Oral History Interviews with Tom L. Evans   Kansas City businessman; friend of Harry S. Truman since the early twenties; formerly Secretary of the Harry S. Truman Library, Inc.; and Treasurer of the Harry S. Truman Library Institute for National and International Affairs. Interview Transcripts 1962 August 8 | November 28 1963 April 17 | June 13 | August 13 | September 18 December 10 | December 19 [Notices and Restrictions | List of Subjects Discussed] NOTICE These are transcripts of tape-recorded interviews conducted for the Harry S. Truman Library. A draft of each transcript was edited by the interviewee but only minor emendations were made; therefore, the reader should remember that these are essentially transcripts of the spoken, rather than the written word. Numbers appearing in square brackets (ex. [45]) within the transcript indicate the pagination in the original, hardcopy version of the oral history interview. RESTRICTIONS These oral history transcripts may be read, quoted from, cited, and reproduced for purposes of research. They may not be published in full except by permission of the Harry S. Truman Library. List of Subjects Discussed A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Abilene, Kansas, 612 Acheson, Dean, 625, 644, 647-648, 649, 679, 680 Allen, George, 278-279, 369 and the Harry S. Truman Library, Incorporated, 601, 602-609, 612 "Amos and Andy," 217-218 Anderson, Clinton, 604, 620-621 Arizona, 237 Army-Navy football game of 1950, 561-562 Associated Press, 546 Atchison, Kansas, 105, 106, 125 Atlanta, Georgia, 246 Atlantic Mills, 103 Atomic bomb, 441-449, 450-453 Auto Club of Kansas City, 172-173 Axtell, Enos, 481, 482, 483, 488, 489, 492 Aylward, Charles, 757-760 Aylward, Frank, 759 Aylward, George, 759 Aylward, James, 213, 214-215, 216, 757-760 B Baldwin, Ben, 7 Barber's Cash Drug Store, 66, 83 Barker, John F., 712 Barkley, Alben, 340, 362 Barnes, Frank, 53 Barringer, Lewis T., 340-342, 345, 356, 357, 361, 364, 370, 372, 373, 380-381, 388, 461, 506, 736 Bartle, H. Roe, 590, 593 Baruch, Bernard, 447 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 194 Battery D, 35th Division, 255, 287 Battle Mountain, Nevada, 79, 80, 82, 83 Behind the Ballots, 507 Bell, Jasper, 243, 699 Berenstein, David, 267, 324 Berkley, Roy, 100 Bickley, Mr., 131 Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 686 Birmingham, Alabama, 143, 150 Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 354, 355, 362, 671, 687 Blair, Ethel M., 8 Bland, Ewing, 46, 48, 73, 663 Bodinson, Larry, 762-763 Bolivar, Missouri, 503-506, 510 Bolivar, Simon, 503 Bolling, Richard, 245, 386, 387-388, 389, 390-391, 392, 393, 663, 672, 758, 762 and the Missouri 5th Congressional District, 483, 484-488, 489-493 and Truman, Harry S., 485-488, 490-493, 520-521 Bond and Goodwin Investment Company, 158, 159 Boston, Massachusetts, 268, 279, 406, 408, 526, 533 Bourgholtzer, Mr., 548 Bowman, Gus, 740-741 Boyle, Russell, 325, 326 Boyle, William M., Jr., 472, 473, 532 and Truman, Harry S., 324-327 Boyle, Mrs. William, 472 Brewster, R. R., 215 Bridgeport, Connecticut, 132, 147, 153, 475 Brookfield, Dutton, 392 Brooklyn, New York, 150 Brooks, Philip C., 410 Bromo-Seltzer, 467, 477 Bryant, Jerry, 646 Buchanan, Ella Mae, 731 Byrnes, James F., 449 C Canada, 158, 160 Canfil, Fred, 234-235, 305, 345-346, 459-472 Cannon, Craig, 495 Carlisle, Kentucky, 2 Carter, Jay Franklin, 547-549 Carthage, Missouri, 127, 198 Casey, Mike, 202-203 Caudle, T. Lamar, 696, 701, 706, 721, 738 Chamber of Commerce, 283, 479 Chapman, Oscar L., 736, 737 Charno, George, 377 Chase School, 18-19 Chicago, Illinois, 108, 109, 121, 174, 297, 327, 331, 333, 340, 348, 363, 364, 368, 398, 400, 579, 582, 591, 687, 688, 689, 699 