Truman (201 page)
Authors: David McCullough
Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Presidents & Heads of State, #Political, #Historical
piano playing of
politics as interest of
politics as life work of
politics as seen by
popularity of
portraits of
on presidency
presidency resisted by
presidential “honeymoon” of
presidential inauguration of
presidential reelection campaign funds for
presidential reelection campaign of
presidential reelection of
as presiding judge of Jackson County Court
press conferences of
reading of
religious views of
retirement announcement of
retirement financial situation of
retirement of
road overseer job of
salaries of
second presidential term of
Senate campaign of (1934)
Senate campaign of (1940)
Senate career of
on Senate committees;
see also
Truman committee
shirts of
speeches of
staff’s relationship with
in stage show
in television films
temper of
theater-going of
vacations of
values and beliefs of
vice-presidency resisted by
as Vice President
as vice-presidential candidate
Washington apartments of
West Point aspirations of
Whistle-stop Campaign of
World War I service of
at Young farm
zinc-mine venture of
Truman, J. C. (nephew)
Truman, John (great-uncle)
Truman, John Anderson (father)
businesses and jobs of
character and appearance of
as farmer
financial misfortunes of
houses and farms of
illness and death of
politics as interest of
Truman, John Vivian (brother)
birth of
death of
HST’s hiring of
marriage of
Truman, Lawrence
Truman, Luella Campbell (sister-in-law)
Truman, Margaret (aunt)
Truman, Margaret (daughter),
see
Daniel, Mary Margaret “Margie” Truman
Truman, Martha Ann (niece)
Truman, Martha Ellen “Mattie”; (mother)
accident of
character and appearance of
Chiles and
death of
eviction of
failing health of
farm mortgages of
hernia operation of
HST’s automobile and
HST’s buying back farm of
HST’s letters to
HST’s war service and
as influence on HST
Margaret’s singing and
marriage of
piano of
pneumonia of
stroke of
surgery of
Washington visit of
Truman, Mary (aunt)
Truman, Mary Jane (sister)
birth of
character and appearance of
farm run by
HST’s letters to
HST’s relationship with
HST’s war service and
letters from
Truman, Mary Jane Holmes (grandmother)
Truman, Mary Martha (aunt)
Truman, Ralph (cousin)
Truman, William (great-grandfather)
Truman, William (uncle)
Truman & Jacobson
Truman Balcony
Truman Committee (Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program)
appropriation for
atomic bomb and
camp construction investigated by
corporations investigated by
dollar-a-year men opposed by
Roosevelt and
staff of
steel plate production investigated by
Truman Doctrine
Acheson’s role in
aid to Greece and Turkey in
as continuation of historic U.S. policies
HST’s speech to Congress on
leadership demonstrated in
1948 campaign and
Progressive Party’s denunciation of
Truman Library,
see
Harry S. Truman Library
Truman Merry-Go-Round, The
(Allen and Shannon)
Truman Story, The
Truman-Wheeler Bill
Trumbull, John
Tubby, Roger
Tully, Andrew
Tully, Grace
Tunney, Gene
Turkey
British aid to
Soviet Union and
U.S. aid to
Turner, Roy J.
Turnip congress
TVA,
see
Tennessee Valley Authority
Twain, Mark
Twenty-second Amendment to the Constitution
Twyman, Dr.
Twyman, Elmer
Tydings, Millard
Tydings Committee
Tyler, John
unemployment
Union Army
Union National Bank
unions,
see
labor, labor unions
Union Station Massacre
United Mine Workers
United Nations (U.N.)
Atomic Energy Commission of
Charter of
Korean War as action of
Palestine issue and
San Francisco Conference on
Security Council of
United Nations Association
United Press
United States
United States Relations with China: With Special Reference to the Period 1944–1949
United Steel Workers
Urey, Harold
U.S. News and World Report
U.S. Steel Corporation
V-l rockets
Vaccaro, Tony
Vaile, Harvey
Vandenberg, Arthur
character and appearance of
as former isolationist
Lilienthal and
Vandenberg, Hoyt
Vardaman, James K. “Jake,” Jr.
Vaughan, Harry
character and appearance of
on HST’s eyeglasses
s HST’s military aide
J. Edgar Hoover and
pearson’s attack on
at Potsdam
self-importance of
Senate investigation of
senatorial staff position of
Vaughan, Samuel
Veatch, N. T., Jr.
Versailles Treaty (1919)
veterans:
aid to
black
garden parties for
GI Bill and
housing for
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vietnam
Vietnam War
Vinson, Fred M.
special mission planned for
Vivian, John
Volkogonov, Dmitri
Vrooman, Howard
wages
Wage Stabilization Board
Waggoner, William
Wagner, Robert
Wagner Labor Relations Act (1935)
Wainwright, Jonathan M.
