Straus, Roger, Mr./Mrs., 321
Stripling, Robert, 198, 199
Strout, Richard, 124, 128, 226, 277, 282–83
Sunday Evening Hour, 229
T
Taber, John, Dewey and, 82–83
Taft-Hartley bill/Act, 73–74, 98, 205, 216, 238, 264, 290, 307, 346, 354
Taft, Robert
background/description, 16, 80, 231, 329, 350
emergency session and, 156, 157
Marshall Plan and, 66
presidential run (1948), 81, 110, 134, 137
Truman and, 16, 18, 66, 98, 99
“whistle stop” use and, 128–29
Taft, William H., 14, 134, 322
Talmadge, Eugene, 73, 219
Talmadge, Herman, 219–20
“Talmadge White Supremacy Clubs,” 73
Taylor, Glen H.
background/description, 93
as Wallace running mate, 93–94, 119, 163, 164, 165, 242
television
election (1948) and, 171, 321, 324, 325, 329
inauguration (1949), 353
national convention (1948) and, 135, 140, 143, 146, 148
predictions on/effects, 171, 263
Terkel, Studs, 93
Thackrey, Ted, 24
Thomas, J. Parnell, 68, 197, 205
Thompson, Melvin E., 220
Thurmond, John
background, 188, 190–91
killing a man, 190
Tillman and, 190–91
Thurmond, Strom
after 1948 election, 351–52, 354
becoming/as South Carolina governor, 192, 193, 194–95, 205
changing parties, 240
description/personality traits, 101, 159, 188
Jean (wife) and, 188, 240, 319
party realignment and, 239–40, 352
protesting Democratic National Convention, 147
racism of, 101–2, 147, 158, 159–60, 187–88, 190–91, 192, 193, 195, 238, 275, 276
Willie Earle murder and, 194–95
See also Dixiecrats
Thurmond, Strom background
childhood/youth, 188, 190–91
Essie Mae (child/secrecy) and, 191, 195, 276–77, 351–52
father relationship/admiration, 191
racism and, 190–91
Tillman and, 190–91, 276
World War II and, 101, 191–92
Thurmond, Strom presidential run
debate request (Truman) and, 274
Dixiecrats/States’ Rights Party and, 158, 159–60, 161, 187–88, 238–40
election day, 319
expectations/results, 285, 353–54
invitations to governors/African American governor, 275
oil money and, 274–75
polls on, 238–39, 254, 274
Texas and, 254, 311–12
on Truman/civil rights, 270, 275, 311–12
on Vinson mission, 270
Tilden, Samuel, 47, 189–90
Tillman, Benjamin (“Pitchfork”), 189, 190–91
Time (magazine), 82, 116, 164, 199, 237, 342
Tindle, Lee, 281
train tours
laundry/showers and, 217, 236, 237, 247
life/routine descriptions, 237, 244–45, 247–48
speeds, 245
Truman, Bess
communication/relationship with husband, 25–26, 31, 40, 62, 73, 180, 227
description/views, 228–29, 286
expectations on presidential election, 249, 266
husband’s presidential duties and, 3, 33
husband’s presidential run/election and, 123, 212, 225, 229, 244, 247, 249, 259, 292, 303, 312, 317, 318, 327, 335, 341, 342
Pearson criticism and, 25–26
segregated theater event and, 16–17
vacation, 353
visiting family, 212, 224
White House deterioration and, 42–43
See also Wallace, Elizabeth “Bess”
Truman Doctrine
beginnings/description, 63–64
controversy over, 65
passing/support for, 157, 264, 347
signing, 322
Soviets and, 103
Wallace and, 67, 69, 264, 351
Truman, Harry
communication/relationship with mother, 4, 13, 15, 65
communication with sister, 13, 209
FDR/Hopkins and, 267
First Family as curiosity to Americans, 228, 229
inauguration (1949) and, 353–54
speaking abilities and, 4, 98, 124–25
Truman, Harry childhood/background
becoming/as judge, 29–30317-318
becoming vice president/FDR, 32–33, 92, 322
“Bess” and, 27–28, 29
family background/Civil War, 28, 179
family home of Bess and, 29
locations/description, 27
parents/siblings, 27, 28
politics/Democrats and, 28
reading/diphtheria and, 28
segregation and, 20–21
Truman & Jacobson haberdashery and, 29
World War I and, 29
Truman, Harry presidency
approval ratings, 15, 25, 33, 144, 148, 160
assassination attempt, 228n, 350
becoming president, 4, 6, 33
criticism of/jokes about, 16–18, 62
descriptions/personal traits, 4, 98, 197, 230, 249, 266, 282
Fair Deal/views and, 354
Greek-Turkish aid and, 60–64, 65–66
issues facing (overview) and, 25–26
military/intelligence establishments reorganization, 75
on national situation, 95
as New Deal Democrat president, 10
obscurity of, 6
Pearson criticizing wife/daughter and, 25–26
press/bad news overview, 12–13
questions about future presidency, 6–7, 33
sign on desk, 15
successes, 144
See also specific aspects/events
Truman, Harry presidential run
attacking Dewey/Dewey response, 292–96