Chiles, Henry, 405 Chinn, Hiram, 405 Chinn, Mary, 405 Christopher, George, 661 Churchill, Winston, 480, 481 Cincinnati, Ohio, 751, 752 City National Bank of Kansas City, Missouri, 516 Clark, Bennett "Champ," 215-216, 220, 224-225, 240, 256, 257, 265-266, 281, 699, 702 Cleveland, Ohio, 174, 639, 640, 751, 752 and the Harry S. Truman Library, 639-643 Clifford, Clark, 601 Clifton, Joe, 58-59, 60, 61 Clinton Pharmacy, 577 Cochran, John, 239, 240 Collett, J. Caskie, 668 Colorado Springs, Colorado, 303 Columbia, Missouri, 198, 402, 633, 660 Columbia National Bank, Kansas City, Missouri, 73, 86, 89, 732, 757 Commerce Trust Company, 514, 515 Community Savings and Loan Association, 190 Connelly, Matthew J., 278, 367, 370, 407, 413, 431, 432, 433, 437-438, 445, 457, 458, 465, 495, 497-498, 508, 528, 532, 533, 535-538, 542, 544, 545, 564, 595, 601, 607, 609, 698 and Evans, Tom L,, 516, 517, 520-521, 525 and Schwimmer, Harry, 699-740 Conway, Tom, 199-200 Cook, S. K., 86 Cooper, Harry, 134, 269 Coster, F. Donald, 132-136, 141, 142, 143, 145, 146, 147, 151-163 Cox, James, 246-247 Cox, Lester, 232, 240, 247, 263, 634 and radio, 220-222, 225, 299 Crown Drug Company, 107, 110-119, 120, 121, 122-123, 124-132, 134, 136-139, 140-142, 145, 148-151, 161, 183, 184, 187, 197, 198, 216, 217, 218, 228-230, 232, 242, 270, 271, 301, 442, 505, 507, 554-555, 557, 558-559, 560-561, 574-575, 577, 741 Crump, Mr., 343 Crystal Pharmacy, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 50 Curley, James M., 406 Curry, Charles, 421, 422, 423, 683 D Dallas, Texas, 679 Daniels, Jonathan, 565-566 Darby, Edith, 302-303 Darby, Harry, 293-297, 299-300, 301, 302, 637-638, 664 and the Eisenhower, Dwight, painting, 664-665 Davis, Blevins, 613, 614 Davis, Ike, 392 Davis, Manvel, 289 Dean, Frank, 230, 231 Decker, Clarence, 617 Democratic National Committee, 368-369, 395-396, 413-414, 473, 566, 602 Democratic National Convention, 1944, 331-364 Democratic National Convention, 1948, 503, 506-513, 521-523, 525-526 Democratic National Convention, 1956, 671-672 Democratic National Convention, 1960, 685-690 Dennison, Robert L., 562 Deramus, William, Jr., 628 Deramus, William, Sr., 275, 625, 626, 627, 702, 738 Detroit, Michigan, 142, 477, 478, 479 Dewe11, Wilbur, 269-270 Dewey, Thomas E., 531, 536, 539 Dickmann, Bernard, 261 Dietrich, George, 156, 158, 160 Dillon, Paul, 743-745 Dodds, Ted, 681 Donnelly, Eugene, 255 Doorer, A. A., 5 Dora, Jean, 714 Drury College (Springfield, MO) [now Drury University], 220 Dryden, Mildred L., 312 Duff and Repp, 652, 661 Duncan, Mr., 219 E Eaton, Cyrus, 639 Economical Cunningham Drugstores, 479 822 Club, 327, 330, 760 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 227, 279, 292, 379, 508-509, 557, 602, 612, 662, 663 painting of, 664-666 and the Truman, Harry S., dinner, 493-503 Ellis, Elmer, 629, 633 Ernst, Morris, 546 Ess, Henry, 417 Evans, Ada, 2-3 Evans, Ella Mae, 78-79 Evans, Ethel M., 8 Evans, Joseph Earl, 8, 25-26 Evans, Joseph W., 1-3, 15 Evans, Tom L., 42, 717 the Army-Navy football game of 1950, 561-562 the atomic bomb, 441-449, 450-453 Bolivar, Missouri, 504-506 Bolling, Richard, 386, 387-388, 389, 390-391, 392, 393, 483, 484-488, 489-493 Boyle, William M., Jr., 324-327 Canfil, Fred, 459-472 Connelly, Matthew J., 516, 517, 520-521 Coster, F. Donald, 132, 133, 134-136, 141, 142, 143, 1452, 146, 147, 151-163 Cox, Lester, 220-222 Crown Drug Company, 107, 110-119, 120, 121, 122-123, 124-132, 134, 136-139, 140-142, 145, 148-151, 161, 228-229 Democratic National Convention of 1944, 332-364 Democratic National Convention of 1956, 671-672 Democratic National Convention of 1960, 685-690 drugstores, 20-23, 33, 73-76, 84-91, 92, 93, 94-97, 98-101 education of, 13-20 