Longhand Note of President Harry S. Truman

This typed and handwritten account of election night, November 2, 1948 was created as draft material for former President Harry S. Truman's memoirs.

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- 10 - Keyn This was my final appeal to the voters to decide between the principles of the party for the people and the party for the special in terests. I warned the nation that thaeir vote: would not be just for one man or another, ut would affect levery person and his family for years to de S. "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND come RECORDS SERVICE** With this, I was through. There was no thing to do but wait for the results. 9 had had a strenuous summle and fall and was tined. So at 4:30 P.M ou election day give Romeley and Henry Nicholcon, first and scood in command dosevorce to the Ehas Hotelist Eyeckiol of the White House detail of the Secret Service upstairs at 6:30, had a hava sandrich Springs, stook a terkich foth and neat and a glass of milk and listened to some eastera neterras and ment to led. & that some thousands alead. Iacroke at midnight and apain listened to the radio hoodeast of Inc. Kalsentora and Iear about Vot.coo aleadoa the coust fut according to the fundeaster still undouttedly leaten. about four 0 lock me Roesley calue into mu