October 5, 1948

On the date of October 5, 1948, President Truman wrote a letter to his sister about all of his campaigning he had done that day. Read a copy of the letter. For campaign photos go to:

1948 Campaign photos

Truman made a very large sweep of the nation while on his campaign. For a concise summary of the 1948 campaign go to:

1948 campaign

By Jace Jeremy Plowman's class Lee's Summit High School

Truman wrote a letter to his sister Mary Jane Truman informing her of his return to D.C.. In the letter, he said that it would "be the greatest campaign any President ever made," and that win or lose, people would know where he stood. He had just finished with his campaign in the Midwest and added that the next day he would begin his campaign in Wilmington, Philadelphia, Jersey City, Newark, Albany, and Buffalo. See Campaign Map. Late morning at 11:00 A.M., Truman met with representatives from "The Red Feather Kids," Dolores Silverthorn, age 11, and Jimmy Peyton, age 10, who were a few out of the millions of kids who benefited from the 12,000 Red Feather Services of Community Chest.

At 11:30 a.m., Truman talked with Secretary of the Air Force, Symmington and General Harmon, the newly appointed Air Judge Advocate.

At 11:45 a.m., he met with Secretary of Defense James Vincent Forrestal

At noon President Truman received the leaders and officers of the Unions which comprise the Labor's Committee for Truman and Vice President Barkley.

At 12:15 Truman chatted with Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, who had just returned from the coronation of Queen Juliana, where she was a representative for the President. Truman met with the Honorable John Sullivan at 12:30 and a member of the New York Times at 12:45.

At 3:15 President Truman again met with the Secretary of Defense. At 8:00 he met with Senators Arthur Vadenberg, the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, and Tim Connally, the ranking member of the minority of the committee, in the White House study. Earlier that day, Truman had planned to go on the radio with Senators Vadenberg and Connally announcing the proposal for Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson to travel to Moscow and confer with Stalin in an effort to improve the relations between the U.S. and the Soviets. Yet, the plan was rejected after Truman conversed with his Secretary of State Marshall

To learn more about President Truman's campaign strategies go to Proposed Program of Action by the President (In Project WhistleStop's 1948 Campaign Collection)

Becca and Jessica Jeremy Plowman's Class Lee's Summit High School