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 493-503 the Fair Trade Act, 575-577 and the flu, 78-82 Fritche-Henderson Candy Company, 76, 77, 83 Gavin, Tom, 587-597 Grand Jury, 706-719, 722, 727, 733 Hannegan, Robert, 353-354, 355, 356, 360-361, 362-363 Harry S. Truman Library, Incorporated, 600-612, 615-661 Hersey, John, 563 Hillman, William, 577-579, 581-584, 585-587 Hinde, Edgar, 291, 292-294 Johnson, Lyndon B., 693 Kansas City, Missouri, 11-20 at the Kansas City College of Pharmacy, 22-23, 64 and the Ku Klux Klan, 169-172 Larned, Kansas, 1-11 liquor licenses, 195, 197-203 liquor sales, 183-184, 185-189 McPike, Mr., 68-69 McPike Drug Company, 45-49, 67-72, 73, 75, 76 Messall, Victor, 278, 280-286, 539-540, 541-542 the military, 77 the Missouri 5th Congressional District, 481-485 the Missouri Senatorial Campaign, 1934, 210-216, 234-241 the Missouri Senatorial election of 1940, 248-260, 261-274, 286-289 Montgomery, Ruth, 377-384 newsmen, 579-580, 598 Noyes, David M., 577, 578, 579, 581-582, 586-587 Pendergast, Mike, 29-31 Pendergast, Thomas J., 173-179, 184-185, 188-189, 197-206 Pendergast, Thomas J., Jr., 183-184, 185-189 Pierce, Harry, 57, 67, 68-69, 70-71 politics, 23-24, 27-33, 43-44, 55, 163-164, 167 Presidential election campaign of 1944, 274-280, 297-299, 364-372, 374-375, 385-389, 401-403, 406-417 Presidential election campaign of 1948, 526-528, 531-541, 542-543 Presidential election campaign of 1952, 566-570 radio stations, 216-226, 228, 229, 232 the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 554-556, 559, 560 Roberts, Roy, 350-353 a salesman, 68-73 Schwimmer, Harry, 697-740 Shoop, Duke, 599-600 Stevenson, Adlai, 570 television, 557-558 throat operation of, 424-426, 427-430, 432 Truman, Harry S., 195-197, 227-228, 232-234, 242-252, 399-400, 427-432, 435-440, 474-479, 493, 494, 685-687, 716, 745-746, 752-753 farm of, 420-423 fund raising for, 517-519 the inauguration of, 550-552 in Senate, 210-213, 216 Truman, Mary Jane, 765-767 Truman, Vivian, 765 Van Sant, Tom, 669, 670 and wrist watches, 675-679 and World War I, 77-78, 81-83 Evans, Mrs. Tom L., 5, 7, 9, 33-34, 36, 38, 47, 54, 56-57, 72, 78, 79, 90-91, 155-156, 161, 171, 242, 273, 278, 302, 309, 367, 407, 408, 420, 493, 494, 495-497, 498, 500, 501, 503, 504, 525, 538, 543, 551, 552, 566, 568, 584, 598, 641, 678, 680 and Truman, Harry S., 427-429, 430 Evans Electrical Company, 660 Evans Livery, 2, 16-18 Evans-Smith Drug Company, 84 Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 258, 532, 533, 538 F Fair Trade Act, 573-577 Fairfield, Connecticut, 153, 154, 161 Faris, E.C., 238-239 Farley, James A., 506-508, 525-526, 697 Faxon-Gallagher Drug Company, 132 Federal Bureau of Investigation, 160, 443 Federal Communications Commission, 216, 223-224, 226, 281 Federal Trade Commission, 257 Feinberg, Abe, 609 Field, Lyman, 542, 543 Florida, 720 Food and Drug Administration, 269, 281 Fort Larned, Kansas, 3, 5, 6-7 Foyle, J.W., 174 Flynn, Dr. J.C., 454 Flynn, J. J., 27, 28 France, 158 Franklin Ice Cream Company, 117 Fritche-Henderson Candy Company, 76, 77, 83, 84, 87, 88 Frizell, Mr., 6 Fry, Harry, 47, 48 Fulton, Hugh, 370, 479-481, 668, 670 G Gallup Map and Stationery Company, 231, 323 Gardner, Newt, 235-237, 259 Garner, John, 367 Gasen, A1, 270 Gavin, Tom, 587-595 Gaylord, Miss, 763 General Foods, 128 General Services Administration, 661, 662, 664 Gentry, Alonzo H., 620, 622, 623, 634, 653, 656, 657-658 Gentry-Voskamp, 654, 655 George H. Burr and Company, 125, 126, 140, 141 Germany, 456, 521 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 279, 612 Goodman, Barney, 377 Graham, Wallace H., 495, 498, 500 Grand River Dam, Oklahoma, 645 Grandview, Missouri, 489, 633, 654 Green, John Finley, 668 