harry S.: Congress of Vienna, 285, 298-299 Congressional Directory, 675 Connelly, Matthew, 156, 160, 174, 178, 179, 198, 199, 604, 607, 614-615, 704, 707, 937, 1011, 1047 Constitution Hall, 798, 799, 800, 803 Conway, Rose, 940, 976, 982, 985, 996-997, 1049 Coolidge, Calvin, 379, 404, 405 Council of Foreign Ministers, 323, 324 Craig, May, 424, 674-675, 677-678 Cuba, Harry S. Truman visits, 535-538
D
Vice,Presidential candidate, contender for the nomination, 59-64
Democratic National Committee, 893, 911 Dennison, Robert L., 712, 861
Missouri, U.S.S., as captain of, 483-491 Naval Aide, as, 491-492 Detroit, Michigan, 590 Dewey, Thomas E., 74, 78, 545, 627, 637, 647, 651-652, 654, 682, 684-685, 693, 853, 934, Dexter, Iowa, 891-892 Dill, Sir John, 776-777 Dixiecrats, 645, 656 Dodge, Joseph P., 958 Douglas, William 0., 61, 62 Downs, Joseph, 783 Drescher, George, 347, 348-349 Dunkirk, evacuation of, 6-8
Eaker, Ira, 137 Early, Stephen, 25, 39-40, 77-78, 104, 119, 120, 123, 156, 157, 189, 193, 209-211, 212, 357, 387, 809-813
Eightieth Congress, 651
Eisenhower, Dwight David, 28, 33, 78, 129-130, 132, 306, 307, 333, 357, 433, 545, 569, 610, 715, 831, 834,
Gettysburg, visits to, 231-236 golfer, as a, 229, 234-236 headquarters of, 30-31 Inauguration Day,1952, 966-972 Jenner, William E., relationship with, 928-929 Korea, speech in which he promises to visit, 925-927, 929, 968 popularity of, 931-932 Presidential press conferences of, 430-432 press, and the, 226-235 stroke, after effects of, 144-145 temperament of, 144 Truman, Harry S.: Eisenhower, John, 142 Elbe, 304, 307, 308 Elsey, George, 288, 391, 566, 616 Evans, Tom L., 690 Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 681-682
Fair Deal, 696 Fala speech. See White House Correspondents Dinner, 1945, 95-97 Farley, James, 871 Farm vote in the 1948 Presidential election, 622-627, 639, 644 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 940 Feeney, Joseph, 701-702, 704, 861, 862 Ferdinand Magellan, 60
Five percenters, 934, 945-946, 951 Fleeson, Doris, 974-975 Folliard, Eddie, 207, 570, 669 Foreign Ministers, Council of, 323, 324 Formosa, possible use of their forces in the Korean war, 818-826 Forrestal, James V., attends testimonial dinner given for Louis Johnson, 934-937 Fort Benning, 500 Fort Jefferson, 530-531 Foskett, James H., 267-268, 711-712 Fritchey, Clayton, 895-896 Fulton, Missouri, 85 G
atomic bomb:
speculation of use in, had the war continued, 337-338, 340-341 destruction in, 340-341 jets, use of in World War II, 338 surrender, announcement of, 336-337 Truman, Harry S., reviews United States' troops in, 308-309 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, attitude toward, 274, 278 Gibralter, 30, 344 Girard, General Henri Honore, 31, 32, 33-34, 37 Godman, Earl, 382 Goebbels, Josef, 301 Goering, Hermann, 52, 53, 301, 330 Graham, Captain Frank, 286 Graham, Wallace, 208, 287-288, 795 Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 932 Great Britain, 313, 344, 636
Truman, Harry S., comments on sharing the atomic bomb with, 373-374 Gridiron Club, 633 Griffith Stadium, 951 Guantanamo Bay, 535 H
Humphrey, Hubert, 650 Hutchinson, William K., 333, 632, 634 Hyde Park, 95, 97, 98, 100, 147 Hydrogen bomb, 614
Illinois, 625 Inauguration of the President, 1945, 75-76 Inauguration of the President, 1953, 966-973 Inchon, Korea, 744
Indian Treaty Room, Presidential press conferences moved to, 404, 406, 414, 422, 425-429, 434-436, 439-441 Indiana, 628 Inter-American Conference, Rio de Janeiro, 483 International News Service, 26, 290, 457, 1023
Iron Curtain speech, 85 Israel, founding of the State of, 195-196 J
