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Appendix: Unsigned memorandum, dated June 29, 1948, entitled "Should the President call Congress back?" (Truman Library Personal Papers Collection, Papers of Samuel I. Rosenman, 1944-1966: Box 9; Subject File; 1948; Campaign 1948; HST Acceptance Speech).

Acheson, Dean, 13, 71, 142, 143, 145, 149, 150, 158, 159-160, 162, 165, 358, 360, 361-362, 363, 366, 427,
428, 437, 445
Adams, Sherman, 398, 399
Alabama, 54
American Bankers, Association, 198
American Legion, 138, 320
“American Relations with the Soviet Union--A Report to the President—September 1946”, 14-17, 68, 70, 73-78,
85, 87, 88, 183-186, 213-214, 372-378
Americans for Democratic Action, 210, 212, 228
Anderson, Clinton, 35
Anderson, Patrick, 88, 216
Anglo-American Alliance, 81-82
Arabs, 97-98, 139-141
Arizona, 336, 338
Attlee, Clement, 46, 372
Austin, Warren, 157

Balfour Declaration, 104
Barkley, Alben W., 228, 230
Batt, William, Jr., 226, 227
Belgium, 79
Berkeley, California, 222
Berlin airlift, 456
Biemiller, Andrew J., 264
Biemiller-Humphrey civil rights plank, 264-266
Biffle, Leslie, 61, 63, 64, 230, 306
Biological warfare, 74, 76
Birkhead, Kenneth, 227
Bloom, Sol, 143
Boyle, William M., Jr., 321
Bridges, Senator Styles, 143
Brownell, Herbert, 301
Bulgaria, 78, 254, 373, 456
Bundy, McGeorge, 14, 92
Byrnes, James F., 71, 176, 319

California, 54, 325, 339, 340-341
Carey, Idaho, 224
Carr, Albert, 307-308, 310, 314
Carter, John Franklin, 314-315
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 129-130
Chapman, Oscar, 34, 192-193, 337-338
Chicago Tribune, 381
Churchill, Winston, 46, 81-82, 372
Civil rights, 51, 53, 232-234, 260-271, 287-288, 459
Clayton, William, 159
Clifford, Clark, 29, 180


and “American Relations with the Soviet Union—A Report to the President by the
Special Council to the President—September 1946,” 14-17, 68, 70, 73-78, 85, 87, 88, 183-186, 213-214,
372-378
and the “Clifford-Ewing group,” 186-194, 197-198, 226-227, 278
foreign affairs, and, 18
and Forrestal, James V., 19
government, interest in, 4
and Israel, 95-106
and the memo of June 26, 1948, 50-52, 213-238
and Murphy, Charles, 404, 407, 443-444
Naval Aide, as, 8-9
poker player, as a, 416-417, 445
political persuasion of, 205-207
and the Presidential election campaign of 1948, 272-276, 288-292, 323, 325-331, 333-341
and the railroad strike, 11-12, 57-64
and Rosenman, Samuel, 3, 4-5, 6, 7, 9
as Special Counsel to President Harry S. Truman, 10-14, 17
and Truman, Harry S. 2-3, 10-14, 17, 65-66, 68-70, 71-72, 442-443, 459-460
speechwriting for, 290-292, 295-298
staff of, discussed by, 396-403, 404-412
and the unification of the Armed forces, 109-119, 120, 122, 123-125
and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, viewed by, 372-380
and universal military training, 107-109
and Vinson’s mission to Moscow, 311-314
and the White House staff, resigns from, 438-441
and The White House staffs, concern over the size of, 91-94
Clifford-Ewing group, 186-194, 197-198, 226-227, 278
Coal strike, 24, 403
Colorado, 337
Comintern, 254, 456
Commerce Department, 174, 175-177
Commodity Credit Corporation, 279
Connally, Senator Tom, 143
Connelly, Matthew J., 276, 277, 383, 450-453
Containment, 84-87
The Crucial Decade, 355
Czechoslovakia, 79, 254, 373, 456