Greenville, Mississippi, 645 Gridiron Club Dinner, 457-459 Guadalajara, Mexico, 679 Guffey Coal Act, 697 Gustafson, Mr., 104, 105, 106, 111, 115, 124, 131 Gustin, A. L., Sr., 174, 746-747 Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing Company, 174, 746 H Hague, Mr., 506-507, 508, 525 Hannegan, Robert E., 261, 262, 350, 395-397, 473 and Truman, Harry S., 353-354, 356, 360-361, 362-363 Hannibal, Missouri, 402 Harding, Warren G., 92 Hardwick, Tom, 34, 35 Harriman, W. Averell, 572, 671, 672 Harrington, George, 42 Harry S. Truman Library, 316-317, 318-319, 450, 503, 560, 579, 615-616a, 635-643, 758 and Cleveland, Ohio, 639-643 fund raising dinner for, 636 location of, 616a-635 Harry S. Truman Library, Incorporated, 369, 600-612, 669 Harvey, William P., 234 Heidelberg College, 154 Helm, William, 754-756 Hendrickson, Art, 76 Hendrix, A. R., 743 Hennings, Thomas C., 491 Hersey, John, 563-564 Hillelson, Jeffrey, 290-291, 661-664 Hillman, William, 577-579, 581-584, 585-587, 688, 693 Hinde, Edgar G., 291, 292-294, 662, 663 Hoffman, Harry, 42, 170, 171, 411-412 and the Ku Klux Klan, 37-38, 39-40 Hollywood, Florida, 720 Houston, E.G., 422 Hutchins, Robert, 444 I Independence, Missouri, 291, 305, 308, 316, 402, 574, 577, 579, 633, 643, 644, 674, 761-762 and the Harry S, Truman Library, 619, 633 Independence Examiner, 164 Indiana, 171 Illinois, 2, 534, 535 Intelligence Branch, Internal Revenue Service, 733 Interior Department, 282 Internal Revenue Service, 223, 224, 696, 701 Iowa, 221, 360 Iraq, 456 Italy, 456 J Jackson County, Missouri, 170, 171, 180, 322, 681 courthouse, 654 Jacobson, A.D., 649, 659 Jacobson, Edward, 92, 93-94, 98, 269, 289, 373, 517, 518, 519, 649, 669, 679-680, 742 Japan, 485 Jefferson, Thomas, 243 Jefferson City, Missouri, 197, 198, 202, 250, 263, 289 Jobes, Harry C., 555-556, 560, 668-669 Johnson, Lyndon B., 594, 597, 684, 690-691, 692-693, 749, 750 Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon B., 692 Joplin, Missouri, 127, 198, 239, 418-419, 420 K KCMO radio station, 225-226, 229, 232, 240, 505, 763-764 KWKC radio station, 217, 220, 225, 232 Kansas, 150, 293, 294, 296, 298, 299, 300, 358, 360, 414, 516, 530-531 University of, 64, 79, 82, 83, 85, 86 Kansas City, Missouri, 106, 108, 109, 147, 162, 174, 180, 198, 220, 232, 242-243, 244, 246, 247, 249, 267, 270, 272, 280, 291, 312, 325, 357, 358, 363, 342, 416, 417, 435, 480, 484, 489, 514, 526, 531, 542, 560, 561, 572, 598, 605, 633, 643, 673, 674, 701, 713 Evans, Tom L., childhood in, 11-20 Kansas City Blues, 30 Kansas City Athletic Club, 697 Kansas City Club, 327, 330, 338, 377, 594, 691-692 Kansas City College of Pharmacy, 22-23, 64 Kansas City Crime Commission, 681 Kansas City Fire Department, 174 Kansas City Power and Light Company, 702 Kansas City Southern Railroad, 275, 625, 702 Kansas City Star, 64, 218, 334, 350-351, 353, 388, 417, 458, 599, 600, 617-618, 754 Katz Drug Company, 106, 120, 574-575 Kefauver, Estes, 673-675 Kemper, Crosby, 516-517, 528-529 and Truman, Harry S., 514-516 Kemper, W. T., 515 Kennedy, John F., 586, 594, 663, 749, 762-764 and Truman, Harry S., 684, 685, 689, 690, 691, 692 Kennedy, Mrs, John F., 749 Kennedy, Robert, 680-682 Kent Brothers, 21 Kenton Towels, 342 Kilgore, Harley, 397 Kresge's, 99 Kroger's, 121 Ku Klux Klan, 37, 38, 168-171, 276, 368, 411-412 L Lake Lotawana, Missouri, 307 Lamar, Missouri, 248, 403 Larned, Kansas, 1-11 Larson, Jess, 735 Lawless, Mike, 48 Lawrence, Kansas, 104, 106 Leaders in Our Town, 64 Leahy, William D., 495 Lee and Fink, 129 Lee's Summit, Missouri, 312 Leavenworth, Kansas, 82, 106, 405 Life magazine, 542, 546 Lloyd, David D., 318, 610-611, 625, 634, 639, 640, 654, 662, 664, 669-670, 695, 699 Long, Edward, 692 Long, Mrs. Edward, 692 