Hombing oarry Truman's straightforward honesty was refreshing but never forget, he authorized the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, seized the steel mills and threatened to end the strike by drafting all of the strikers, wanted to nationalize health care. He was also petty, lambasting a Washington reporter who criticized his daughter, Margaret's singing.
I rad excerpts from Merle Miller's Plain Talking, about him, and he called one person after another dirty-no-good-son-of-a-bitch, that I asked who wasn't a dirty-no-good-son-of-a-bitch?
Refreshing and honest? Yes. Dangerous and petty, also.
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A4CE@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Abraham" <sfox53@...> wrote:
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> Thought you'd enjoy this!
> It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read.
> They won't believe this happened, but it DID.
> Harry & Bess
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> Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's history as any of the other 42 Presidents preceding him. However, a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left the White House.
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> The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in, which was in Independence Missouri . His wife had inherited the house from her mother and father and other than their years in the White House, they lived their entire lives there.
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> When he retired from office in 1952 his income was a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
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> After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service following them.
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> When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale."
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> Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."
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> As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.
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> Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices.
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> Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!
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> I say dig him up and clone him!
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> If you agree, forward it. If you don't, delete it. I don't want to know one way or the other. By me forwarding it, you know how I feel.
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