Word: trumans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...MARGARET TRUMAN was not only very close to her father, she also attentively followed his career. In an affectionate biography published by William Morrow & Co., she provides some insights and asides to the official record...
...Truman's relations with Franklin Roosevelt were always ambivalent. Though F.D.R. would later select Truman as his Vice President, in 1940, Margaret reveals, he tried to dump Truman from the U.S. Senate. Harry resisted and defended his relationship to Kansas City's Pendergast machine...
...White House calling. It was an offer from the President. If Senator Truman would withdraw from the race, he could have a seat on the Interstate Commerce Commission, a life appointment at a salary that was a lot more than Senators were paid. Tell them to go to hell,' Dad said. 'For my own self-respect, if nothing else, I must...
Though he chaired the most important wartime committee in Congress -the Truman committee acted as watchdog over defense-Harry tried to enlist in the Army. He went to see Army Chief of Staff George Marshall...
...Truman was never torn by ambition. He did not particularly want to be Vice President in 1944 when word went out that F.D.R. was interested. Margaret shows how Roosevelt maneuvered him into the job against his will. First, F.D.R. had to get rid of two contenders, Vice President Henry Wallace and James Byrnes...