Dear Harry: Letters to President TrumanRowman & Littlefield, 01/08/2019 - 544 من الصفحات Americans are not shy about letting politicians know what’s on their minds, and, in Harry Truman, they believed that they had a president they could level with. He even sometimes responded personally to them—especially on subjects he felt strongly about. Today, it seems remarkable that a man who described the presidency as “the most awesome job in the world” would take the time to read and respond to White House mail.Truman, however, had an unquenchable thirst for what his “everyday Americans” were thinking, yet distrusted opinion polls. For him, the daily stack of mail provided the next best poll after the voting booth. Authors Giangreco and Moore include a robust cross section of the thousands of messages sent to Truman. Juxtaposed with informative background essays, these letters provide an undiluted account of the greatest challenges confronting the U.S. during Truman’s administration, including civil rights, the Marshall Plan, the formation of Israel, the atomic bomb, the McCarthy hearings, the Korean War, and the General McArthur’s dismissal, which alone solicited more than 90,000 missives. While the majority of the letters are from private citizens, others come from correspondents, the occasional bombastic senator, and a few from the world figures. |
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... April 12, 1945, before his family and a key group of governmental officials hastily summoned to the White House Cabinet Room. Almost an hour and a half earlier, Hassett had solemnly announced to stunned press pool reporters in Warm ...
... April 12, 1945, before his family and a key group of governmental officials hastily summoned to the White House Cabinet Room. Almost an hour and a half earlier, Hassett had solemnly announced to stunned press pool reporters in Warm ...
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... April 13, 1951, and a carbon copy with cover letter to Nash ably as good or better than most school libraries. I well remember the librarian, Miss Carrie Wallace.* She was a real lover of books and guided us in our reading. Also we had ...
... April 13, 1951, and a carbon copy with cover letter to Nash ably as good or better than most school libraries. I well remember the librarian, Miss Carrie Wallace.* She was a real lover of books and guided us in our reading. Also we had ...
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... April 13, 1951 The President was deeply gratified by the expressions of approval which your letter conveys to him. This note brings you an assurance of his appreciation of your thoughtfulness in writing. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D ...
... April 13, 1951 The President was deeply gratified by the expressions of approval which your letter conveys to him. This note brings you an assurance of his appreciation of your thoughtfulness in writing. Very sincerely yours, WILLIAM D ...
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... April 22, 1949 Let me tell you why I would like to see the civil rights bill pass. I think it would stop people from pushing others off the sidewalk & making [a] remark saying, “get over Negger & when you see me coming, get off the ...
... April 22, 1949 Let me tell you why I would like to see the civil rights bill pass. I think it would stop people from pushing others off the sidewalk & making [a] remark saying, “get over Negger & when you see me coming, get off the ...
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... April, nearly 7 million discharges had been processed by the Army, together with almost 3 million more by the Navy and the Marines. These numbers, though impressively huge, meant little to those still in uniform and wating for their ...
... April, nearly 7 million discharges had been processed by the Army, together with almost 3 million more by the Navy and the Marines. These numbers, though impressively huge, meant little to those still in uniform and wating for their ...
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AID TO GREECE AND TURKEY PALESTINE AND THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL CHURCHILL CORRESPONDENCE THE MARSHALL PLAN TH... | 130 |
PERSONAL QUESTIONS SUGGESTIONS LOOKALIKES NUT MAIL | 174 |
THE MACARTHUR FIRING | 231 |
THE ATOM BOMB | 279 |
KOREA | 327 |
JOE MCCARTHY MARINE CORPS PROPAGANDA MACHINE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT THE HUME AFFAIR | 360 |
THREATS FRIENDS ATOM BOMB LEAVING OFFICE | 426 |
NOTES | 483 |
CORRESPONDENCE INDEX | 490 |
INDEX | 501 |
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