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A-bomb project, 68 Ball, Joseph H., 75-76 Cabinet, the, 85, 86,
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Truman, Harry S., friendship with, 140-142 Clark, Bennett C., 52, 72 Clark, Charles P., 57 Clifford, Clark M., 121 Connelly, Matthew J., 57, 137, 149-150 Conran, James V., 42 Conway, Rose A., 88 Curtis, Thomas B., 99 Daniels, Jonathan, 89 Eichelberger, Gen. Robert L., 98
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, comments re as a Presidential candidate, 1948, 119-120 as 1952 Presidential candidate, 113, 117-121 Presidential candidate, 1948, availability as a, 117, 120 Radford, Adm. A.W., appointment of as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 130 Truman, H.S., promise of support by for political office, 121 Vaughan, Harry H., first meeting with, 115-116 Vaughan, Harry H., relations with as Military Aide to the President, 134-136 and the White House staff, 100 Evans, M. R. (Bob), 39-40 Evans, Tom L., 39 Fair Deal, 153 Garner, John N., 69 Hannegan, Robert E., 43-44,
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67, 69,
70-71 Independence, Mo., 145 Jackson, Robert H., 56 Kansas City Journal, 45 Latta, Maurice J., 84-85 MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 119-120,
136 Nacy, Richard R., 42 Odum, Reathel, 40-41 Pace, Frank, Jr., 130-131 Presidential election, 1952, 113-114 Presidential policymaking, 91-93 Presidential press secretaries, 89-90 Presidential Press Secretary, Office of, 90-91 Press, the, 107, 108, 152-153 Pye, John, 101-102 Radford, Admiral Arthur W., 129
Cabinet relations with members of his, 85-86 death of, 149 health of, 76-78, 80 inauguration; 1945, 77-78 foreign affairs, URS,, failure to inform Vice President H.S. Truman concerning, 82-83 physical condition of in 1944, 77-78 and the War Department, 135-136 and the White House staff, 100 Rosenberg, Anna, 132 Rosenman, Samuel I, 132 Ross, Charles G,, 89-91, 121 Royall, Kenneth C., 131 St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 46
banking career in St. Louis After World War I, 14 Democratic National Convention, 1944, attendance at, 67 Truman, Harry S., friendship with, 13-14, 16-19, 24, 40, 86 Stalin, Joseph V., 84 Stark, Lloyd C., 32, 34-35, 45, 47, 52, 53 Statler Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., 33-34 Steelman, John R., 25, 132 Stevenson, Adlai E., 114 Sweeney, Lt. Col. Arthur, 99 Symington, Stuart, 117, 129 32nd Division, 13-14
Army camps, tour of, Jan., 1941, 54 Army officer, immaculate appearance as, 6 Army Reserve-National Guard merger proposal, views on, 127-128 Army Reserve officer training, participation in, 13-16, 21 Baylor University, speech at, March 6, 1947, 142-144 Byrnes, James F., commitment to at the 1944 Democratic National Convention, 66-67 Byrnes, James F,, relationship with, 73 Cabinet members, relationship with, 85-86 as canteen officer, 129th Field Artillery, 7-8 Churchill, Winston S,, friendship with, 138-142 civil rights, advocacy of, 146 Clark, Bennett C., relationship with, 52, 72 debts resulting from failure of haberdashery, repayment of, 23 decisions once made, refusal to worry about, 93 decisions, promptness in making Presidential, 87 Democratic vice-presidential candidate, 1944, selection as, 65-71 education, 72 and the "Eisenhower boom" (1948), 121 eyeglasses, loss of during World War I, 9 foreign affairs, lack of knowledge of on assuming the Presidency, 82-83 Hannegan, R. E., appointment as chairman, Democratic National Committee, 70-71 Interstate Commerce Committee, as member of U.S. Senate, 27 isolationism, attitude regarding, 72 Jacobson, Eddie, visit to store of in while President, 23-24 Lewis, John L., regard for, 29 magazine and newspaper articles, refusal to accept fees for, 62 Marks, Ted, friendship with, 21-22 Marshall, George C., relationship with, 64-65 McKim, Edward D., personal friendship with, 14-19 and McKim, Edward D., practical joke by on H. H. Vaughan, 17-19 Military Aide, first Vice President to have, 81 nearsightedness, 8 as a poker player, 95 political career, start of, 11-12 political philosophy of, 153-154 at the Potsdam Conference, 116, 148-149 President, ability to relax from official duties, 93-94 President, evaluation of as a, 156 President, self-confidence as, 147-148 Presidential campaign, 1948, 107-110 Presidential policymaking, methods employed in, 91-93 Press secretaries, 89-90 protocol, views concerning, 102-103 railroad