Truman (186 page)

“Two men can sometimes learn”:
Time
, October 23, 1950.

“I don’t care what they say”: Ibid.

MacArthur had arrived the night before: Ibid.

Harriman exchange with MacArthur: Bradley and Blair, 573.

“grave responsibility”: Ibid.

MacArthur greeting: New York
Herald-Tribune
, October 15, 1950.

“I have been worried”: Quoted in Donovan, 285.

MacArthur assured him victory was won:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 365.

“seemed genuinely pleased”: Ibid.

“I had been warned”: MacArthur,
Reminiscences
, 361.

Vernice Anderson incident: Jessup, “Research Note/The Record of Wake Island—A Correction,”
The Journal of American History
, March 1981.

when MacArthur received transcript: Bradley and Blair, 575.

“He was the most persuasive fellow”: Quoted in Manchester, 592.

“the formal resistance”:
Substance of Statements Made at Wake Island Conference on October 15, 1950
, compiled by General Omar Bradley, declassified, 1, HSTL.

By January: Ibid.

Dean Rusk concerned: Rusk,
As I Saw It
, 169.

“Hell no!”: Ibid.

“They are the happiest”:
Foreign Relations of the United States
, 1950. Vol. VII:
Korea
, 953

the French couldn’t “clean it up”:
Substance of Statements Made at Wake Island Conference,
17.

MacArthur declined lunch: Ibid.

“Whether intended or not”: Bradley and Blair, 576.

“The communiqué should be submitted”:
Substance of Statements Made at Wake Island Conference
, 23.

MacArthur asked the President: MacArthur,
Reminiscences
, 362.

“Eisenhower doesn’t know the first thing”: Ibid., 363.

“the very complete unanimity of view”: PP, HST, October 15, 1950, 672.

“his vision, his judgment”: Donovan, 288.

a “glorious new page”: PP, HST, October 17, 1950, 674.

“On this one”: Rusk, 169.

“Come up to Pyongyang”:
Newsweek
, October 23, 1950.

“Goodbye, sir”:
Time
, October 23, 1950.

“I like them more”: Truman,
Letters from Father
, 97.

“He would treat us”: Rex Scouten, author’s interview.

Floyd Boring’s wife: Floyd Boring, author’s interview.

“The house was so quiet”: West, with Kotz,
Upstairs at the White House
, 116.

“I’d come out more or less”: Boring, author’s interview.

mistaken for divinity students:
Life
: November 13, 1950.

assassination attempt: Boring, author’s interview; Scouten, author’s interview;
Life
, November 13, 1950;
The New York Times
, November 2, 1950;
Time
, November 12, 1950;
Whistle Stop
, Fall 1979.

“Why, of course”:
Time
, November 12, 1950.

“It is important”: PP, HST, November 1, 1950, 693.

“But Truman was…just a symbol”: Kansas City
Times
, September 11, 1979.

“A President has to expect”:
The New York Times
, November 2, 1950.

HST insisted he was in no danger: PP, HST, November 2, 1950, 696.

so “unnecessary”: HST to Dean Acheson, November 2, 1950, HSTL.

“[Leaving the airport)”: HST Diary, November 5, 1950,
Off the Record
, 198.

“really a prisoner now”: HST to EN, November 17, 1950, ibid.

“The Korean death trap”: Donovan, 295.

“All the piety”: Ibid., 297.

Bess had seldom seen HST so downhearted: Truman,
Bess W. Truman
, 363–64.

“Some Republicans interpret”: PP, HST, November 16, 1950, 714.

“Then there were those”: Ridgway, 61.

“If this operation is successful”: Manchester, 606.

“a terrible message”: Ibid., 608.

“We’ve got a terrific”: Hersey,
Aspects of the Presidency
, 27.

“The Chinese have come in”: Ibid.

“alone and inescapably”: Ibid., 28.

seven thousand letters: Heller, 47.

“We can blame the liars”: Ibid., 30.

“His mouth drew tight”: Ibid., 28.

“We have got to meet this thing”: Ibid., 30;

“We face an entirely new war”: Quoted in Acheson, 469.

November 28, 1950, meeting: Ibid., 469, 471.

“There was no doubt”:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 378.

“We can’t defeat the Chinese”: Acheson, 471.

the “imperative step”: Ibid.

“The threat of a larger war”: Bradley and Blair, 599.

“hordes of Chinese Reds”: Washington
Star
, November 28, 1950.