Nixon, Robert G., opinion on decision to drop the bombs, 315-317 Pearl Harbor, bombing of, 20-26 surrender of, 331-335 Union of Soviet Socialists Republic, enters into the war against, 317-320, 331 United States troops in, 487-498 Wake Island Conference communique, as part of, 765-766, 772-773 Jefferson, Thomas, 985 Jenner, William E., 928-929, 968 Jersey City, New Jersey, 890 Jessup, Phillip C., 755 Johnson, Alvanley, 643 Johnson, Louis:
Defense budget cut by, 498-504 Roosevelt, Franklin D., as Assistant Secretary of War for, 505 Secretary of Defense, resignation as, 509-513, 514-515 testimonial dinner given for, 734-737 Truman, Harry S., appointed as Secretary of War for, 507, 508 Woodring, Harry H., problems between, 505-507
Kaiser, Henry J., 61, 62 Kaiserhoff Hotel, 346 Kaltenborn, H.V., 682-683, 685 Kansas City, Missouri, 351, 679, 724 Kansas City Star, 671, 672-674, 980-981, 1031 Karusu, Naburo, 21 Kefauver, Estes, 417, 875, 876, 877
Key West, 196
newsmen at, 519-524, 542, 543 poker, played at, 360-363 post exchange (PX), at, 857-860, 862 Truman, Harry S.:
dives in captured German U-boat, 473-474 fisherman, as a, 363-364 photographed from Navy blimp, 475-481, 482 Presidential press conferences at, 467-473, 478-479 visits to, 524-528, 691-693 Klamath Falls, Oregon, 343 Korea, speech by Dean Acheson excluding it from the defense perimeter of the United States, 495-496 Korean war, 495-497, 635, 889, 1040
China's entry into the war, 742-743, 767-769, 772-773, 792-794, 814-815, 851 Eisenhower, Dwight D., speech in which he promised to visit the area, 925-927, 929, 968 Nixon, Robert G.: North Korean invasion of South Korea, 497-498, 719-720 722, 729-733 Truman, Harry S., calls meeting of advisors to discuss, 729-730, 731, 733 United Nations, troops in, 774, 804 United States troops, weapons used during, 499-501 unpopularity of, 852, 926, 933
Labor vote in the 1948 Presidential election, 630, 639, 643-644 Lafayette Park, 778 Lake Forest, Illinois, 893 Lancastria, 10 Landry, Robert B., 861 League of Nations, 41 Leahy, William D., 283-284, 332, 524, 861
background of, 712-716 Roosevelt, Franklin D., appointed as United States Ambassador to Vichy government, 715-716
Libertyville, Illinois, 893 Libya, 1020 Life magazine, 547, 548, 925 Lincoln, Abraham, 1052 Lincolns, Carroll, 520 Lindberg, Charles A., 50-51
Germany, attitude toward, 52-53 Roosevelt, Franklin D., meets with, 52 London, England, discussion of the blitz, 12-20 Los Angeles, California, 564-565 Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, 418 Los Angeles Times, 393 Luce, Henry, 488, 925, 930 Luftwaffe, 52
MacArthur, Douglas, 38-39, 72, 497, 723, 729, 776, 804, 814, 926
Congress, speech to, 831-833 Japan, as commanding general of United States occupation forces in, 739-740 Korean war:
commander of United States forces in Korea, as, 743-746 political aspirations of, 738 relieved of duty, reasons, 815-831, 849-850 Republican nomination, 1952, attempts to get, 833-837 returns to United States, 835 Truman, Harry S.: Wake Island conference: McClendon, Sara, 424, 676, 677-678 McCormick, Colonel Robert, 661, 1032 McIntire, Ross T., 42, 43, 59, 104 McKim, Edward D., 161, 162, 269, 546, 547, 1046 McMahon, Captain Alphonse, 287 Manchester Guardian, 452 Maragon, John, 175-177, 179-181 Marseilles, France, 31, 32 Marshall, George, 138-139, 193, 315, 316, 317, 318, 338, 513-514, 744, 745, 827, 828, 1053
Secretary of Defense, appointed, 515 Secretary of State, as, 516 Truman, Harry S., relationship, 927-928 Martha, Princes of Norway, 116-117 Martin, Joseph, 831, 836-837
Mayflower Hotel, 352 Maylon, Charles, 701-702 Meaney, George, 352 Mediterranean, 344 Memoirs, Harry S. Truman, 1009, 1011, 1012-1013 Mesta, Perle, Presidential campaign, 1948, 599-602 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1011 Mink coat scandal, 939-944, 951, 1049 Missouri, U.S.S., 712, 739