legislation, knowledge of, 27-28 reading habits, 72 Roosevelt, F.D., concern regarding health of, 77, 80 Roosevelt, F.D., meeting with after 1944 Democratic National Convention, 76-77 Roosevelt, F.D., relationship with as Senator, 67-68 Secret Service guard, first Vice President to have, 78-79 Senate colleagues, relationship with as President with former, 75-76 Senate office, description of, 58 Senate, U.S., refusal to run for in 1952, 114-115 Senator, U.S. 1934 campaign for, 26 Senator, U.S., first term as, 26-29 Senatorial campaign, 1940, 29-53 Senatorial campaign speeches, 47 Snyder, John W., friendship with, 14 speeches, preparation for delivery of, 94-95 speeches, refusal to accept fees for while in U.S. Senate, 63 Stevenson, Adlai E., candidacy for President, 1952, 114 third term, decision not to seek, 112 379th Field Artillery Regiment, as commanding officer of the, 13 Truman Committee, broadcast concerning intended role of, 59 Truman Committee, establishment of, 55 Truman Committee staff, dinner for members of, 63 unification of the Armed Forces, role in the, 128-130 universal military training, views regarding, 132-133 Vaughan, Harry H., association with in France during World War I, 5-6 Vaughan, Harry H., first meeting with, 2-5 Vaughan, Harry H., refusal to accept resignation of as Military Aide, 105 Vice President, inauguration as, 77-78 Vice-Presidential office, administration of the, 81 Vinson, P.M., support of as 1952 Democratic Presidential candidate, 112-113 weather forcasting, interest in, 100-101 wedding, 21-22 Wheeler, Burton K., friendship with, 74-75 White House staff, loyalty to, 88 White House staff meetings, 88, 91-93 White House staff members, lunches with, 101-102 White House staff, relationship with, 100-102 White House staff reorganization, 150-151 work, capacity for, 28 World War I experiences, 2-10 Truman Committee:
dinner for given by Harry S. Truman, 63 establishment of, reasons for, 54 investigation procedures, 54-59 Manhattan project, requested not to investigate, 68 military secrecy, investigation of, 61-62 overseas inspection trip by members of, Dec., 1944-Jan., 1945, 61 reunion of members, 76 staff assignments, 58-59 staff, employment of, 56-57 Tubby, Roger, 90 Tucker, Raymond, 43 Tunnell, James M,, 61 Unification of the Armed Forces, 128-130 Vaccaro, Ernest B. (Tony), 52-53
Army Reserve officer training, participation in, 12-23 Churchill, W.S. 1946 speech at Fulton, Mo., role in preparations for, 136-142 commanding officer of the 380th Field Artillery Regiment, 13 as Coordinator of Veterans Affairs, 124-125 Democratic candidate for President, 1952, suggests F.M. Vinson as, 112 Democratic National Convention, 1944, absence from, 65 Eisenhower, D. D., conversation with re Presidential boom for Gen. D. MacArthur, 1948, 120 Military Aide to the President, offer to resign as, 105 Military Aide to the Vice President, first to be appointed, 81 National Guard-Army Reserve merger, article re in The Officer magazine, 127 President H.S. Truman, as advisor to, 92 Presidential election, 1948, confidence in HST victory, 107-108 press attacks on honesty and loyalty of White House staff, opinion of, 107-108 press, criticism of, by the, 104 press secretaries, estimate of President Truman's, 90-91 scrapbooks, 1 Senate investigation of, 1949, 104-106 Senate office of H.S. Truman, in charge of, 59-60 third term as President, first knowledge of HST decision against, 112 Truman Committee, inspection trips for, 60-61 Truman Committee, role in formation of, 59 Truman Committee and the War Department, as a liaison officer between, 60-61 Truman, Harry S., association in France with during World War T, 5-6 Truman, Harry S., evaluation of as a President, 156 Truman, Harry S., first meeting with, 2-5 Truman, Harry S., meetings with during first term as Senator, 26-27 Truman, Harry S., and E. D. McKim, object of practical joke by, 16-19 Truman, Harry S., and 1934 Senate campaign, 25-26 Truman, Harry S., as secretary to Senator, 53-54 Truman for Senator campaign committee, 1940, as treasurer of, 29-37 United States, return to after World War I, 6-7 and Universal military training proposals, 133-134 War Department, service as liaison between President Harry S. Truman and, 134-135 Whipping Boy First Class, as author of, 1 World War I, experiences in, 2-10 Veterans organizations, 124-125 Vice President, U.S., 78-81 Vinson, Fred M., 112, 136 Walker, John, 80
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