attack on media, 294–95
black vote and, 97, 195
California/supporters and, 247, 248–51, 252
campaign beginning/train tour, 186, 200, 212–17
comedy routine, Pittsburgh, 290
communism, 251–52, 257–58
confidence in winning, 152, 173, 177, 249, 266, 277, 295, 318, 331
contrasts with Dewey campaign, 236–37
crowd sizes/reception and, 248–49, 276–77, 282, 292, 297–98, 300, 303, 309, 313, 314
decision to run, 77–78
Detroit/Michigan appearances and, 186, 200, 214–17
“Draft Eisenhower” campaign and, 127, 143
election and, 317–18, 320–21, 330–31, 333–34, 335–36, 337–39
Ewing adviser group/advice and, 171, 174, 176–77
expectations, 124, 127, 142–43, 144, 147, 148, 160, 171–73, 212, 214, 216–17, 225, 232, 233, 246, 248, 258, 264, 270–71, 279, 320, 323–24, 327
farmers and, 225, 231–33, 277
final itinerary/Dewey “following,” 283, 292–93, 294–95, 296–99, 300–305
in Florida, 285–86
global issues (overview) and, 154–56
Harlem/civil-rights and, 305, 308–11
identifying his opponent, 230–31
Idlewild Airport dedication/Dewey and, 196–97
money/donors and, 124, 171–72, 211, 215, 223–24, 250, 251, 256–57, 258, 266, 277–78, 285, 320
mood leading up to convention, 145–46
organized labor and, 186, 215–16, 217
platform/views similar to Dewey, 231, 264, 299
plowing demonstration/stunt and, 233
“Politics of 1948, The” memo and, 95–98
St. Louis/final appearance, 312–14
speaking tour/problems (June), 124–29
statement on Wallace/Communists and, 120–21, 122
State of the Union address and, 98–99
strategy/populism, 264–65
Texas and, 254–56, 265
tour west (September), 224–28, 230–33, 244–52
train kitchen food, 226
train tour (October-November), 270–71, 276–77, 279–80
University of California, Berkeley commencement and, 124, 126
vacation/presidential yacht, 210
on Wallace/communism, 251–52
“whistle-stop”/speeches use, 129, 173, 212, 213, 214, 226, 227, 227n, 230, 231, 244, 248–49, 254, 255, 277, 292, 303
See also Democratic National Convention (1948); election (1948); specific aspects; specific groups/individuals
Truman, Harry Senator
becoming senator/controversy, 30–31
investigating National Defense Program and, 31–32
reelection as senator, 31
as senator, 30–32
Truman, Margaret
background, 286
correspondence/relationship with father, 25–26, 33, 40, 41, 180, 227, 229, 230
Daniel and, 316
on Democrats/Independence, 28
election day/night and, 317, 318, 327
music/career and, 229–30
Pearson criticism and, 25–26
presidential run/election and, 123, 172, 212, 215, 216, 224, 225, 230, 244–45, 247–48, 256, 259, 266, 270–71, 290, 292, 303, 312, 315, 319, 341, 342–43
public interest in, 229
vacation, 353
White House deteriorating and, 200
Truman, Mary Jane, 13, 27, 167, 173, 209
Truman Presidential Library, 330n
Truman Story, The (documentary), 279, 298–99
Truman, Vivian, 27, 172, 339
Trump, Donald J., 348, 352
Turkish-Greek aid, 59–64, 65–66, 67
Turner, Roy J., 215
Tweed, “Boss,” 55
21-Point Plan for the Reconversion Period (Truman), 9–11
U
United Nations negotiations, Paris (1948), 269, 271, 272, 278, 301–2, 308
United Press, 41, 147, 297
USS Augusta, 8
USS Williamsburg, 210, 353
V
Vaccaro, Tony, 41, 335
Van Boskirk, Donald, 115
Vandenberg, Arthur
Dewey and, 55, 58, 184, 296, 307
emergency session and, 156
Greek/Turkish aid and, 62, 63
Marshall Plan and, 66
Republican National Convention (1948) and, 134, 137–38
on Truman, 33
Vinson mission and, 268, 269
Wallace and, 38–39, 68
Vardaman, James K., 174
Vaughan, Harry, 30
veterans
black soldiers/violence against, 18–20
homelessness and, 13
vice presidency poll (1944), 92
Vinson, Fred, 267–68, 353–54
Vinson mission
debate on, 267, 268–69
Dewey and, 271–72, 274
leak/criticism of, 269–70
Truman canceling, 269
Truman idea on, 266–67, 268
Voorhis, Jerry, 50
Vyshinsky, Andrey, 103
W
Wallace, Elizabeth “Bess”
family social status and, 28
Truman and, 27–28
See also Truman, Bess
Wallace, George R., 307
Wallace, Henry
after 1948 election/death, 351
atomic weapons/Soviets and, 15, 34–35, 36–40, 91
“Century of the Common Man, The” speech, 91
childhood/education, 89
Cold War and, 86, 91, 93
description/lifestyle, 89
on differences between communism/ himself, 88
eccentricity of, 89–91, 92
European tour, 67–68
father’s work and, 89
FDR vice presidency/dropping and, 32, 91, 92
Hi-Bred Corn and, 89
Ilo (wife), 85,
