“I’m just telling the truth”: George McKee Elsey, An Unplanned Life: A Memoir by George McKee Elsey (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2005), p. 170.
“We had tremendous crowds”: Harry Truman to Mary Jane Truman, October 5, 1948, Papers of Harry S. Truman Pertaining to Family, Business, and Personal Affairs, Box 20, Truman archives.
“I never saw anything in my”: Oral History Interview with Robert L. Dennison, 1971 (transcript), Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, pp. 43–44.
“Even after twenty-five years”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), Truman archives, p. 948.
“He fought, and fought”: Oral History Interview with Clark M. Clifford (transcript), Truman archives, p. 327.
“You know, sometimes India”: Oral History Interviews with India Edwards (transcript), 1969 and 1975, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, pp. 48–49.
“It will be extremely difficult”: “Strategy on Warren,” George Elsey Papers, Box 24, Truman archives.
“We were startled when”: Oral History Interview with Howard I. McGrath (transcript), Truman archives, p. 23.
“The most significant thing”: “Address at Lakeside Park, Oakland, California,” September 22, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/203/address-lakeside-park-oakland-california.
“You have got a terrible”: Rear Platform Remarks in California, (Fresno), September 23, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/204/rear-platform-remarks-california.
“you couldn’t put any more in”: Oral History Interview with Judge Oliver J. Carter (transcript), 1970, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 105.
“We want Bogey!”: “Searchlight Spectacle Lights Gilmore Stadium,” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1948.
“This is a championship fight”: “Address at the Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles,” September 23, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/205/address-gilmore-stadium-los-angeles.
“The fact that the Communists”: Ibid.
“I just have never seen anything”: Oral History Interview with Judge Oliver J. Carter (transcript), Truman archives, p. 106.
“It was at that point”: Oral History Interview with Howard I. McGrath (transcript), Truman archives, p. 23.
“A grim, new struggle is on”: “Text of Dewey’s Address at Bowl,” Los Angeles Times, September 25, 1948.
“It would be foolish to make”: “Dewey Renews Stand Against Communism at Home and Abroad,” Christian Science Monitor, September 25, 1948.
25. “The Democratic Party Was Down to Its Last Cent”
“It is surprising to me that”: Albert Z. Carr to Matthew Connelly, September 22, 1948, Clark Clifford Papers, Box 34, Truman archives.
“The railroad station was at the”: Oral History Interview with Donald S. Dawson (transcript), 1977, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, pp. 31–32.
“He hadn’t had any sleep”: Oral History Interview with Jonathan Daniels (transcript), 1963, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 162.
“I remember we stopped at”: Oral History Interview with Donald S. Dawson (transcript), Truman archives, p. 32.
“Your horse is eight years”: Ibid.
“In some towns . . . they didn’t even”: Margaret Truman, Harry S. Truman (New York: Morrow, 1973), p. 33.
“the most tremendous breakfast”: Ibid., p. 34.
“only to be used in case of”: Ibid.
“That question is too deep”: “U.S. Moscow Envoy Sees Truman; Takes Grave View but Doubts War,” New York Times, September 28, 1948.
“If we did have unity”: “Address at Bonham, Texas,” September 27, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/213/address-bonham-texas.
“We were headed for Oklahoma”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), Truman archives, pp. 599–600.
“the hostest with the mostest”: “For Perle Mesta, Postage Is Overdue,” Washington Post, March 1, 1987.
“And to keep this from”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), Truman archives, p. 600.
“The President and everybody else”: Ibid., p. 603.
“I should like the American”: “Address in Oklahoma City,” September 28, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/215/address-oklahoma-city.
“We ran out of money”: “Why Truman’s Campaign Train Lingered in Oklahoma City,” New York Times, October 25, 1992.
“ready to crawl into a hole”: Diary entry of David Lilienthal, September 28, 1948, The Journals of David E. Lilienthal, vol. 2, p. 413.
“more dead than alive”: George M. Elsey to William L. Batt Jr., October 1, 1948, George Elsey Papers, Box 23, Truman archives.
“It’s all over”: Diary entry of Margaret Truman, October 1, 1948, Margaret Truman Daniel and E. Clifton Daniel Papers, Box 14, Truman archives.
26. “This Was the Worst Mistake of the Truman Campaign”
“Beyond any election in the”: “The Difference: Dewey Confident, Truman Hopeful,” Boston Daily Globe, October 31, 1948.
“Our government is made up”: “Informal Remarks in San Antonio, Texas,” Gunter Hotel, September 26, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/210/informal-remarks-san-antonio-texas.
“structural nerves”: Robert Klara, The Hidden White House: Harry Truman and the Reconstruction of America’s Most Famous Residence (New York: Thomas Dunne, 2013), p. 68.
“Vitamin C stands for”: Dialogue is from “Washington Merry-Go-Round: Truman-Ickes Relations Oiled Up,” Washington Post, October 7, 1948.
“On election day . . . we’ll all”: Oral History Interview with Dr. Johannes Hoeber (transcript), 1966, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 42.
“I remember catching the”: Ibid., pp. 42–43.
“What was most urgently needed”: Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, vol. 2, Years of Trial and Hope, 1946–1952 (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956), p. 213.
“We were pretty desperate”: Oral History Interview with Jonathan Daniels (transcript), 1963, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 150.
“to use diplomatic language or a”: Robert H. Ferrell, Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1980), p. 31.
“I outlined to him what”: Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 213.
“as Chief Justice”: Dialogue from ibid., p. 214.
“a public statement of major”: Ibid., p. 216.
“You don’t know any Russian”: Tom Connally, as told to Alfred Steinberg, My Name Is Tom Connally (New York: Crowell, 1954), p. 331.
“He must be feeling desperate”: Ibid.
“I have heard enough”: Jonathan Daniels, The Man of Independence (Port Washington, NY: Kennikat, 1971), p. 29.
“[Truman] got up and went out of”: Ibid.
“The capital was alive with”: “President Reported Planning to Send Vinson to Moscow,” Hartford Courant, October 9, 1948.
“It is dangerous to the peace”: “The Incredible Harry Truman,” Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1948.
“a resounding blunder”: “Blundering Diplomacy,” Wall Street Journal, October 18, 1948.
“further confirmation of the”: “Thurmond’s View Caustic: Says Vinson Plan Was ‘Hatched Up’ for Political End,” New York Times, October 11, 1948.
“This was the worst mistake”: Clark Clifford, with Richard Holbrooke, Counsel to the President: A Memoir (New York: Random House, 1991), p. 233.
“But the damage was done”: Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 216.
“The Republicans have the”: “Address at the Armory, Akron, Ohio,” October 11, 1948, Public