“A lot of hard work”:
Memoirs
Vol. II, 388.

“Remember, photographers are”: Truman,
Letters from Father
, 99.

“He ‘used’ the press”: Phillips,
The New York Times
, December 31, 1972.

“a fat no good can of lard”: HST to MJT, July 25, 1947,
Off the Record
, 115.

“the Sop Sisters”: HST to EWT, June 11, 1950, Ibid., 179 and 41, note.

“The prostitutes of the mind”: Poen,
Strictly Personal and Confidential
, 24.

“You might tell the gentleman”: HST to Joseph J. McGee, November 22, 1950,
Off the Record
, 199.

November 30, 1950, press conference: PP, HST, 724–728.

“No, it doesn’t mean”: Ibid., 727.

the “wildest days” ever: Ayers Diary, November 30, 1950, HSTL.

“the use of any weapon”: PP, HST, November 30, 1950, 727.

HST ill-advised: Bradley and Blair, 604.

in a crucial few days: Acheson, 466.

“I have the unhappy conviction”: Ibid.

“well remember”: Ridgway, 61.

“someone expressed what everyone”: Acheson, 475.

“You can relieve any commander”: Ridgway, 62.

Rusk proposes relieving MacArthur: Acheson, 476.

“I should have relieved”:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 384.

“We must get him out”: HST Diary, December 2, 1950,
Off the Record
, 202.

“It looks very bad”: Ibid.

“Mr. President, the Chinese”: Rusk, 170.

“I’ve had conference after conference”: HST Diary, December 9, 1950,
Off the Record
, 204.

“[The President] thought that if”: Quoted in Donovan, 317.

He would not use the bomb: Ibid., 318.

“Charlie seemed in good form”: Ayers Diary, December 5, 1950, HSTL.

Death of Charlie Ross: Washington
Post
, December 6, 1950.

“The friend of my youth”: PP, HST, December 5, 1950, 737.

“Ah, hell”: Truman,
Harry S. Truman
, 545–46.

previous Ross heart attacks: Washington
Post
, December 6, 1950.

HST keeps Ross death from Margaret: Truman,
Harry S. Truman
, 546.

“Afterward, Dad was effusive”: Truman,
Bess W. Truman
, 366.

“really pretty bad that night”: John Hersey, author’s interview.

Hume review: Washington
Post
, December 6, 1950.

“That’s exactly what I want”: Traubel,
St. Louis Woman
, 211.

“longhand spasm”: HST to Dean Acheson, April 8, 1957, HSTL.

“Charlie Ross would
never
have”: Elsey, author’s interview.

“Mr. Hume: I’ve just read”: HST to Paul Hume, December 7, 1950.

“In the first place”:
Time
, December 18, 1950.

To Margaret he said: Truman,
Harry S. Truman
, 547.

“When he would write”: Elsey, Oral History, HSTL.

“a propaganda machine”:
Time
, September 18, 1950.

“I can only say”:
Time
, December 18, 1950.

letters and telegrams to White House: General Correspondence File, HSTL.

letter from the Bannings: HSTL.

“The Eighth Army is yours”: Ridgway, 83.

“never uttered wiser words”: Acheson, 512.

“brilliant, driving”: Bradley and Blair, 608.

“The troops are tired”: Ibid., 619.

“Under the extraordinary”: Quoted in Donovan, 346.

to recognize the “state of war”: Manchester,
The Glory and the Dream
, 550.

atomic bombs: Schaller,
Douglas MacArthur
, 225.

“go down that trail”: Rusk, 170.

“infinite patience”: Acheson, 515.

“steps which might in themselves”:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 438, 436.

“We were at our lowest”: Bradley and Blair, 620.

“Eighth Army in good shape”: Ibid., 623.

“rolling forward”: Ridgway,
The Korean War
, 106.

to look “beyond MacArthur”: Bradley and Blair, 623.

Ridgway thought HST a great and courageous man: Ridgway, author’s interview.

“mainly a prima donna”: Bradley and Blair, 623.

“While General MacArthur was fighting”: Acheson, 517.

“the really terrifying strength”: Ridgway, 111.

“tired and depressed: Goulden,
Korea
, 453.

“just ordered a resumption”: Ridgway, 109.

“not only his nerves”: MacArthur,
Reminiscences
, 393.

“snapped his brilliant”: Bradley and Blair, 626.

