“any parliamentary procedures”: John B. Judis, Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014), p. 333.
“use every effort to avoid”: Ibid.
“every effort [should] be made to”: Ibid., p. 337.
“unity to our country to meet”: “Dewey Tells Rally He Expects Abuse,” Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1948.
“the vacillation of the Democratic”: “Dewey Asks Backers Not to Use Abuse,” Washington Post, October 23, 1948.
“I am working on a statement”: Clark Clifford to Harry Truman, Telegram, October 23, 1948, President’s Secretary’s Files, Recognition of the State of Israel, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/telegram-clark-clifford-harry-s-truman.
“You been bothered much by”: “Address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,” October 23, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/252/address-pittsburgh-pennsylvania.
“The Republican candidate for President”: “Statement by the President on Israel,” October 24, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/253/statement-president-israel.
“Am told removal of restrictions”: Judis, Genesis, p. 337.
29. “We Are Engaged in a Great Crusade”
“A parade a mile long”: Diary entry of Margaret Truman, October 25, 1948, Margaret Truman Daniel and E. Clifton Daniel Papers, Box 14, Truman archives.
“extreme right wing”: “Address in the Chicago Stadium,” October 25, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/256/address-chicago-stadium.
“So emotional was Mr. Truman”: “Truman Rips GOP ‘Evil,’” Chicago Daily Tribune, October 26, 1948.
“President Likens Dewey to Hitler”: “President Likens Dewey to Hitler as Fascist Tool,” New York Times, October 26, 1948.
“tear it to shreds”: Smith, Thomas E. Dewey, p. 535.
“If I have to stay up all night”: Ibid.
“Thank you so much for this glorious”: “The Text of the Address by Gov. Dewey in Chicago Accusing His Rivals of Appeal to Prejudice,” New York Times, October 27, 1948.
“weakness” and “incompetence”: Ibid.
“the most complete fumbler”: “And Now, the Ballot Box!,” Los Angeles Times, October 31, 1948.
“an incompetent”: “The Campaign That Never Began,” Chicago Daily Tribune, October 31, 1948.
“a sorry and pathetic squirt”: “A Sad, Cheap Ceremony by ‘Man Who Broke Rules,’” New York Journal American, July 28, 1948.
“operated, or subsidized by the”: Harry S. Truman, Memoirs, vol. 2, p. 175.
“the commonplace practice of”: Ibid.
“Now, these Republican polls are”: “Address in the Cleveland Municipal Auditorium,” October 26, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/258/address-cleveland-municipal-auditorium.
“not been guilty of using our high”: “Dewey’s Cleveland Talk Scoring Truman on Soviet Policy,” New York Times, October 28, 1948.
“In a little more than three years”: Ibid.
“Your Cleveland speech was one of”: Arthur Vandenberg to Thomas Dewey, October 30, 1948, Thomas E. Dewey Papers, Series 1, Box 195.
“I remember coming into”: Oral History Interview with John Franklin Carter (transcript), 1966, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 30.
“a human sea”: “Throng Of 100,000 Greets President In 25-Minute Hartford Campaign Visit,” Hartford Courant, October 28, 1948.
“That last month you could actually”: Oral History Interview with Clark M. Clifford (transcript), Truman archives, p. 284.
“The month of October absolutely”: Oral History Interview with Oscar L. Chapman (transcript), Truman archives, p. 425.
“more than a little”: “Reagan Campaigns for Truman in 1948,” YouTube video, https://youtu.be/uJDhS4oUm0M.
“has a safe lead over President”: “Globe Poll: Dewey Holds Lead in State,” Boston Daily Globe, October 26, 1948.
“Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren”: “Dewey Far in Lead; a Tie in the Senate Strong Possibility,” New York Times, October 25, 1948.
“The tenor of this story”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), Truman archives, p. 646.
“I’ve never seen such a mob”: Oral History Interview with Frank K. Kelly (transcript), Truman archives, pp. 46–47.
“How does this crowd compare”: Ibid.
“Get this straight now”: “Address at Mechanics Hall in Boston,” October 27, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/260/address-mechanics-hall-boston.
“Biggest applause of the evening”: “Margaret Truman Steals Spotlight in Motorcade,” Boston Daily Globe, October 28, 1948.
“as I’ve seldom seen”: Redding, Inside the Democratic Party, p. 253.
“It’s fantastic”: Ibid., p. 254.
“Thus, during the last six”: Ibid.
“We worked all through the”: Oral History Interview with Clark M. Clifford (transcript), Truman archives, pp. 300–301.
“A social security program that”: “Dewey Offers Own Social Security Plan,” Washington Post, October 29, 1948.
“a GOP ‘New Deal’ in social”: Ibid.
“surpassed anything in our”: J. Howard McGrath to “All National Committeemen, Committeewomen, State Chairman,” October 30, 1948, George Elsey papers, Box 62, Truman archives.
“Suggest you contact wives”: J. Howard McGrath to “All State Chairman,” October 27, 1948, George Elsey papers, Box 62, Truman archives.
“We’re going to lick ’em”: “Rear Platform and Other Informal Remarks in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York,” October 28, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/261/rear-platform-and-other-informal-remarks-massachusetts-rhode-island.
“90 percent of the press is”: Ibid.
“What on earth can we”: Dialogue from Oral History Interview with Oscar R. Ewing (transcript), Truman archives, pp. 286–87.
“There was six hours difference”: Ibid.
“From: The President (in New York)”: Harry Truman to George Marshall, October 29, 1948, Clark Clifford Papers, Box 13, Truman archives.
“President again directs every effort”: George Catlett Marshall, The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, vol. 6, The Whole World Hangs in the Balance (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013), p. 607.
“The place was half empty”: Oral History Interview with Donald S. Dawson (transcript), 1977, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 38.
“I marched the parade”: Ibid., p. 39.
“There is a special reason why”: “Address in Madison Square Garden, New York City,” October 28, 1948, Public Papers, Truman archives, https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/public-papers/262/address-madison-square-garden-new-york-city.
“I have a confession”: Ibid.
“This brought down the”: Oral History Interview with Robert G. Nixon (transcript), Truman archives, p. 652.
“He can follow me to Cleveland”: “Address in Madison Square Garden, New York City,” October 28, 1948.
30. “I Stand by My Prediction. Dewey Is In.”
“It is great to be home again”: Press release, “Text of the Address by Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican Nominee for President, Delivered at Madison Square Garden,” October 30, 1948, Thomas E. Dewey Papers, Series 2, Box 117.
“has been divided against”: Ibid.
“On that trip . . . he came”: Oral History Interview with Raymond P. Brandt (transcript), 1970, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 46.
“He assumed in ’48 that”: Oral History Interview with Jack L. Bell (transcript), 1971, Oral History Interviews, Truman archives, p. 53.
“I am ‘jumping the gun’”: Arthur Vandenberg to Thomas Dewey, October 30, 1948, Thomas E. Dewey Papers, Series 1, Box 195.
“By the time you receive”:
