SOLD Truman Intervenes For a Topnotch Missourian
He might have come to power through the Pendergast machine and thrived in the clubby U.S. Senate, but Harry Truman hadn’t any use for cronyism in politics. It was one thing to enjoy having his Missouri pals around him but quite another to give them jobs, or protect them from the consequences...
He might have come to power through the Pendergast machine and thrived in the clubby U.S. Senate, but Harry Truman hadn’t any use for cronyism in politics. It was one thing to enjoy having his Missouri pals around him but quite another to give them jobs, or protect them from the consequences of their actions. And if he wouldn’t intercede for his close friends, he certainly wasn’t going to for anyone else. That is why this Truman letter is so unusual, and provocative: here he requests that California’s Governor not persecute someone from a "topnotch" Missouri family.
Typed Letter Sined, “You are as kind as you can be to write me as you did on the 15th, The only interest I had in this situation is that the family that Dr. William J. Bryan belongs to is a topnotch one in this state and I was hopeful that he would not in any way be persecuted. I do not make a habit of doing things of this sort and I hope you will forgive me this time. I am hopeful that…the State of California is in good shape under your Administration – as I have heard that it is.”?He adds in his hand, “Dr. Bryan was in charge of one of our most important institutions when I was on the County Court years ago.”
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