Daniels, Jonathan, 103

and Truman, Harry S., 319-321
Davidson, C. Girard, 189, 193
Dawson, David, 407
Defense Department, 23, 119-120, 123, 129, 134
and foreign policy, 171-174
Delta Conference at Cleveland, Mississippi, 160, 162
Democratic National Committee, 274, 316-317, 318
Research Division of, 225-226
Dewey, Thomas, 219, 273, 281, 285, 286, 288, 299, 301, 307, 326, 327, 334, 336, 337, 339, 341
and Truman Harry S., 302-305
Douglas, William O., 230-231
Drummond, Roscoe, 243
Dulles, John F., 93

Early, Stephen, 42
Eaton, Charles, 143
Economic Report of 1949, 346
Economic theory under the administration of Harry S. Truman, 194-198
Eightieth Congress, 302, 304, 306
Eisenhower, David D., 93, 118, 228, 398, 424, 451

And the 1948 Presidential election, 207-212
Elsey, George M., 68, 70, 127-129, 157, 272, 288, 290, 355, 408
“Establishing the Presidential Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services,” 260
Estonia, 78, 253, 373, 456
Ewing, Oscar, 34
as a member of the Ewing-Clifford group, 187-194, 197-198
Ewing-Clifford group, 186-194, 197-198, 226-227, 278
Excelsior Springs, Missouri, 325
Executive Order 9980, 260, 270
Executive Order 9981, 260

F Street Club, 102
Fair Deal, 66, 67, 348-349
Farmers, 51
Federal Reserve Board, 7-8
Ferdinand Magellan, 289
Ferrell, Robert, 310
Florida, 336
Foley, Edward, 451
Forrestal, James V., 6, 13, 71, 90, 125, 139, 141, 428, 432-436, 437-438

and Clifford, Clark, 19
and replacement of, 134-136
and unification of the Armed Forces, 19-23, 114, 115-116
Forty-three page memo of June 26, 1948, 213-222, 238
France, 79, 373, 379
Freeland, Richard, 370
French Indochina, 247-253
Fulton, Hugh, 27

Georgia, 54, 337, 338
Goldman, Eric, 355
Great Britain, 79, 81-83, 143, 144, 148, 373, 379
Greece, 82, 142, 143-144, 148, 455

and the Truman Doctrine, 142-154, 155-158

Harding, Warren, 47
Hardy, Benjamin, 354, 355, 359
Harlem, New York, 287
Harper, Roy, 419
Harriman, W. Averell, 206
Harvard University, 162
Hassett, William D., 383
Henderson, Loy, 96
Ho Chi Minh, 247-253
Hoffman, Paul, 364
Hoover, Herbert, 342, 343
Hughes, Charles Evans, 187
Humphrey, Hubert, 264
Humphrey-Biemiller civil rights plank, 231-232, 264-266

Illinois, 54, 325, 366
Inaugural message of 1949, 344, 345, 346-347, 351, 352-357, 370

and the State Department, 358-369
Independence, Missouri, 323
Indochina, 247-253
Inside the Democratic Party, 321
Iron Curtain Speech, 81-82
Israel, 139-140, 429
recognition of, 95-106
and Truman, Harry S., 95-106
Italy, 79, 148, 373

Jacobson, Edward, 105
Japanese, surrender in World War II, 28-29
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, 53-54, 423
Johnson, Louis, 141

a discussion of, 137-139
Johnson, Lyndon B., 14, 118
Johnston, Alvanley, 59, 62
Jones, Joseph, 145, 149, 150, 151
June trip of 1948 taken by Harry S. Truman, 222-225

Kaltenborn, H.V., 381-382
Kennan, George F., 84-86, 88, 89, 90, 147, 164-165
Kennedy, John F., 14, 118, 123
Kentucky, 335
Key West, Florida, 331-333, 344-346, 413-420, 422-423

poker playing at, 415-417
Keyserling, Leon, 189, 194
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, 321-323
King Arthur, 378
Kissinger, Henry A., 14, 92
Korea, 126, 248
Krock, Arthur, 15, 68, 72-73, 183, 243, 329, 334, 338

