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HST compared with

HST on

HST’s relationship with

“inspection tour” of

King and

Lend-Lease program of

Long and

loyalty issue and

MacArthur and

Map Room established by

Marshall and

New Deal of,
see
New Deal

1944 elections and

office of

OPM and

Palestine issue and

Pauley and

Secret Service and

seizure suffered by

Soviet Union and

Stalin and

Stark and

Truman Committee and

Wallace and

War Production Board established by

at Yalta

Roosevelt, James “Jimmy,”

Roosevelt, Theodore

Roper, Elmo

Rose, Billy

Rosenbaum, Bluma,
see
Jacobson, Bluma Rosenbaum

Rosenberg, Anna

Rosenman, Dorothy

Rosenman, Sam

Ross, Charlie

death of

on HST

as HST’s childhood friend

HST’s reelection campaign and

loyalty of

at Potsdam

press secretary appointment of

Vaughan and

Wallace’s New York speech and

Ross, Mike

Rovere, Richard

Rowe, James A., Jr.

Rowley, Jim

Royall, Kenneth C.

Royce, Morton

rubber production

Rummel, Henry

Rusk, Dean

Russell, Richard B., Jr.

S-1,
see
Manhattan Project

St. Louis
Globe-Democrat

St. Louis
Post-Dispatch

St. Louis
Star-Times

Saint-Mihiel

Salisbury, Frank O.

Salisbury, Spencer

Saltonstall, Leverett

San Antonio
Express

Sanderson, Julia

San Francisco Conference (1945)

San Francisco
Examiner

Sargent, John Singer

Sato, Naotake

Saturday Evening Post

Saturday Review

Saudi Arabia

Sawyer, Aaron

Sawyer, Charles

Schenectady

Scherer, Ray

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.

Schneider, Edward L.

Schoeneman, George J.

Schultheiss, Paul

Schwartz, Harry

Schwellenbach, Lewis

Scott, Hazel

Scouten, Rex

Seattle
Times

Sebald, William

Secretary of Defense, creation of office of

Secret Service, U.S.

assassination attempt and

at Potsdam

Senate, U.S.:

Appropriations Committee

Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

District of Columbia Committee

Hoey Committee

HST’s career in

Interstate Commerce Committee

Kefauver Committee

Military Affairs Committee

Nye Committee

Printing Committee

Public Buildings and Grounds Committee

Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program,
see
Truman Committee

Tydings Committee

see also
Congress, U.S.

Sermon, Roger T.

Sevareid, Eric

Seward, William H.

Shakespeare, William

Shanghai

Shannon, Joseph B.

Shannon, William V.

Shaw, George W.

Shaw, Mary

Sherman, Forrest

Sherman, William Tecumseh

Shertok, Moshe

Sherwood, Robert

Short, Dewey

Short, Joe

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Siddeley, Armstrong

Siegel, Benjamin “Bugsy,”

Silver, Abba Hillel

Simpson, Caroline

Simpson, “Letch,”

Singapore

Slaughter, Elizabeth

Slaughter, O. V.

Slaughter, Roger C.

Slaughter, Stephen

slavery

Sloan, Samuel A.

Smith, Alfred E.

Smith, Ellison DuRant “Cotton Ed,”

Smith, Harold D.

Smith, Ira

Smith, Jabez

Smith, Joseph

Smith, Margaret Chase

Smith, Merriman

Smith, Walter Bedell

Smith-Connally Act (1943)

Smyth, James G.

Snyder, Drucie

Snyder, John

Snyder, Mrs. John

Soames, Christopher

Soames, Mary Churchill

Social Security

Social Security Act (1935)

Soldier’s Story, A
(Bradley)

Somervell, Brehon B.

Somoza, Anastasio

Soong, T. V.

Sophocles

Souers, Sidney W.

Southern, William

Soviet Union

atomic bomb and

Berlin and

China and

Cold War with,
see
Cold War

expansionist policy of

Germany and

Great Britain and

Greece and

HST’s forecast for

Iran occupied by

Japan and

Korean War and

Lend-Lease and

Marshall Plan and

military strength of

Nazi pact with

Palestine and

Poland occupied by

Potsdam Conference and,
see
Potsdam Conference

Turkey and

U.S. relations with

Vinson mission and

Wallace’s New York speech on

in World War II

Yalta agreements and

see also
Stalin, Joseph

Spaatz, Carl A

SPAB (Supplies Priorities and Allocations Board)

Spain

Sparkman, John

Spellman, Francis Joseph Cardinal

Spence, Brent

Spina, Frank

Spitalny, Phil

Stafford, Terry

Staley Milling Company

Stalin, Joseph

atomic bomb and

Berlin and

character and appearance of

Churchill’s “iron curtain” speech and

death of

Germany and

Marshall Plan and

at Potsdam

Roosevelt and

Vinson mission and

Stampler, Manly

Standard Oil of New Jersey

Stapf, Harlow A.

Stark, Lloyd C.

Stassen, Harold E.

State Department, U.S.

see also
Acheson, Dean; Byrnes, James; Marshall, George C.;
specific foreign policy issues

State of the Union

Stayton, E. M.

Steele, Jack

steel industry

crisis in

HST’s seizure of

Korean War and

Steelman, John R

steel strikes:

of 1946

of 1952

Steinfirst, Donald

Stern, Isaac

Stettinius, Edward

Stevenson, Adlai E.

background of

death of

as governor of Illinois

HST’s plea for candidacy of

as presidential candidate

Stevenson, Adlai E.