Wake Island Conference (1950)
Walker, Frank
Walker, Kay
Walker, Walton
Wallace, Carrie
Wallace, David, suicide of
Wallace, Frank
Wallace, Fred
Wallace, George
Wallace, Helen
Wallace, Henry A.
character of
China trip of
HST’s firing of
as presidential candidate
Progressive Party of
speech fiasco and
as Vice President
as vice-presidential candidate
Wallace, Madge Gates
death of
HST’s residence at house of
Margaret’s singing and
Wallace, May Southern
Wallace, Natalie Ott
Wallace, Natalie
Wallgren, Monrad C.
Wall Street Journal
Walsh, David I.
Walsh, Edmund A.
Walsh, Jerome
War Department, U.S.
see
also Defense Department, U.S.
War Mobilization
War Powers and Stabilization Act (1942)
War Production Board
Warren, Earl
Washington, George
Washington
Evening Star
Washington
News
Washington
Post
Washington Press Club
Washington
Star
Washington
Times-Herald
Wasson, Guy
Wasson, Yancey
waterways proposal
Watson, Edwin “Pa,”
Weathers, James
Webb, James
Weizmann, Chaim
Welch, Casimir
Wells, Louise
West, J. B.
West Germany (German Federated Republic)
Westminster College
West Point:
cheating scandal at
HST’s aspirations to
HST’s views of
Westwood, Mike
Wharton, Edith
Wheeler, Burton K.
Wherry, Kenneth Spicer
Whistle-stop Campaign
White, Grace
White, Wallace H.
White, Walter
White House
balcony added to
bomb shelter in
collapsing structure of
entertaining at
as haunted
Public tours of
renovation of
television tour of
Whitman, Alden
Whitney, A. F.
Whitney, Albert
Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitney, Courtney
Whittier, John Greenleaf
Wickard, Claude
Wiley, Alexander
Wilhelm, Warren F.
Wilkins, Fraser
Willa Coates Airport
Willard, Daniel
William Jewell College
Williams, Herbert Lee
Williamsburg
Willis, Raymond
Willkie, Wendell
Wilson, Arthur
Wilson, Charles E.
Wilson, Ellen
Wilson, Francis M.
Wilson, Ida
Wilson, R. P.
Wilson, Woodrow
Winant, John G.
Winchell, Walter
Winslow, Lorenzo
Wise, Stephen
Wolf, Agnes Strauss
women’s vote
Wonderful Town
Woodham-Smith, Cecil
Woodward, Isaac
Woodward, Sara
Woodward, Stanley
Wooldridge, Glen
Woolf, S.J.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
World War I
HST’s service in
World War II:
aftermath of
aid to European Jews in
atomic bombing of Japan in
Battle of Britain in
Big Three conferences in
see
Potsdam Conference; Yalta Conference
Churchill’s history of
civilian control of military in
demobilization after
division of Korea in
end of
HST’s sudden responsibilities in
Manhattan Project in
mobilization for
Nazi attack on Soviets in
Nazi-Soviet Pact and
1944 presidential campaign and
Roosevelt’s death and
Senate probe of spending in,
see
Truman Committee
vice-presidential selection and
war agencies developed for
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
Wright, Fielding L.
Wyeth, Andrew
Xenophon
Yale University
Yalta Conference (1945)
Yalta Declaration
Yeager, Chuck
York, Alvin
Young, Ada (aunt)
Young, Brigham
Young, Ed
Young, E. Merl
Young, Elizabeth (aunt)
Young, Harriet Louisa Gregg (grandmother)
death of
Lane and
will written by
Young, Harrison “Harry” (uncle)
character and appearance of
death of
Lane and
Young, Hiram
Young, Jacob (great-grandfather)
Young, Laura Jane (aunt)
Young, Loretta (Mrs. E. Merl Young)
Young, Rachael Goodnight (great-grandmother)
Young, Sarah Ann,
see
Chiles, Sarah Ann “Sallie” Young
Young, Solomon (grandfather)
death of
farms of
Kansas City exile of
slaves owned by
wagon-train expeditions of
Young, Susan Mary (aunt)
Young, William (uncle)
Younger, Coleman
Younger, Henry
Yugoslavia
Z Committee
Zeisler, Fannie Bloomfield
Zemer, Leslie
Zhukov, Georgi
Zionist Organization of America
Zionists
see also
Palestine
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Harry S. Truman Library:
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U.S. Army:
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Joe Pruett Collection:
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AP/Wide World:
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Chicago Sun-Times:
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SECTION 2
Harry Goodwin, Washington Post:
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Independence Examiner:
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Abbie Rowe, U.S. National Park Service:
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Harry S. Truman Library:
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Photo World/ FPG/International:
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Copyright Washington Post; Reprinted by permission of D.C. Public Library:
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Kansas City Star:
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Courtesy Selby Kelly:
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat:
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SECTION 3
U.S. Overseas Mission:
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Harry S. Truman Library:
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Copyright Washington Post; Reprinted by permission of D.C. Public Library:
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AP/Wide World:
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U.S. Navy:
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Abbie Rowe, U.S. National Park Service:
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Herblock/Washington Post:
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U.S. Army:
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Chicago Tribune:
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Levi Photo:
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Randall Jessee/Harry S. Truman Library:
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