Inscription
retouching across recto in grey paint; on verso, by unknown hand, upper center in blue ink circled: Truman, Harry; center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: [cut off] / tarians were after him for being soft on / Commie-hunters. Hawks wanted war / with China and doves wanted peace / with Korea. A Congress loaded with / Republicans and conservative Southern / Democrats had blockaded most of his / bills, and a bunch of his pals had been / caught trading favors for cash. / Yet here we have two candidates in / tailored suits riding the coattails of a / guy who liked Hawaiian shirts. It's / amazing what time and a good book will / do for a reputation, particularly one / that's deserved. / Harry S Truman was smart, capable / and honest. Politics made him poorer, / not richer, and he left the world a better / place than he found it. / He is best known for the sign on his / desk that said, "The buck stops here," / but he lived by the Mark Twain quota- / tion on the wall of his Senate office: / "Always do right. This will gratify some / people and astonish the rest." / Mary Casey of Royal Oak voted for / him in 1948, when he faced Republican / Thomas Dewey and two renegade / Democrats and whipped them all. "One / of the things I remember about him is / See HARRY, page 4F / [reproduction of image] / Harry Truman died in 1972, but his reputation is thriving.; lower center stamped in black ink on applied newspaper: SEP 11 1992
Provenance
William L. Schaeffer, Chester, CT; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
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