Lord and Thomas, 579 Los Angeles, California, 268, 368, 631, 685, 686, 689, 720 Lykins School, Kansas City, Missouri, 13, 18 M MacArthur, Douglas, 484 MacDowell, Harry A., 477, 478-479 McCarthy, Ira, 388 McGee, Joseph J., 636 McGee, Joseph J., Jr., 636 McGee, Tommy, 636 McGrath, J. Howard, 381, 518, 617 McGrory, Phil, 183 McKesson and Robbins, 132-133, 134, 135-137, 142, 143, 144, 151, 152-154, 156, 157, 159, 161-163, 269, 475, 476 McKim, Edward D., 278, 367, 370, 407, 413, 458 and Truman, Harry S., 427, 431, 432-435 McKittrick, Roy, 68, 756 McPike Drug Company, 45-49, 66-67, 87, 89, 169 and Evans, Tom L., 67-72, 73, 75, 76 Madison Square Garden, 279, 280, 409 Maloney, Mr., 697 Maloney, Schwimmer, and Bredihoff, 696-697 Man of the Week, 603 Manlin, A1, 270 Manual High School, Kansas City, MO, 19 Manual Training High School, Kansas City, MO, 19 March of Dimes, 609 Marshall plan, 440 Masonic Lodge, 301 Massman, Harry, 316-317, 318, 644, 645, 647-648, 649, 650, 651, 658-659, 660 Massman Construction Company, 645, 646 Matthews, Captain, 176, 200, 203, 205 Mayflower Hotel, 341 Mayo Clinic, 424, 425 Meisburger, Edward P., 329 Meissner, Ed, 328-329 Memoirs, by Harry S. Truman, 581, 688, 689 Memphis, Tennessee, 143, 150, 267, 340, 341, 506 Meredith Publishing Company, 232, 229 Messall, Victor, 238, 239, 250-251, 263, 267, 271, 272, 280-286, 326, 539-540, 541-542 and Truman, Harry S., 272-278 Messall, Mrs. Victor, 273-274, 275 Metzger, Arthur, 190 Mexico, 679 Miami, Florida, 268, 720 Miami, Oklahoma, 128 Milgram Food Stores, 121 Miller, Kenneth, 250-251, 263 Milligan, Jacob "Tuck," 239, 240, 241, 257, 263, 264 Milligan, Maurice, 241, 257, 262, 264-265 Mission Hills Golf Club, 761 Mississippi, 645 Missouri, 150, 198, 282, 298, 305, 328, 360, 402, 410, 414, 466, 472, 516, 603, 604, 632, 698, 738, 748, 755, 756 Congressional campaign for the 5th District, 481-485 Senatorial campaign of 1934, 210-216, 234-241 Senatorial campaign of 1940, 248-274, 286-289 Mr. President, 578 Mobile, Alabama, 143, 150 Monterrey, Mexico, 679 Montgomery, Ruth, 388, 394-395 and Truman, Harry S., 377-384 Muehlebach Hotel, 230, 485, 493, 496, 538, 542, 679, 724 Munoz-Marin, Luis, 738 Murphy, Charles S., 564, 595, 648, 662, 664, 694, 695 Murray, Mr., 475-476 Musica, Mr., 151-152, 156, 160-161 Mutual Broadcasting System, 577 N Nebraska, 360 Nedrig, Ella, 9-10 Nee, Dan, 219, 221, 240, 257, 404-405 Neild, Edward F., 622, 623, 625, 653, 654 Nield-Somdal Associates, 654, 655 Netherlands, 158 Nevada, 605 New Jersey, 506, 507 New Mexico, 604, 605, 620 New Orleans, Louisiana, 623, 654 New York, New York, 121, 133, 150, 153-154, 184, 268, 383, 408, 410, 475, 476, 526, 527, 533, 586, 697 New York Daily News, 370, 382-383, 388 New York Post, 383-384 New Yorker magazine, 563 Newell, Mr., 322 Niles and Moser Cigar Company, 76 Nitro, West Virginia, 77, 78, 79, 81, 82, 315 Nixon, Richard, 379 and Truman, Harry S., 674 North Dakota, 415 Noyes, David M., 577, 578, 579, 581-582, 586, 587, 630, 688, 693 O Oberholtz, Ed, 76 O'Connor, Basil, 609, 625, 644, 647, 648 Ohio, 171, 207, 534, 535 Olathe, Kansas, 85 Old American Life Insurance Company, 637 Omaha, Nebraska, 526 O'Neill Mr., 478 Oklahoma, 139, 140, 150, 216, 360, 645, 702 Orgatone, 85 Owens, C.M., 169 P Palmer, Dwight R. G., 663 Parke-Davis Drug Company, 21 Parks, Frank N., 791 Patterson, Roscoe C., 215 Patti, Sebastian, 317, 319, 645-646, 647, 659, 660 Paul, Randolph E., 794 Pauley, Edwin W., 396-397, 398, 629, 630-633 Pawnee County, Kansas, 1, 2, 531 Pawnee Creek, 3 Payne, Clive, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 146, 149, 151, 161, 206, 222, 229, 230, 231 and Evans, Tom L., 83, 84, 86, 87, 88-89, 92, 95, 96, 97, 100 Payne, Mrs. Clive, 91 Pemiscot