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...President sacked the man who had sent Boss Pendergast to the penitentiary: Maurice M. Milligan, U.S. Attorney for western Missouri. For this post. Truman nominated Sam M. Wear, Springfield attorney and Democratic State chairman of Missouri...
Once, on the Senate floor, Truman had brought blushes to the faces of other Senators by a violent attack on Milligan. Only a few weeks before Franklin Roosevelt's death he had tried to block Milligan's reappointment. Senator Harry Truman had never forsworn his allegiance to his old and disreputable boss, nor his grudge against Milligan. President Truman was the same...
Harry Truman recalled the old teachings of Kansas City's now defunct Pendergast machine, which pushed him into big-time politics: never forget a friend or an enemy. When Attorney General Biddle began to consider a fourth-term renomination for Maurice Milligan, U.S. attorney in Kansas City who sent platoons of Pendergast henchmen to jail for vote frauds, Harry Truman balked, told newsmen he preferred a friend in Milligan's place. Pressed for a further reason, the Vice President, who had campaigned for Term IV for Franklin Roosevelt, explained: "[Milligan's] been in office twelve years...
...MARGARET MILLIGAN...
...Wayland, seven miles from Dansville. But his nearest staff correspondent was in Rochester, 45 miles away, and could not be immediately reached. Was there anyone who was reasonably intelligent in the store at the moment? Was there anyone there who wanted a job? Who, When, Where, What. Druggist Milligan summoned Hudson Randall to the phone. Rewriteman Ellis gave his instructions-try to find out what caused the wreck; try to learn exactly how many people were killed, and how many injured; get their names and addresses and be sure to get the spelling straight; and call back every half hour...