Lashly, Jacob M., 449, 450
Latvia, 78, 253, 373
Laurence, David, 243
League of Nations, 453
Leahy, Admiral William D., 89, 186
Lenin, V. I., 169
Lewis, John L., 24, 38, 39, 40, 41, 49, 61
Lincoln, Abraham, 261, 353, 425
Lippman, Walter, 243
Lithuania, 78, 253, 373, 456
Lloyd, David D., 227, 274

McAdams, Clark, 206-207
McGrath, J. Howard, 317, 336
MacNamara, Robert, 118, 119-120
Madison Square Garden speech, 175-177, 389-391, 429
Marines, United States, 114
Markel, Lester, 294
Marshall, George, 13, 71, 93, 143, 149, 159-169, 310, 313-314, 319, 362, 429
Marshall plan, 25, 80, 88, 157, 213, 249, 370, 380, 455

and Israel, 96, 97-100, 101, 103, 104, 106
Martin, Representative Joseph W., 143
Marx, Karl, 374
Maryland, 337
Massachusetts, 337
Memoirs, by Kennan, George F., 147, 158
Memoirs, by Truman, Harry S., 180-181
Memorandum of June 26, 1948, 50-52, 213-238
Michigan, 54, 325, 335
Miller, Emma Guffey, 237
Missouri, 334
Montana, 4
Morse, David A., 189
Morse, Wayne, 64
Muehlebach, Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, 325
Murphy, Charles, 189, 315-316, 408, 409, 410, 441
and Clifford, Clark, 404-407, 443-444

Nash, Philleo, 319
National Association of Manufacturers, 198
National Military Establishment, 134
National Plowing Match, Dexter, Iowa, 282
Nation Security Act, 127, 129, 132
National Security Council, 125, 126-127,
National Security Resources Board, 129, 130-132
Naval Aide to the President, 8-9
Navy Department of, 113

and Clifford, Clark, 2-4, 5-6, 8-9
and Unification of the Armed Forces, 112-115
New Deal, 66-67
New Jersey, 336
New Mexico, 338
New York, 300-302
New York Times, 294, 329
Newsweek, 243-245
Niles, David K., 96, 105-106, 319
Nixon, Richard M., 14, 92, 388
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 80, 88, 166, 214, 357, 380, 455
North Carolina, 337, 338
Noyes, David M., 307-310, 314
Nuclear weapons planning, 74, 76-77

Ohio, 54, 325, 335
Oil, 139-141
Oklahoma, 335
Omaha, Nebraska, 223
Oregon, 64


Palestine, 96, 102
Patterson, Robert Porter, 13
Patton, Jim, 280
Pennsylvania, 340
Pentagon, 83, 119, 134
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 255, 258
Phillips, Cabel, 57, 198-199, 207
Point IV, 347, 352-357, 358-359, 363-364
Poland, 78, 254
Political memorandum of June 26, 1948, 50-52, 213-238
Potsdam Conference, 3, 46, 372, 374
Present at the Creation, 143, 149, 358, 445
Presidential Electors Association dinner of 1949, 380-382
Presidential Election Campaign of 1948

civil rights as an issue, 260-271
and Clifford Clark, 272-276,
and the Democratic National Committee, 316-317, 318
and the Democratic National Convention, 228-233
Eightieth Congress, as an issue in, 302, 304, 306
June trip of 1948, 222-225
and New York State, 300-302
the Progressive Party and, 298-299
the Research Division of the Democratic National Committee, and, 225-226, 316, 318
results of, 54, 325-331, 333-341
States Rights Party, and, 298, 299
Thurmond, Strom, and, 298, 299
Truman, Harry S., and, 281-286, 288-292
chances of winning, 242-246
Dewey, Thomas, uses as an issue in, 302-305
Kiel Auditorium speech of, 321-323
and Turnip Day speech, 238, 240-244
and Wallace, Henry, 298-299, 300, 301
The President’s Men, 88, 216, 402
The Progressive Party, 298-299
Public Papers of the President, 286, 352