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Vice President)

Stevenson, Coke

Stewart, Murray

Stewart, Tom

Stimson, Henry L

atomic bomb and

on Germany

Marshall and

political career of

at Potsdam

retirement of

Stone, Harlan

Stone, I. F

Story of Harry Truman, The

Stout, Stuart

Stowe, David

Straight, Michael

Straus, Noel

Strauss, Lewis

Street, Charles

Strickler, Mrs. Thomas J.

strikes

auto workers’

coal

electrical workers’

railway

steel,
see
steel strikes

Taft-Hartley Act and

telegraph

telephone

Strother, John

Strother, Sam

Strout, Richard

Study of Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Favoritism and Influence

Styka, Tadé

Sullivan, John L.

Sullivan, William C.

Sulzberger, Arthur Hays

Sulzberger, C. L.

Summer, Grace

“Sunday Evening Hour,”

superbomb,
see
hydrogen bomb

Supplies Priorities and Allocations Board (SPAB)

Supreme Court, U.S.

Roosevelt’s plan for

steel mill seizure and

Surplus Property Administration

Susskind, David

Suzuki, Kantaro

Swanson, Gloria

Swayze, John Cameron

Swope, Chrisman

Symington, Stuart

Szilard, Leo

Taber, John

Taft, Mrs. Robert A

Taft, Robert A

character and appearance of

Dewey and

on Lilienthal

as presidential candidate

Taft, William Howard

retirement of

Taft-Hartley Act (1947)

Taiwan,
see
Formosa

Talmadge, Herman

Tames, George

tax collection, corruption in

taxes

Taylor, “Fiddlin’ Bob,”

Taylor, Glen H.

Taylor, Tasker

Taylor, Telford

Teapot Dome scandal

Teasley, Walter “Cushionfoot,”

telegraph strike

telephone strikes:

of 1946

of 1952

television

films about presidency on

political conventions on

presidential inauguration on

White House tour on

Teller, Edward

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord

Thacker, Ralph

“They’ll Never Believe Me” (Kern)

Thomas, Elmer

Thomas, J. Parnell

Thomas, Lowell

Thompson, Dorothy

Thompson, Ed

Thompson, Llewellyn

Thomson, Virgil

Thorndike, Joseph J., Jr.

Thurman, Samuel

Thurmond, J. Strom

Tiernan, L. Curtis

Tighe, Arthur

Time

Times
(London)

Times of India

Tinley, John P.

Tito, Marshal (Josip Broz)

Tobey, Charles

Togo, Shigenori

Tokyo

Torresola, Griselio

To Secure These Rights

Tracy, Spencer

Traubel, Helen

Triangle Club

Truitt, Mrs. Max

Truman, Anderson Shipp (Shippe) (grandfather)

Civil War and

slaves owned by

Truman, Elizabeth Wallace “Bess” (wife)

and assassination attempt on HST

character of

death of

European vacations of

farewell luncheon for HST and

father’s suicide and

as First Lady

Forrestal and

frugality of

HST’s Christmas visit and

HST’s courting of

HST’s engagement to

HST’s “final” argument with

HST’s hiring of

HST’s letters to

HST’s political career and

HST’s presidency resisted by

HST’s reelection campaign and

HST’s relationship with

HST’s war service and

HST’s wedding to

Independence summers of

as influence on HST

Margaret’s singing and

mastectomy of

miscarriages of

oil venture and

physical appearance of

privacy guarded by

Roosevelt’s death and

Ross’s post and

on Senate staff

Washington apartments of

White House and

Truman, Emma

Truman, Harry (nephew)

Truman, Harry S.:

aging of

ambition of

in American Legion

in Army reserve

at Army summer camp

artistic tastes of

assassination attempt on

automobile travels of

bank jobs of

Bible reading of

birthday parties for

birth of

“The Buck Stops Here” sign of

campaign style of

character and appearance of

childhood accidents of

childhood of

Chubb Fellowship given to

Citizens Security bank venture of

clubs joined by

as “common man” president

confidence of

congressional position sought by

construction timekeeper job of

corruption attributed to administration

courage of

cronyism ascribed to

death of

diary of

diligence of

drugstore job of

as eastern judge of Jackson County

Court

education of

energy of

European vacations of

eyeglasses and eyesight of

fairness of

falls of

farewell address of

farewell luncheon for

as farmer

as father

as federal reemployment service director

film on

first automobile of

first Cabinet appointments of

first congressional address of

first postwar message to Congress of

first presidential term of

first press conference of

friends hired by

funeral of

Gates residence of

“give-’em-hell-Harry” style of

as “go-along, get-along Harry,”

governor’s post desired by

growth and changes of

headaches of

health of

heroes of

history and

Independence homes of

as investigator
see also
Truman Committee

as Jeffersonian

jokes about

in Kansas City

Kansas City Automobile Club job of

land speculation trips of

last press conference of

last weeks of presidency of

as late bloomer

law school courses of

“longhand spasms” of

long-range objectives lacked by

as Mason

memoirs of,
see Memoirs

memorial tributes to

men’s furnishing store of

morals and integrity of

name and middle initial of

in National Guard

as nineteenth-century man

“nonpolitical” cross-country tours of

in oil venture

as Pendergast man,
see
Pendergast political machine

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