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        "President's Secretary's Files (Truman Administration)",
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        "Truman, Bess Wallace, 1885-1982",
        "Hopkins, William J., 1910-2004",
        "Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956",
        "Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965",
        "Lovett, Robert A. (Robert Abercrombie), 1895-1986",
        "Lowenthal, Max, 1888-1971",
        "Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008",
        "Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969",
        "Mitchell, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1903-1974",
        "Presidential campaign, 1952",
        "Squirrels",
        "Food",
        "Presidential candidates",
        "Speeches, addresses, etc.",
        "Dinners and dining"
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    "ocrText": "S. ARCHIVES NATIONAL RECORDS SERVICE TROMAN AND\nTHE white house\nSept. 9, 1952\nall\nWASHINGTON\nI have, as usual a real day.\nTalk with the staffat tea A.M.\nThen hase a session with Max\nhouenthal. The Charge do affairs\non Formosa speads a quarter\ndaa hour telling what is\nhappening on that island. It\nis an interesting story.\nThe Secretary of Defense\nthen comes in and me dis-\nEuss the comming Atomic\nExplosion on Einerator on\nNov. It will he an explosive\nof all explosions. Wish deould\nhe present. Ican't of course.\nBREAT & ARCHIVES NATIONAL TROMAN AND LIBRA\nRECORDS\nTHE white house\nSERVICE\"\nWASHINGTON\nHad E.S. a GOVERN Theras from Inc. hoself\non plane pro duction prepared\nby the Sec. for his and a Munitions\nReport which the most eg- -\ncouraging. Bot gase the a defi-\nnition of a statistran- - \"a\nman who chaus a straight live\nfrom an unrawantedassiup-\ntion to a foregone conclusion\" !\nI gase him one for a consultant\nWashing ton style- \"an ordinary\ncitizen away how home.\"\nCame other to the House after\na long session with the new\nchairman of the Dear. Committee\nBARNA ARCHIVES S. \"NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAR AND LIBRARY\nTHE white house\nU.S.\nSERVICE\"\nWASHINGTON\nGOVERNMENT\nBess Italk to Mangie at\n6:30 on a three may hookup.\nWe go down to the sou attporch\nat seren for dinner - good\ndianer too- tenderloin of some\nkind, really teader, asparagus,\nauda cooked stuffed Homato,\nthen a large piece of thick,\nlight yellow cake are the Cara-\nmet sause.\nOne of our squirels cornesup\nto the table and asks for a\nlite to eat. Turns up his nose\nat a crunt of head soaked in\ncooked tomato juice. We send\nTHE white house\nBARRY ARCHIVES S. \"NATIONAL RECORDS TREMAN AND LIBRARY\nWASHINGTON\nSERVICE\nfor some crackers 1.5. and GOVERNMENT he\naccepts prices of craska and\ngoes under a chair each\ntime situp and eats. Bess\nhands him the pieces one at\na time real he has eaten\nthree whole craskers. Then,\nin that a by or a thank\nyou he walks down the steps\nand dis appears. But he a he\ntack tomorrow night as\nusual for more to eat.\nTomorrow hill take the at-\ntitude of the you air it done no-\nthin for the lately of Barkley's\nKentucky constitutent is 1938.\nTRANT ARCHIVES S. NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAR AND LIMBARY\nTHE white HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nU.S.\nSERVICE\"\nGOVERNMENT\nBackle was carapaigning\nin 1938 along the Ohio Riser in\na He noticed an\nold fellow with whom he was\nwell acquaited cross the thet\nto aroid meeting him. alben\nasked another friend with whom\nhe Mas talking at the time if\nold man sorso was at outs\nwith him. Barkley was informed\nthe old man sotso mas mad\nat him. So Barbley crossed the\nsheet and stopped old wan\nsofso and asked what the\ntrou the could poste Hy Re.\nTHE white HOUSE\nBARRY U.S. ARCHIVES S. NATIONAL RECORDS TRUMAN AND LIBRARY\nSERVICE\"\nwashington\nGOVERNMENT\nBarkley remind the old\nthan that as soon as the\nanvistice of 1918 was signed\nthat he had succeeded in\nhaving his for returned so\nthe old waa could rua his\nform. \"Yes said the old man\nyou did that \"Well,\" said alben,\n\"didn A I get your daughter\nmade postraaster of this tota?\n\"Yes\" said the old maa you did:\nTheir said Backley, didn't I\ngetyou a disaster loan a few\nyears ago when the 0 his mashed\nyou out? yes \"said the old\nSEAL $3. ARCHIVES & SERVICE\" RECORDS NATIONAL TRUMAN AND LIBRARY\nTHE white house\nwashington\nGOVERN WENT\nman, you did.\" \"Then,\nsaid Backley why are you\nagainst me 2 . w \"Well.\" said\nthe old maa, you aint done\nnothia for me lately \"/\nIt is a good story and it\nmakes a hit when told, but\nthere are sery, very fen like\nold man so-and- so. The rost\nmajority of the people for whoco\nfavors are done, do not/orget.\nWell, to finish the day a am\nexpecting to listen to The at\nten P.M. and to adlai at 10:30.\nIke at Indianapolis, advat Frisco.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nBARRY ARCHIVES 5. RECORDS NATIONAL TROULD AND\nwashington\nU.S.\nSERVICE\"\nIn Hopkins the chief clerk\ninformed me when I. signed\nthe documents and letters\nthis afternoon that the mail\nRad fallen below 5000 letters\ntoday for the first time since\nI've Leen President. Iasked\nhim a foolish question - why ?\nThe diplormatic chief clerk\ninformed the that the mail\nalways decreased in solerma\nat the end of an adminis -\ntration particularly when the\nWhite House Occupant was\nnot comming fack. Well B\nHARRY & ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL RECORDS TROMAR AND LIBRARY\n:\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nES government\nSERVICE\"\nWASHINGTON\nit is \"The King is dead- Long\nlise the King.\nIt is for tunate that I'se\nhere taken an attitude\nthat the kudoes and kourtours\nare made to the as an\nindividual. Iknen always\nthat the greatest office in\nthe history ofthe world was\ngetting there and Havy S.\nTuman as aa indin-\ndualnas not. Ihope I'm\nstill the country man from"
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