The President’s News Conference of June 29, 1950
THE PRESIDENT. I have an announcement to make. We have appointed an economic survey mission to go to the Philippines as soon as it can make the arrangements. It is […]
Memorandum Regarding October 15 Meeting with MacArthur
We arrived at dawn. Gen. MacArthur was at the Airport with his shirt unbuttoned, wearing a greasy ham and eggs cap that evidently had been in use for twenty years. […]
Letter from Harry S. Truman to James Byrnes (1946)
My dear Jim: I have been considering some of our difficulties. As you know I would like to pursue a policy of delegating authority to the members of the cabinet […]
Letter from Harry S. Truman to Ernest W. Roberts (1948)
Dear Ernie: I appreciated very much your letter of last Saturday night from Hotel Temple Square in the Mormon Capital. I am going to send you a copy of the […]
Letter from Harry S. Truman to Eleanor Roosevelt (1948)
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt: I appreciated most highly your letter of the thirteenth enclosing copy of the one which you had written to the Secretary of State. I think all of […]
The President’s Duties
The President’s Duties. By the Constitution, he is the Executive of the Government. By the Constitution, he is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. By the Constitution, he […]
Memorandum Regarding Relations with Pendergast Machine
There has been much speculation about my relationship politically with T. J. Pendergast (Tom). He became a powerful political boss in Missouri after 1926. His career ended in the early […]
Farewell Address (1953)
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1952-1953 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1966), 1197-1202. Available at https://goo.gl/tMr2BL. My fellow Americans: I am […]
Whistlestop Speech
Governor Turner, ladies and gentlemen of Oklahoma, and fellow Democrats: It certainly is a pleasure to me to start my trip in Oklahoma in this great Democratic stronghold known as the […]
Campaign Speech in St. Louis, Missouri
Thank you—thank you very much. I can’t tell you how very much I appreciate this welcome to my home State. It is grand. I have been from one end of […]