County, Missouri, 235-236, 237-238 Pendergast, James, 45, 164-165, 173, 175, 233-234, 347, 591, 742 and Truman, Harry S., 319-321, 323 Pendergast, Mike, 24, 27-28, 29-31, 32, 35, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 48, 54, 164-165, 166, 170, 171, 173, 174, 180, 181, 320 Pendergast, Thomas J., 23, 24, 38, 39, 40, 47, 164, 165, 168, 181, 233, 248, 320, 367, 404, 419, 490, 587, 588, 697, 741-742, 746-747 business of, 181-183 and Evans, Tom L., 173-176, 177, 184-185, 188-189, 197-200 and gambling, 202, 204-206, 208-210 and Truman, Harry S., 173-176, 177-179, 286-287, 418 Pendergast, Thomas J., Jr., 183-184, 185-189 Peoria, Illinois, 171, 276, 368, 411 Perry, Leslie, 626 Persons, Wilton B., 795 Philadelphia, Pa., 506, 508, 513, 533 Pierce, Harry, 67, 68-69, 70-71, 75 Pittsburg, Kansas, 220, 530 P1a-Mor Corporation, 101, 102-103 Porter, Joe, 738 Porter, Paul A., 794 Portina Cigars, 76 Poston, Ted, 49-51, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59 Potofsky, Jacob B., 186 Potomac fever, 290 Potsdam Conference, 446, 466, 597, 675, 676, 678 Powell, Mrs. Adam Clayton, 87-88 Pre-Coat, 182, 183 President Hotel, Kansas City, MO, 230-231, 250, 262, 264 Presidential election campaign of 1944, 274-280, 297-299, 364-372, 374-375, 385-389, 401-403, 406-420, 459-462 Presidential election campaign of 1948, 526-528, 531-537, 538-541, 542-543, 544-550 Presidential election campaign of 1952, 566-570 President's That Have Known Me, 278, 602 Price-Waterhouse, 158 Produce Exchange Bank, 244 Puerto Rico, 720, 738 Purcell, Buck, 166 Q Quality Hill, Kansas City, Missouri, 11 R Rayburn, Sam, 397, 491, 512, 597 Ready Mixed Concrete Company, 181-183, 188 Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 554-556, 559, 560 Reece, Ed, 9 Reece, Ella, 9-10 Reed, James, 213-214 Reeves, Mr., 482, 492 Regan, Charles, 163, 233, 419-421, 588 Reinsch, Leonard, 246 Republican National Committee, 416 Retail Drugstores of America, Inc., 142, 143 Rice, Carl, 297 and Truman, Harry S., 297, 298-299, 358-360 Richmond, Missouri, 239 Ridge, Albert, 93-94, 288 Riley family, 11-12 Roberts, Roy, 334, 350-353, 457-458 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Missouri, 617 Roe, Ada, 2-3 Romagna, Jack, 495 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 139, 144, 246, 278, 298, 328, 358, 370, 399, 401, 402, 425, 426, 430, 440, 441, 443, 445, 449, 451, 452, 453, 551, 548, 609, 615, 767 and Truman, Harry S., 355, 363 Rosenman, Samuel I., 601 Ross, Charles G., 495, 497, 528, 537, 544-546, 549, 563, 564, 699 Rummel, Henry, 167 S Sachs, Mr., 726 Safeway Stores, 121 St. Clair,"John, 659-660 St. Joseph, Missouri, 106, 283, 402, 455, 743 St. Louis, Missouri, 121, 125, 235, 249-250, 254, 260, 261, 262, 267, 270, 271, 272, 280, 358, 364, 402, 744, 745, 753 St. Louis Car Company, 328 St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 97 Salisbury, Spencer, 190, 191 Salomon, Sid, 753-754 San Francisco, California, 368 Saturday Evening Post, 328 Scanlon, Emmett, 484, 485, 521 Schleicker, August, 216-217, 218 Schmidtlein, Eugene, 262 Schmoor Cigar Company, 76 Schutz, Byron, 231 Schwartz, Paul, 105, 106-107, 111, 124 Schwellenbach, Lewis B., 272 Schwimmer, Harry, 383, 394, 441, 442, 443, 453, 455, 457, 639, 697, 698 and Connelly, Matthew J., 699, 700, 701, 702-740 and Evans, Tom L., 697-740 Sears, Ray, 104, 105 Seattle, Washington, 268, 368 Secret Service, United States, 497, 500, 501, 502, 511, 527, 535, 536, 537, 539, 540, 542, 618, 700, 746 Securities and Exchange Act, 107, 122, 127, 138, 139, 144, 160, 230 Securities and Commission., 477, 478-479 Sedalia, Missouri, 255, 256, 267, 272, 302, 472 Sedgwick County, Kansas, 531 Sermon, Roger, 211, 613, 619, 745 Shannon, Joe, 23, 213, 