Molotov, Vyacheslav M., meeting with Harry S. Truman, 280-282 Montgomery, Bernard L., 307 Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 57, 99-100, 254, 257-259, 875 Morgenthau plan, 46-47, 258 Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 318 Mount Rainier, 237, 986 Muehlebach Hotel, 497, 678-679, 686, 721, 952 Murphy, Charles S., 288, 563, 616, 704, 861 Mutual Broadcasting Company, 994, 1023, 1026 My First Fifty Years in Politics, 826
Nagasaki, Japan, 373, 805 Napoleon, 298 Narvik, Norway, 313 Nash, Philleo, 195-196 National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 289, 1022 National Plowing Contest, Dexter, Iowa, speech given by Harry S. Truman at, 621-627, 638-639 Neutrality Act, 53, 81 New Deal, 80, 696 New York City, New York, 890
New York Times, 243, 393, 418, 431, 451, 452, 464, 465, 586, 605, 631, 670, 671, 759-760, 820, 962, 994,
Wake Island conference notes, carries an exclusive on, 838-846
political leanings of, 1030-1031 Presidential campaigns, 542-543 relationship between, 290 voting habits of, 1029-1030 work involved with, 517-519 News service reporters, special privileges of, 382 Niles, David, 195, 196, 197 Nimitz, Chester, 38, 72, 317 Nixon, Richard M., 129-130, 410, 416, 703, 891, 933, 967 Nixon, Robert G., 389, 1012
biographical information, 1-3 Brest, France, evacuated from, 9-11 Churchill, Winston, reasons for defeat in 1945 elections, 79-80 Eisenhower, Dwight D., evaluation of, 136-137 Germany, tour of, 295-298 Great Britain, 1945 election prediction, 264-266 International News Service, work for, 4-6 Japan's surrender announcement, his reporting of, 332-335 Korean war: London, England, recollection of the attack on in World War II, 12-20 North African invasion, covers, 29-37 Pearl Harbor, learns of bombing of, 20-26 Potsdam, the expenses of the trip, 365-368 Presidential campaign, 1948: Reel foot Lake, problems of reporting from, 375-378 Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., opinion of, 896-900 Truman, Harry S.:
friendly manner toward, 668-670 poker, discusses the games of, 269-271, 353-363 Presidential campaign, 1948, predicts victory in, 645-649, 653, 655 Presidential campaign, 1952, learns that he will not run, 857-871 pressure to get an exclusive interview with, 452-456 relationship, 1055-1056 Senator, evaluated as a, 64-65 sports shirt, receives from, 539-541 Yalta Conference, questions concerning, 278-279 war correspondent, as a, 6-9 White House reporter, as a, 37-38 Noyes, David M., 1011, 1012
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 596, 599
Olympic Coronet, 317 Omaha, Nebraska, 556
Pace, Frank, 746, 751 Patterson, Mrs. Eleanor Medill (Cissy), 605 Pearl Harbor, 20-26 Pearson, Drew, 1050 Pennsylvania Avenue, 350, 778 Perlmeter, Irving, 206, 207, 209, 717, 718 Persons, Major Jerry "Slick," 847-848, 1018 Petain, Henri Philippe, 10, 716 Philadelphia Inquirer, 962 Philippines, 103, 1040 Plymouth, England, 322, 326 Poker, Harry S. Truman as a player of, 353-363 Poland, 278 Polo Boys, 174 Portland Press Herald, 674 Potsdam Conference, 4, 134, 171, 172, 272, 273, 353, 713, 1020
black market in, 345-349 events surrounding, 254-282, 283-329 members of the President's party at, 283-290 Stalin, demands made at, 343-344 Truman, Harry S.: Presidential campaign, 1948:
Mesta, Perle, involvement, 599-602 newsmens' coverage of, 542-543, 641-642 Truman, Harry S., 638-640, 947, 948
Stevenson, Adlai, 884, 886-907, 909-921, 931-932
Truman, Harry S., liaison with Adlai Stevenson's campaign, 892-893
farm vote in the 1948 election, 622-627, 639, 644 labor vote in the 1948 election, 630, 639, 643-644 results of, 683-685, 687-688 Southern votes in, 656 Truman, Harry S.: Presidential press conferences:
