“Hardly any other President”: Ibid., p. 19.
“Judging by his appearance”: Donovan, Conflict and Crisis, p. 4. (Note: Donovan was a political reporter on the campaign trail in 1948.)
“He had a tremendous veneration”: Oral History Interview with George M. Elsey (transcript), Truman archives, p. 33.
“You know the issues in”: Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri, September 18, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/194/rear-platform-and-other-informal-remarks-illinois-iowa-and-missouri.
“While I knew that the”: Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 209.
“This was another blistering”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), 1970, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 624.
“You know farmers tend”: Oral History Interview with Leonard Miall (transcript), 1964, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 47.
“I have my own airplane”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), Truman archives, p. 626.
“Now the farmers need such”: Address at Dexter, Iowa, on the Occasion of the National Plowing Contest, September 18, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/195/address-dexter-iowa-occasion-national-plowing-match.
“There was not much of a”: Oral History Interview with James J. Rowley (transcript), 1988, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 50.
23. “The Presidency of the United States Is Not for Sale!”
“the most intensive in the modern”: “Intensive Tour Set for Dewey,” Boston Daily Globe, September 16, 1948.
“The FBI helped Dewey during”: McCullough, Truman, p. 673.
“the most news-covered”: “State of the Nation Dewey Train Doesn’t Muffle Its Whistle,” Christian Science Monitor, September 21, 1948.
“as momentous as any which”: “Matter of Fact: Nothing Succeeds Like Success,” Hartford Courant, September 22, 1948.
“spoke with special”: “Dewey and Truman: The Contrast in Iowa,” Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1948.
“Caravans from out in the state”: “Nothing Succeeds like Success,” Washington Post, September 22, 1948.
“Tonight we enter upon”: “Dewey’s Opening Speech: Republican Candidate Expounds Philosophy and Aims,” Washington Post, September 21, 1948.
“the unity that binds us together”: “Dewey Urges Firm Foreign Policy by U.S.,” Boston Daily Globe, September 22, 1948.
“unity among our people”: “Text of Dewey Speech,” Boston Daily Globe, September 23, 1948.
“spoke the language of Robespierre”: “Dewey and Truman—Contrast in Iowa,” Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1948.
“You really have to get to know”: Robert Schnakenberg, Distory: A Treasury of Historical Insults (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2004), p. 70.
“The Truman show was threadbare”: “Matter of Fact: Nothing Succeeds Like Success,” Hartford Courant, September 22, 1948.
“Life begins at nine o’clock”: Frank McNaughton to Don Bermingham, “Dewey XXI—Campaign Train,” October 1, 1948, 1948 Election Campaign Collection, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/frank-mcnaughton-don-bermingham-dewey-xxi-campaign-train.
“And now, I want to introduce”: Numerous examples found in Series 2, Box 117, Thomas E. Dewey Papers, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester.
“Things are looking good”: Barak Mattingly to Thomas Dewey, April 26, 1948, Thomas E. Dewey Papers, Series 10, Box 28.
“I had hoped”: “Thurmond Headed Here for Press Talk,” Washington Post, September 29, 1948.
“the white man’s party”: Joseph Crespino, Strom Thurmond’s America (New York: Hill and Wang, 2012), p. 73.
“The Democratic South finally”: “Truman Hit in Tennessee: Nashville Paper Comes Out for States Rights Ticket,” New York Times, September 18, 1948.
“the Southern Democratic Revolt”: “Analysis of the Southern Democratic Bolt,” undated, Research Files, 1948 Election Campaign collection, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/memo-analysis-southern-democratic-revolt.
“the Republicans [have] an excellent”: Ibid.
“A grass roots sentiment against”: Ibid.
“spreading like wildfire . . . dishonest”: “Rivals Branded as ‘Traitorous’ by Thurmond,” Washington Post, October 2, 1948.
“In their traitorous bids”: Ibid.
“All agree that the Russians”: “False War Scares Seen by Wallace,” New York Times, September 18, 1948.
WHY NOT CONDEMN RUSSIAN: Photographs in “Old Parties Leading Us to War, Wallace Says,” Boston Daily Globe, September 19, 1948.
“enemies”: “Wallace Marks 60th Birthday with Attack on Administration for Activities Outside U.S.,” Washington Post, October 8, 1948.
“Their real intention is to”: Ibid.
“live in history as the worst”: “Progressives Plan to Boost Radio Speeches by Wallace,” Christian Science Monitor, October 12, 1948.
“Wallace did not come without”: Abt, Advocate and Activist, p. 147.
“to talk about the emanations”: Ibid.
“Of course. Didn’t you”: Ibid.
“It could reasonably be”: Devine, Henry Wallace’s 1948 Presidential Campaign, p. 154.
“There was no secret about”: Abt, Advocate and Activist, p. 165.
“Why shouldn’t the Communists”: Ibid.
“She has always been very”: Oral History of Henry A. Wallace, Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, p. 5142.
“Mrs. Wallace was particularly”: Abt, Advocate and Activist, p. 154.
“I am now ready . . . to take”: “A Couple More of the Guru Letters,” Atlanta Constitution, September 21, 1948.
“I have hard fighting ahead”: Ibid.
24. “You Will Be Choosing a Way of Life for Years to Come”
“It was a typical Truman family”: Dialogue from Margaret Truman, Harry S. Truman (New York: Morrow, 1973), pp. 1–2.
“We arrived in Denver”: Diary entry of Margaret Truman, September 20, 1948, Margaret Truman Daniel and E. Clifton Daniel Papers, Box 14, Truman archives.
“Election day this year”: Address at the State Capitol in Denver, September 20, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/199/address-state-capitol-denver.
“Today . . . I want to talk”: Ibid.
“We shall have to fight”: Ibid.
“It is difficult to see”: “Taking the Campaign to the Lowest Level,” Los Angeles Times, September 21, 1948.
“Thomas E. Dewey is almost”: “Poll Reveals Dewey Holds Wide Lead,” Hartford Courant, September 9, 1948.
“Nowhere is there any”: “The South, Dewey and Truman,” Atlanta Constitution, September 14, 1948.
“President Harry S. Truman will get”: “Big Labor Vote for President Will Not Win Larger States,” New York Times, October 11, 1948.
“One can reasonably deduce”: “Senate Seat Fight Big Worry,” Atlanta Constitution, September 13, 1948.
“famous divorce city”: Diary entry of Margaret Truman, September 22, 1948, Margaret Truman Daniel and E. Clifton Daniel Papers, Box 14, Truman archives.
“I was besieged by an attack”: Oral History Interview with Clark M. Clifford (transcript), Truman archives, pp. 272–73.
“What weeks of travel can”: Margaret Truman, Souvenir: Margaret Truman’s Own Story (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956), p. 236.
“When to get our laundry done”: Clifford, Counsel to the President, p. 227.
“My mother and I love to”: Margaret Truman, Harry S. Truman (New York: Morrow, 1973), p. 3.
“The thing I remember most”: Oral History Interview with Jack L. Bell (transcript), Truman archives, p. 67.
“Many of the reporters who”: Alfred Steinberg, The Man from Missouri: The Life and Times of Harry S. Truman (New York: G. P. Putnam’s