“The enemy, therefore”: MacArthur, 388.

his “pronunciamento”: Acheson,
The Korean War
, 101.

“unforgiveable and irretrievable act”: Bradley and Blair, 627.

“Whom the gods would destroy”: Acheson,
Korean War
, 100.

“I couldn’t send a message”: Truman,
Harry S. Truman
, 559.

“This was a most extraordinary”:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 441–42.

“disbelief with controlled fury”: Acheson,
Korean War
, 102.

“Gallup Poll:
The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion 1935–1971
, 970.

“If you are going to get on”:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 443–45.

“What are we in Korea for”: Martin,
My First Fifty Years in Politics
, 203.

“Mr. President, this man is not”: Roger Tubby Diary, April 5, 1951.

“I did not know”: Bradley and Blair, 629.

“The situation could be resolved”: Acheson,
Korean War
, 104.

“If you relieve MacArthur”:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 447.

“I don’t express any opinion”: HST Diary, April 5, 1951,
Off the Record
, 211.

“at the apex of a situation”: MacArthur, 394.

“The wind died down”: Martin, 207.

because they knew the kind of abuse: Bradley and Blair, 633.

MacArthur firing would provoke: Ibid.

“There was no question”: Phillips, 346–47.

He told Bradley to prepare:
Memoirs
, Vol. II, 448.

Speculation about MacArthur: Washington
Post
, April 10, 1951.

“So you won’t have to read about it”: Tubby Diary, April 12, 1951.

a supposed “major resignation”: Bradley and Blair, 636.

“There
was
a degree of panic”: Elsey, author’s interview.

“He’s not going to be allowed”: Phillips, 343.

“Discussed the situation”: HST Diary, April, 9, 1951,
Off the Record
, 211.

“Well, the little man”: Rusk, 172.

would have retired “without difficulty”: Schaller, 239.

HST’s “mental instability”: Donovan, 360; Goulden, 495.

“Our only choice”: Washington
Post
, April 12, 1951.

Tom Connally reminded: Ibid.

Chicago
Tribune
editorial: April 12, 1951.

“This is the biggest windfall”: Washington
Post
, April 18 1951.

“In the days ahead”: Letter from W. O. Douglas to HST, April 11, 1951, HSTL.

“It makes not the slightest”: The President vs. the General,” Sermon by Dr. Duncan E. Littlefield, April 15, 1951, Fountain Street Baptist Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan, HSTL.

“The most obvious fact”: New York
Herald-Tribune
, April 13, 1951.

“bourbon and Benedictine”: St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
, April 14, 1951.

Gallup Poll: Goldman,
The Crucial Decade
, 203.

HST booed at Griffith Stadium: Washington
Post
, April 21, 1951.

April 11, 1951, broadcast: PP, HST, April 11, 1951, 223–27.

“The only politics I have”:
Time
, April 30, 1951.

“I was sorry to have to reach”: HST to Eisenhower, April 13, 1951, HSTL.

mock “Schedule for Welcoming…”: HSTL.

“I address you”: New York
Herald-Tribune
, April 20, 1951.

“When I joined the Army”: MacArthur, 405.

“The hopes and dreams”: Quoted in Manchester, 661.

“We heard God speak”: Ibid.

“I honestly felt that if the speech”: Truman,
Harry S. Truman
, 563.

“a bunch of damn bullshit”: Quoted in Miller,
Plain Speaking
, 337.

“After I looked at that wreckage”:
Time
, May 14, 1951.

“a very distressing necessity”: Ibid.

“Having made this courageous decision”: Bradley and Blair, 637.

“Courage didn’t have anything”: Quoted in Phillips, 350.

“Truman’s conflict with MacArthur”: Rusk, 172.

MacArthur to Samuel Eliot Morison: Morison,
The Oxford History of the American People,
1072.

May 18 dinner: PP, HST, May 18, 1951, 292–93.

Tullahoma, Tennessee, speech: Ibid., June 25, 1951, 357–63.

17. Final Days

“I have tried to give it”: PP, HST, January 15, 1953, 1202.

“I walk two miles”: HST Diary, January 3, 1952, in Ferrell, ed.,
Off the Record
, 226.

“Mr. President, this is my first”: PP, HST, July 12, 1951, 387.

HST served bowl of milk toast: Tubby Diary, May 21, 1951.

“You constantly tell me to relax”: Ibid., April 13, 1952.