Eisenhower, Dwight D., press conferences of, 430-432 identification of questioners, reasons for, 406-420, 422-423, 424 Johnson, Lyndon B., press conferences of, 433-434 Kennedy, John F., press conferences of, 432 moved to the Indian Treaty Room, 404, 406, 414, 421-422, 425-429, 434-436 Nixon, Richard M., press conferences of, 437, 438 preparation for, 390-391 reporting of, 430-435 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 155, 380-381, 382-386, 387, 391, 392, 402, 430 trial balloons launched at, 467 Truman, Harry S., 387-388, 390, 393-395, 401-403, 421-424, 467-473, 478-479 Press:
objectivity in reporting and questioning, a discussion of, 457-461 Short, Joseph, relationship with, 716-718 Truman, Harry S.,
exclusive interview granted to Arthur Krock, reaction to, 442-444, 446-448, 449-452 relations with, 665-678 Progressive Party, 644 Public Papers of the President, Harry S. Truman, 426, 770 Puerto Rico, 785, 788, 791, 792
Quantico, Virginia, 229, 248, 251 Quarantine speech, 55-56 Quebec, Canada, Conference, 38, 87, 100, 260 Queen Mary, 38 Quezon, Manuel Luis, 102-103 R
automobile rides, as a lover of, 99, 102 background of, 152 death of, 110-113, 188 Democratic Convention, 1944, acceptance speech, 68-69 friendly manner of, 665, 666 funeral of, 120-124, 147 health of, 42-44, 56-59, 66-67, 69-71, 75-76 hearing problems of, 104 Hobcaw, Barony, visit to, 57-58 Inauguration of, 75-76 Johnson, Louis, as Assistant Secretary of War for, 505 Joint Session of Congress, appearance before, 89-90 Kennedy, Joseph, differences between, 1024-1026 Leahy, William D., appoints as United States Ambassador to the Vichy government, 715-716 Morgenthau, Henry, relationship, 47, 48-49, 50 New York, campaigns in, 91 personality of, 128-129 Presidential campaign, 1944, 72-74 Presidential press conferences, 155, 380-387, 391, 392, 402, 430 quarantine speech, 55-56 Quezon, Manuel Luis, meets with, 102-103 Staff of, 156-157 stamp collector, as a, 99 Truman, Harry S.:
treatment of, 125-127, 129, 131-132 Vice Presidential candidate, as his choice for, 71 Union of Soviet Socialists Republics, attitude toward, as an ally, 92-94 United Nations, hopes for, 40-42 Vice President, 1944, choices for, 60-64 Warm Springs, as a retreat for, 95-99 Watson, General Edwin M. (Pa), relationship with, 88-89 White House Correspondents Dinner, 1945, speech given during, 95-97 Woodring, Harry H., as Secretary of War for, 505-507 Rosenman, Samuel 1., 61, 62, 65, 67-68, 77, 189-190, 193, 284, 390, 575, 585, 615-616, 706
exclusive press interviews, a discussion of, 449-451 Key West, at, 478, 481, 482-483 Press Secretary as, 212-214, 716, 718 Truman, Harry S., friendship between, 217-218, 220 Wake Island, at, 756-762 Ruhr, 295 Russell, Richard, 877 Rutherford, Lucy, 111-112, 114-115 S
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 539 Sawyer, Charles S., 293 Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., as writer for Adlai Stevenson, 896-899 Seattle, Washington, 595 Secret Service, 107-108, 112, 346, 347, 780-781, 789
Sermon, Roger T., 690 Seventh Fleet, 818 Shangri-La, 98 Sherwood, Robert, 54, 56, 68, 189, 190 Shoop, Duke, 671, 672-674, 979, 1031 Short, Joseph, 202, 216, 218, 220, 669, 796-797, 811, 828-829, 845, 861, 868 Short, Mrs. Joseph (Beth Campbell), 209 Shoumatoff, Elizabeth, 111, 112 Simmons, William D., 198, 199, 557 Sixth Fleet, 344 Smith, Merriman, 289, 399-401, 448, 455, 1002-1003
Souers, Sidney W., 861 South Korea, invaded by North Korea, 497 Southern vote in 1948 Presidential election, 652 Spanish-American War, 847 Spokane, Washington, 595 Stacy, Harold, 410 Stalin, 39, 40, 41, 90, 131, 134, 167, 172, 254, 258, 260, 272, 273, 280, 285, 298, 299, 304, 309, 310, 311,
demands made at, 343-344 Truman, Harry S., informs of the atomic bomb, at, 320-321 Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 238, 239-241, 244 Stevenson, Adlai E., 141, 417, 877, 878, 882, 953