Railroad strikes, 11-12, 37-41, 48, 57-64
Rayburn, Representative Sam, 143, 241
“Red herring,” 391
“Regulations Governing Fair Employment Practices within the Federal Establishment,” 260, 270
Republican Party, 281-282
Research Division of the Democratic National Committee, 225-226, 274, 316, 318
Reston, Scotty, 243
Rhode Island, 336, 338
Roberts, Chalmers, 247
Romania, 78, 253, 373, 456
Roosevelt, Franklin, 20, 30, 31, 32, 39, 41-42, 43-44, 48, 53, 65, 66, 67, 181, 195, 206, 208, 212, 216, 217,

219, 230, 236, 247, 258, 259, 261-262, 270, 291, 292, 293, 294, 393, 403-404, 411-412, 457, 458
Rosenman, Judge Samuel, 10, 12, 17, 25, 37, 42, 55-56, 64-67, 120, 121, 180, 235, 291, 293, 369, 403, 411
and Clifford Clark, 3, 4-5, 6, 7, 9
and Truman, Harry S., 255-256
and the twenty-one point message to Congress, 29-30, 31
Ross, Charles, 29, 36, 58-59, 180, 276-277, 297, 382, 385, 386, 390
Rostow, Walt, 14
Rowe, James, 216
Russell, Senator Richard B., 268
“Russian Report,” See “American Relations with the Soviet Union.”

St. Louis, Missouri, 1, 33, 122, 321-322, 323, 324
St. Louis Post Dispatch, 206
Selective Service Act, 421
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 162
Sherwood, Robert, 291
Sir Lancelot, 378
Snyder, John, 29, 33-34, 37, 38, 201, 451
Souers, Sidney, 130
South Carolina, 53
The South and Truman, Harry S., 52-54
Special Council to the President, Clark Clifford as, 10-14, 17
Soviet Union, relations with the United States, 183-186
Stalin, Joseph, 372, 373
State Department:

and foreign policy, 171-174
and Point IV, 358-369
State of the Union Address of 1949, 344, 345, 346, 347-351, 352, 359
State, War, and Navy Building, 318-319
States Rights Party, 298, 299
Steel Strike of 1952, 420
Steelman, John R., 29, 36, 62-63, 132, 201, 203, 383, 398, 400, 401, 402-403, 431
Stowe, David H., 132, 407
Strategy Services, Office of, 130
Studebaker Corporation, 364
Symington, Senator Stuart, 123
Symington Committee, 123

Taft, Robert A., 273
Taft-Hartley Act, 49-51, 204, 278, 304, 421, 422
Tennessee, 335
Texas, 23, 338
Thurmond, J. Strom, 298, 299, 335, 339
Time magazine, 311, 312
Trieste, 455
Truman, Harry S., 5, 7, 9-10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 24, 27, 42-43, 44, 65-66, 83, 84, 87, 90, 130, 132, 178-179,

