Truman's revelation.Byline: The Register-Guard If anyone had any doubts about Harry S. Truman For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). Harry S. Truman (May 8 1884 – December 26 1972) was the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953); as vice president, he succeeded to the office upon the death of Franklin D. being a one-of-a-kind politician, such doubts should be quickly removed by the latest news contained - but just discovered - in old Harry's long-misplaced personal diary. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a notation notation: see arithmetic and musical notation. How a system of numbers, phrases, words or quantities is written or expressed. Positional notation is the location and value of digits in a numbering system, such as the decimal or binary system. in the diary, Truman - the president of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. at the time - had a conversation with then-Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and suggested to Ike that if Gen. Douglas MacArthur ran for president in 1948 on the Republican ticket, Eisenhower should run for president as a Democrat. Truman offered to would run with him in the No. 2 spot on the ticket. "I told Ike," Truman wrote, "that if he (MacArthur) did that (run as a Republican), he (Eisenhower) should announce for the nomination on the Democratic ticket and that I'd be glad to be in second place. ... I like the Senate anyway (Truman was a former U.S. senator from Missouri and the vice president is officially the president of the Senate). Ike and I could be elected and my family and myself would be happy outside this great white jail, known as the White House." To think of a modern politician making such an offer is preposterous. No modern president would ever offer to run for vice president. But Truman did. In the end, Truman was at the head of the ticket in 1948 as an underdog - but defeated Thomas Dewey to win a second term, during which he fired MacArthur for opposing his policies in Korea. That single diary entry not only underscores Truman's dislike of the pomp POMP n. A drug used in cancer chemotherapy and composed of purinethol (6-mercaptopurine), Oncovin (vincristine sulfate), methotrexate, and prednisone. and circumstance of the White House, it also underscores his total lack of pretentiousness pre·ten·tious adj. 1. Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified. 2. Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy. . This diary discovery reminds us once again that Harry S. Truman was an original. |
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