Presidential election campaign of 1952, 884-907, 909-921, 931, 932 Presidential election campaign, 1956, 886-907, 921-922
Truman, Harry S.: writer, as a, 900-901, 902 Stowe, David H., 618 Submarine base, at Key West, 528-530 Suez Canal, 344 Sun Valley, Idaho, 556-557 T
Acheson, Dean:
reaction to the defense perimeter speech given by, 496 Secretary of State, for, 505, 508 American Legion Fair at Caruthersville, Missouri, attends, 368, 369, 371-372 Arvey, Jacob M., meets with, 545 assassination attempt on, 776-792 atomic bomb:
decision to drop, 315-317 informed of the project to create, 311-312 questioned by reporters about sharing the bomb with Great Britain, 373-379 statement dealing with is made, 612-614 testing, informed of the successful completion of, 315 Barkley, Alben, as his Vice Presidential candidate, 583-584 Berkeley, California, speech at, 563-564 Berlin, Germany, tours, 299-304 Byrnes, James F.: Canfil, Fred A., friendship with, 261-262 card player, as a, 259-260, 263, 269-270 Carey, Idaho, speech given at, 559-562 Churchill, Winston, as an admirer of, 325-326 civil rights, during the administration of, 649 Cuba, visits, 535-538 daily routines of, 604-606 decisions, ability to make, 1042-1043 defense budget, cut under the administration of, 498-504 Democratic National Convention, 1944, as the Vice Presidential choice of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 71 Democratic National Convention, 1948, 571-588 Democratic National Convention, 1952, attends, 881-883 Detroit, Michigan, speech deliveved in, 620-621, 639 Dexter, 'Iowa, speech given at the National Plowing Contest, 621-627, 638-639 domestic policy of, 1041 driver, as a, 985-987 Early, Stephen, as Assistant Secretary of Defense for, 510 Eightieth Congress:
recalls for special session, announcement of, 574-583, 585-588
relationship between, 132-135, 138-144, 1017 transition of administrations, 132-133, 954-965 visited, by, 954-958 Excelsior Springs, Missouri, spends election night at, 681-682 Federal Building, his offices at the, 982-983, 984-985, 987-988 Ferdinand Magellan, his daily routine on the campaign train, 604-605 first months of his administration, 166-172 fisherman, as a, 363-364 foreign policy of, 1033-1040 Formosa, policy toward during the Korean war, 818-826 Fort Jefferson, visits, 530-531 friendly manner of, 665-668 George VI, meets with the King of Great Britain, 326-327 Greece, decision to aid, 570 Harlem, New York, speech given at, 649, 651 Hume, Paul, letter written to, 798-804 inauguration day, 1952, 968-973 Independence, Missouri, returns to, 973-982, 985, 987, 1028-1029
Japan, announces surrender of, 333-335 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, 1952, announces that he will not seek reelection, 141, 864-866 Johnson, Louis, appointed Secretary-of War, 507, 508 Kaltenborn, H.V., performs an immitation of, 682-683 Kansas City, Missouri, returns to, 351 Key West, Florida:
photographed from Navy blimp located at, 475-481, 482 visits, 524-528, 691-693 Korean war:
Formosa, policy toward during, 818-826 meeting of advisors called to discuss, 729-730, 731 legislative programs, 693-694 lend-lease, termination of, 166-169 Los Angeles, California speech, 564-565 MacArthur, Douglas:
relieved of duty by, 815-831 speech dealing with, 774-775 Wake Island, confers at, 738, 740, 747-768, 770-773 Marshall, George C.: Memoirs, as the author of, 1009, 1011, 1012-1013 Missouri, U.S.S., return trip from Rio de Janeiro Conference on, 483-491 Molotov, Vyacheslav M., meeting with, 280-282 Morgenthau plan, decision on, 47 Nixon, Robert G.:
learns that he would not run for reelection in 1952, 857-871 predicts victory of, 645-649, 653, 655 pressure to get exclusive interview, 452-456 relationship with, 1055-1056 sport shirt, receives from, 539-541 Yalta, questions on, 278-279 Olympia, Washington, visits, 236-237 personal qualities of, 1041-1043, 1055-1057 poker player, as a, 269-271, 353-363 political attacks on, 695-699, 703-704 Potsdam: pre-campaign trip, June 1948, 545-550, 554-555, 556-569 President: Presidential campaign, 1944, 218-219 Presidential campaign, 1948, 638-640
newsmen's coverage of, 542-543 pre-campaign trip, June.1948, 545-550, 554-555, 556-569 trip to the South, 656-658
decision not to run, 851-855 Stevenson, Adlai, campaigns for, 884, 886-893, 947-952 Presidential election, 1948:
celebration of victory in, 690-691 chances for victory, 543-545 results of, 683-685, 687-688 votes in, 679-681
identification of questioners, reason for requiring, 406-420, 422-423, 424 Indian Treaty Room, moved to, 404, 421-422, 425-429, 434-436 Key West, given at, 467-473, 478-479 red herring, remark made by, 412-413 Reelfoot Lake, visits, 369-370, 372-378 Reinsch, Leonard, as his speech coach, 163-164 Roosevelt, Franklin D.: Ross, Charles: St. Louis, Missouri, speech given in, 659-663, 1032 Secret Service, difficulty of guarding, 349-352 Senator, as a, 64-65 shortcomings of, 1043-1050 Smith, Merriman , reacting to his joining Tom Dewey's campaign train, 976-979 South Korea, learns of the invasion of, 497 speaking ability of, 159-160, 565-569 staff of
individual members discussed, 160-165, 170-171, 172-214, 215-225 staff conferences of, 492 Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., appointed representative to the United Nations, 244 Stevenson, Adlai:
choice for 1952 Presidential nomination, 878-880 confers with, 883 Thirty-fifth Division Association, 1948 reunion in Omaha, Nebraska, addresses, 545-549 Turkey, decision to aid, 570 Twenty-one point message, delivers, 190-191 United Nations speech, 238 United States troops, reviews in Germany, 308-309 Vaccaro, Tony, relationship, 149-150 Vaughan, Harry, relationship, 707-711 Virgin Islands, visits, 533-538 Wake Island Conference:
notes from leaked to the press, 838-846 speech dealing with, 774-775 whistlestops, the success of, 627-629 White House:
Truman Library, 1009 Truman, Margaret, 689, 690
Turkey, aid to, 181, 215, 570, 1037-1038 Turnip Day, 579 Twenty-one Point Message to Congress, 190-191 U
buffer states, their need for, 278 foreign policy of, 1033-1040 Japan; enters the war against, 317-320, 331 Korean war, part played in, 496-497 soldiers of in Berlin, 300-303, 308 United States:
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Truman, Harry S., relationship, 707-711 Veterans of Foreign Wars, 658, 817 Vienna, Congress of, 285, 298-299 Vietnam, 496, 635, 814, 815 Villa San Souci, 273 Vinson, Fred M., 254, 255-256, 368, 874
Secretary of Treasury, appointed, 257 trip to Moscow, speculation on, 448-449 Vladivostok, Union of Soviet Socialists Republics, 93, 318-320 W
communique, issued at, 765-767, 771-773 Japan as a part of, 765-766, 772-773 notes leaked to press at, 838-846 notes taken at, 756, 839 Truman, Harry S., speech dealing with, 774-775 Wallace, Henry A., 62, 644, 645 Wall Street, 638, 643 War Investigating Committee, 65 Warm Springs Foundation, 101 Warm Springs, Georgia, 104-105, 212
Washington Hotel, 352 Washington Post, 605, 994 Washington Star, 962, 994 Watson, General Edwin M. "Pa," 88-89 Western Union, 375, 376 Westminster College, 85 Whistlestops, the success of, 627-629 White House, 332, 336, 352, 777, 780
correspondents dinner, 1945, 95-97 entrances and exits to, 606-612 map room at, 286, 288 press room at, 335 reporters: Whitney, A. F., 643 Whitney, Courtney, 831 Williamsburg, U.S.S., 248, 249, 251, 357, 532, 535 Willkie, Wendell, 633 Wilson, Woodrow, 114, 635, 904, 918, 1052 Wolf's Cove, 38 Woodring, Harry H., problems with Louis Johnson, 505-507 Woodward, Stan, 985 World War II: Y
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