Motion Picture MP2002-417
Administrative Information
Ms. Susan Chiles and her brother, Henry Chiles, are interviewed by Merle Miller. They are both longtime friends of Mr. Truman, and they discuss their impressions of Mr. Truman’s character. Mr. Chiles states he believes the press incorrectly labeled Mr. Truman a profane man, and he in fact was a religious man. Film and sound.
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Shot List
- Reel 1
| 0:00 | This footage is Ms. Susan Chiles (called Miss Susie) and her brother, Henry Chiles, longtime friends of Harry S. Truman in Independence. They respond to off-screen questions from Merle Miller. | |
| Clipboard, "29, take 1, scene 28." | ||
| Miss Susie talks about her visit to see Mort, Junior when he was a special F.B.I. agent in Washington, D. C., during Harry S. Truman's first year as President. Mr. Truman was at the United Nations, so she visited the White House and saw Mrs. Truman. She also tells the story of how she attended a banquet for the National League of American Penmen, and President Truman was being discussed. She finally spoke up and said she didn't know the issues, but she knew Harry S. Truman was honest. They stopped talking about him. | ||
| 2:04 | Clipboard, "take 1, sound 29." | |
| Mr. Chiles speaks of how he visited the White House around that time and it was torn up. He discusses how he felt the press labeled Mr. Truman a profane man, but that was incorrect, he was a religious man. Mr. Chiles says, in response to a question about whether Mr. Truman used cuss words, "any man will cuss when he gets mad, if he doesn't he’s a saint." | ||
| Mr. Chiles says the Mr. Truman is a typical mid-westerner. Independence, Missouri is a mixture of mid-west and southern; it was settled by southerners. |