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Grass Roots. At home in Independence, Harry Truman rests up from his political exercises. The iron fence around the big white house with the gingerbread eaveswork was originally put up by Secret Service men as a security measure; it has been kept to hold out the tourists who flock around the house all day, every day. Mostly, the Trumans stay out of sight, but sometimes of an evening Harry can be seen in the backyard in an aluminum lawn chair. Bess Truman (who has a political mind of her own and is an enthusiastic admirer of Stuart Symington-toward whom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Man of Spirit | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

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