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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 to Dean Acheson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00782.22 Author/Creator: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Place Written: Key West, Florida Type: Typed letter signed Date: March 31, 1950 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy PDF Download(s): Download PDF

A personal letter to Acheson, then secretary of state. Responding to a letter of Acheson dated March 28, and enclosing a copy of his previous day's press conference. Mentions Michigan Senator Arthur Vandenberg and Henry Stimson as arguing from the same position on an issue as Acheson, and castigates Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy as a pathological liar and Nebraska Senator Kenneth Wherry as a blockheaded undertaker. Letter on White House stationery.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
Stimson, Henry Lewis, 1867-1950
Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951
Wherry, Kenneth S., 1892-1951
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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