243, 699 Shapiro, Herman, 150, 347-348, 353, 365-367, 370, 372-376, 384-385, 388 Shapiro, Julius, 386 Shapiro, Nate, 477, 478-479 Shapiro Drugstores, 143 Shoop, Duke, 458, 599-600 Shriners, 301 Slaughter, Roger, 448, 481, 482, 483, 489 Slover Park, Independence, Missouri, 619-620, 626, 627, 634 Smith, Merriman, 546, 548 Snyder, John W., 249, 364 South Dakota, 415 Southside News Press, 392 Sperry, Merle, 71 Springfield, Missouri, 127, 206, 207, 219, 220, 221, 402, 403-404, 459, 472 Stalin, Joseph, 466 Stark, Lloyd C., 253, 254, 261, 264, 265-266 Steinberg, Alfred, 173, 175-176, 178 Steinberg Drugstores, Inc., 139, 140, 141, 216 Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, 333, 344, 353, 354, 357 Stevenson, Adlai E., 379, 382, 582, 591, 671, 672, 673, 687-688, 693 and Truman, Harry S., 570-572 Stickney Cigar Company, 76 Stop and Shop Market, 101-102 Strang Line, 85 Summerfield, Mr., 294 Susskind, David, 584, 585 Swearingen, Mr., 21, 22 Swedish Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 97 Symington, Stuart, 682-684, 689, 690-691 Szilard, Leo, 448-449 T Talent Associates, 583-584 Talge, Henry, 390-391, 675, 678, 680 Tax Appeals Court, 737 Taylor, Buck, 756 Taylor, Jim, 211, 212, 213 Tennessee, 506 Thice, Frank, 307 Thice, John F., 307-308 Thompson, Julian, 159 Thompson-Sterrett, 315 Tillman, Elizabeth, 471 Tipton, Mr., 603 Triangle Club of Kansas, 740-741 Trinity Lutheran Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 97 Truman, Harry S., 37, 42, 43, 44, 50, 63, 171, 189, 192, 220, 223-224, 236, 238, 240, 241, 247, 261, 273, 278, 301-302, 306, 370, 425, 426, 433, 493, 513-514, 675, 726, 738, 761, 764 Allen, George, 278-279, 607-609, 612 Anderson, Clinton, 620-621 the Army-Navy game, 561-562 the atomic bomb, 441-449, 450-453 the Automobile Club of Kansas City, 172-173 Aylward, Charles, 757, 758 Aylward, James, 757-758 Barringer, Lewis, 340-342, 345, 356, 357, 361, 364 Bolivar, Missouri, 503-506, 510 Bolling, Richard, 485-488, 490-493, 520-521 Boyle, William, 324-327 businesses of, 190-191 campaign funds of, 378-384 as a campaigner, 304-305 Canfil, Fred, 234-235, 345-346, 459-470471-472 Churchill, Winston, 480, 481 Darby, Harry, 293-297, 299-300, 301, 637-638 the Democratic National Committee, 395-396 and the Democratic National Convention of 1944, 331-364 the Democratic National Convention of 1948, 510-513, 521-523, 525-526 the Democratic National Convention of 1956, 671-672 the Democratic National Convention of 1960, 685-690 Dillon, Paul, 743-745 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 493-503 evaluation of, 747-751 Evans, Tom L., 195-197, 216, 226, 227-228, 232-234, 242-252, 399-400, 427-432, 435-440, 474-477, 478-479, 493, 517-519, 685-687, 716, 745-746, 752-753 Evans, Mrs. Tom L., 427-429, 430 the Fair Trade Act, 573, 576-577 the farm of, 420-423 Field, Lyman, 543 Gavin, Tom, 587-597 as a haberdasher, 91-92, 93-94 Hannegan, Robert E., 353-354, 355, 356, 360-361, 362-363 the Harry S. Truman Library, 615-661 Helm, William, 755-756 Hersey, John, 563-564 Hillelson; Jeffrey, 661-662 Hillman, William, 577-579, 581-584, 585-587 Hinde, Edgar, 291, 292-294 inauguration of, 550-552 the Jackson County courthouse, 192-194 Jobes, Harry C., 555-556 Johnson, Lyndon, 690-691, 692-693 Joplin, Missouri, 418-419, 420 Kefauver, Estes, 673 Kemper, Crosby, 528-529 Kemper, Jim, 514-516, 528-529 Kennedy, John F., 684-685, 689, 690, 691, 692 Kennedy, Robert F., 680-682 the Ku Klux Klan, 38-40, 168-169, 171-172 law school, 172, 173 McKim, Ed, 427, 431, 432-435 McKittrick, Roy, 756 Messall, Victor, 272-278, 280-286, 539-540, 541-542 minimum wage, 552-553 Missouri, 742 the fifth Congressional district of, 481-485 and the Senate campaign of 1934, 210-216, 