198-199, 220, 221, 229, 230, 371, 457
accomplishments of, 453-459
administrator, as an, 384-385
Carter, Jay Franklin, a discussion of his article written about, 107-110
and civil rights, 51, 53, 232-234, 260-271, 287-288, 459
and Clifford, Clark, 459-460
advances in the administration of, 68-70, 71-72
first meeting with, 2, 3
relationship with, 442-443
resignation from the offices of, 438-441
criticism of, 448
Daniels, Jonathan, and, 319-321
and Dewey, Thomas, 302-305
economic theory under the administration of, 194-198
and the Eightieth Congress, 302, 304, 306
and Eisenhower, Dwight D., 207-212
and the Fair Deal, 348-349
and Forrestal, James V., 134-136
and the Inaugural of 1949, 344, 345, 346-347, 351, 352-357, 370
and the State Department and, 358-369
and Indochina, 247-253
and Israel, 95-106
and the June trip of 1948, 222-225
and Kaltenborn, H.V., 381-382
and Key West, Florida, 331-333, 344-346, 413-420
and the Marshall plan, 159-169
Memoirs of, 180-183
and the National Security Council, 125, 126-127
and New York State, 300-302
and Point IV, 352-357, 358-359, 363-364
politics of, 198-205
and the pre-press conferences of, 385-388
Presidency; on assuming the office, 393-395
Presidential election campaign of 1948, 228-237
chances of winning, 242-246
outcome of, 325-331
as the underdog, 281-284, 286
attends Presidential Electors Association dinner of 1949, 380-382
press conferences, 388
and Noyes, David, 307-310
and the railroad strike, 11-12, 37-41, 57-64
the retirement of, 445-447, 448-449
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 258-260
and Rosenman, Samuel, 255-256
and the South, 52-54
speeches of, 290-292, 293-298, 307
staff of, 180-183, 396-403, 404-412, 426-435
staff meetings of, 382-384
State of the Union message of 1949, 344, 345, 346, 347-351, 352, 359
strength of, 47
submarine ride of, 417-419
and the Taft-Hartley Act, 49-51, 204
and the Truman Doctrine, 142-153, 161, 166
and Turnip Day, 238, 240-244
and Twenty-one point message 29-31
and the unification of the Armed Services, 19-23, 110-119
and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics, 168-170, 372-380
and Universal Military training, 107-109, 122-123
and the Vinson Mission to Moscow, 309-314
and Wallace, Henry, 174-177, 389-391
and Warren, Earl, 340-342
Truman, Mrs. Harry S. “Bess”, 245, 289, 328
Truman, Margaret, 289
Truman Doctrine, 25, 80, 142-154, 155-158, 161, 166, 213, 380, 455
Truman Doctrine and the Origins of McCarthyism, 370
Truman Library, 342-343, 348
Turkey, 82, 455
and the Truman Doctrine, 142-153, 154, 155-158
Turnip Day, 238, 240-244
Twenty-one point message of September 6, 1945, 24, 29-31

Unification of the Armed Services, 6-7, 19-23, 70, 141-142

difficulties in, 107, 109-119, 120, 123-125
Union of Soviet Socialists Republics, 84, 102, 104, 144, 146, 147, 152, 154, 155, 156, 168-170, 253-254
and American Relations with the Soviet Union, 372-380
United Kingdom, 373, 379
United Mine Workers, 218
United Nations, 357
and the Truman Doctrine, 156, 157-159
United States, relations with the Soviet Union, 372-380
United States Chamber of Commerce, 198
Universal Military Training, 69, 107-109
University of California, 222
Unsigned memo of June 26, 1948, 213-222, 238-240
Utah, 336

Vandenberg, Arthur, 143, 262
Vardamar, Commodore James K., 1-2, 3, 5, 7-8, 125
Vaughan, General Harry, 382, 383
Vietnam, 147, 247-253
Vinson, Fred, 309, 422, 446

proposed mission to Moscow, 309-314
Virginia, 337

Wadsworth, James Wolcott, 109
Wallace, Henry, 174, 175-177, 219, 298-299, 300, 301, 429

Madison Square Garden speech of, 389-391
War Mobilization and Reconversion, 33
Wardman Park Hotel, 186
Warren, Earl,
and Truman, Harry S., 340-342
Washington, D.C. 324
Washington, George, 267, 353
Washington Post, 247
Washington University, 1
Weiler, Marry M. 329, 330
Wizman, Dr. Chiam, 104
West Virginia, 336, 338
White House staff, size of, 91-94
Whitney, A.F. 59, 60, 61, 62
Wilson, Charles, 420, 422
Woodring, Harry H., 138
Wyoming, 338

Yugoslavia, 79

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