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EDITORIAL PAGE
SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW
THE DENVER POST
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1951
Harry's Really a Pretty Good Guy
N RECENT weeks The Denver Post has been
made on the state of the nation Monday, if is
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extremely critical of decisions and state-
time to take a look at the other side of the
ments of Harry S. Truman, president of the
balance sheet.
United States. This newspaper has been critical
The American people ought to remember that
of things he has said and things he has not said,
Harry S. Truman is one of the presidents of this
things he has done and things he has not done.
country who has been more than usually blessed
The Post has not joined those who are after
with the "common touch." He has a pretty good
H. S. T.'s scalp. Let that be made clear once and
idea of what Americans think and what Ameri-
for all. The Post stands behind Mr. Truman as
cans want. For that reason, if for no other, he
the president of our government.
has been a pretty good president.
This newspaper may believe him to be wrong.
By and large, Mr. Truman has conducted our
Its editors may complain bitterly about such
government.in a progressive manner, working for
actions as his failure to authorize use of the
the best interests of the majority of Americans,
atomic bomb and other weapons. There may be
We have made many strides as a nation under
just complaint over some of his statements.
Harry Truman. More, perhaps, than any previ-
There may be reason for dissent in such actions
ous president, he has been faced with the stark
as his refusal to take retaliatory action against
problem of national salvation. There is no easy
the Chinese Communists in their own land.
answer when faced with an enemy so grotesque,
Many times in the past, The Denver Post has
but deadly, as world Communism.
dissented. Many times in the future it will dis-
M
R. TRUMAN was left a legacy of error by
sent, too, under our free system of life. Dissent
Mr. Franklin Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt
does not mean disgust, nor does it mean that we,
underestimated the Russians, or he overestimat-
the editors, believe Mr. Truman should be either
ed them, perhaps. At least, he misunderstood
impeached, hanged or in any other way mis-
the fact that there was no similarity between
treated. It means that we, the editors, disagree
the postwar aims of the western Allies and those
with his actions, and are doing all in our power
of Russia. Because he and the rest of us did not
to make him change his mind-small as that
know that, our government and the British gov-
power may be.
ernment made some drastic errors.
Since The Post has been so critical of Harry
Yet under Harry Truman have come three of
Truman, up to and including the address he
the most notable concepts in world history. First
is the Truman doctrine. Were he to be known
Give Consumers a Break
for that alone, Harry Truman would go down in
history. Second was the Marshall plan, an idea
ue
of one of his advisers. Mr. Truman should get
for
credit, too, for having picked the adviser. Third
it
was the Point Four program, for aid to the under-
ys
developed nations of the world.
We must not forget that Harry Truman is the
ys
man who took action to save the United Nations
ny
organization and Korea last June. His was a
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brave action.
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ERTAINLY, Harry Truman has his failings.
He is not a great man. That is no sin, nor
is it a rebuke. He is a good man. He is honest,
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and he is fair and friendly. He may be too loyal
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to his friends, when perhaps that loyalty is not
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deserved. He may be quick with his tongue and
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quick with his letters. Is there one among us
who has not said something he later wishes he
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could withdraw?
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The Denver Post has been very critical of
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Harry Truman in weeks past. Its editors reserve
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the right to be critical of him, just as they re-
serve the right to criticize any and all friends,
when we believe them to be wrong.
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Don't get us wrong though. We're not after
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Harry Truman's scalp. Harry Truman is doing
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the best he knows how for our nation. He is
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working at it about eighteen hours a day.
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There aren't too many of us who can say that.
We shouldn't forget it.
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Perhaps we have only divine providence to
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thank that we have Mr. Truman as president in
this time of crisis, rather than such men as Her-
e
bert Hoover or Robert Alfonso Taft.
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