234-241 and the Senate elections of 1940, 248-260, 261-274 Nixon, Richard, 694 Noyes, David, 577, 578, 579, 581-582, 586-587 Pauley, Ed, 396-397, 398, 630-633 Pendergast, James, 319-321, 323 Pendergast, Mike, 180 Pendergast, Thomas J., 173-176, 177-179, 286-287, 418, 741-742 as a poker player, 759-760 and politics, 163, 164-166, 167-169, 171-172 the Presidential election campaign of 1944, 274-280, 297-299, 364-372, 374-375, 385-389, 401-403, 406-417 the Presidential election campaign of 1948, 530-541, 542-543, 545-546 the Presidential election campaign of 1952, 566-570 Regan, Charles, 419-421 Rice, Carl, 297, 298-299, 358-360 Roberts, Roy, 350-353 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 355, 363, 767-769 Schwimmer, Harry, 394, 698-699, 700, 738-739, 740 the Senate, 210-213, 216, 677-668 Shapiro, Herman, 347-348, 353, 365-367, 370, 372-376, 384-385, 388 slush fund allegations, 377-384 speaking ability of, 246-248 Stevenson, Adlai, 570-572, 687-688, 693 Symington, Stuart, 682-684 Vaughan, Harry, 596-597 as a Vice-Presidential candidate, 327-364, 370-372, 374, 375, 398 Walsh, Jerome, 543-544, 546-547 watch of, 675-679 Westminister College, 668, 671 Truman, Mrs. Harry S., 242-243, 250, 279, 280, 301, 302, 331, 335-337, 338, 344, 348, 349, 363, 399, 400, 410, 431, 504, 568, 570, 594, 598, 614, 631-632, 667, 687, 746, 761, 764 Truman, Margaret, 243, 259, 279, 280, 410, 431, 504, 598, 614, 622, 624 Truman, Martha, 403, 435, 437 Truman, Mary Jane, 302, 511, 616a, 622, 626, 627, 765-767 Truman, Ralph, 511 Truman, Vivian, 384, 489, 511, 616a, 622, 624, 627, 628, 765 Truman Committee, 309-311, 314-316, 317-318 Truman Memorial Foundation, 613 Truman the Senator, 262 Tulsa, Oklahoma, 139, 140 U Unger, Hans, 453, 454, 455-456, 457 United Press, 546 United States Steel, 128 University of California, 631 University of Chicago, 440, 441 University of Kansas, 86 University of Kansas City, 485, 490, 626 University of Missouri, 633, 634 V Vaccaro, Tony, 546, 548 Van Sant, Tom, 669, 670 Vaughan, Harry, 251-252, 271, 312-313, 326, 495, 562, 596-597, 614-615, 616, 699 Vaughan, Robert, 706 Vile, Hy, 680 Vinson, Fred, 596 Virginia, 40, 280 W WDAF radio, 218, 762 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, 410 Walgreen Drugstores, 108, 109 Wallace, Henry, 279-280, 409 Waller, William, 603, 625 Waller, Wilmer, 644, 646, 647, 648, 649, 651 Wallgren, Mon, 397 Walsh, Jerome, 536, 542, 543-544, 546-547 Walsh, Johnny, 45, 51-53 Warner, Captain, 182 Warrensburg, Missouri, 472 Washington, D.C., 410, 457, 474 Watkins, C. Morris, 109, 111-112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126, 131 Watkins, John S., 107, 109, 111-112, 114, 115, 116, 117, 121, 123, 124, 135, 136-137, 139, 145-148 Watkins, Morris, 135, 136-137, 139, 145-148 Wear, Sam, 403-404 Weatherford, Robert P., 619, 627, 634 Webster, Ernest, 32, 33-34, 35, 44, 48, 50, 57, 64 Webster, Mamie, 34 Werthe, Bill, 101, 103, 115, 124, 131, 180 West Virginia, 402 Westminister College, Fulton, Missouri, 479, 668, 671 Westport, Kansas City, Missouri, 20 Whitaker School, Kansas City, Missouri, 18-19 Wichita, Kansas, 531 Wilkerson, Harry, 85-86, 87, 110 Williams, B., 324 Williams, John, 100, 101, 115, 124 Williams, Roy, 266 Woods Drugstores, 143 Woolf's laundry, 18 Y Yellowstone National Park, 685, 686 Z Zimmerman, Andrew A., and drugstores 94-96, 97, 100-101, 102, 103-104, 105, 106, 111, 114, 115, 119, 123, 125, 126, 127, 128-129, 130, 131 [Top of the Page | Notices and Restrictions | List of Subjects Discussed] For questions, e-mail truman.reference@nara.gov Return to Truman Library Oral History Finding Aid Return to Archival Reference at the Truman Library

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