 | James David Barber - 2011 - 355 páginas
...theoretical maverick. At the convention, he drafted Truman, nailing the hesitant senator with the message, "If he wants to break up the Democratic Party in the middle of a war, that's his responsibility!" By then Truman was nobody's patsy, having stood up to percentage-pocketing contractors all over the... | |
 | Paul F. Boller - 1996 - 292 páginas
..."No," said Hannegan, "he is the contrariest Missouri mule I've ever dealt with." "Well," said FDR, "you tell him, if he wants to break up the Democratic party in the middle of the war, that's his responsibility." "Now, what do you say?" Hanne145 gan asked Truman after relaying... | |
 | Robert J. Donovan - 1996 - 518 páginas
..."He is the contraries! Missouri mule I've ever dealt with." "Well, you tell him," Roosevelt retorted, "if he wants to break up the Democratic party in the...middle of a war, that's his responsibility." With that, Roosevelt hung up.8 "Oh, shit," Truman said.9 "Well, if that is the situation, I'll have to say yes,"... | |
 | Harry S. Truman - 1997 - 496 páginas
...himself, who then was on the West Coast, spoke to Truman and said that if he, the senator, was willing to break up the Democratic party in the middle of a war, that was his responsibility, whereupon Roosevelt banged down the receiver. Truman had no choice and... | |
 | Louis Baldwin - 1999 - 220 páginas
...ensued during a moment of almost audible frustration. "Well," the Warrior replied not so happily, "you tell him if he wants to break up the Democratic Party...in the middle of a war, that's his responsibility!" And the line went abruptly, and rather noisily, dead. Truman was thunderstruck. He paced about the... | |
 | William Edward Leuchtenburg - 2001 - 436 páginas
...vice-president, he replied, in a telephone conversation designed for Truman to overhear, "Well, you tell him if he wants to break up the Democratic party...in the middle of a war, that's his responsibility," then slammed down the phone. Shaken by this unceremonious invitation, Truman, though recognizing that... | |
 | John C. Culver, John Hyde - 2000 - 702 páginas
...said Hannegan, "he is the contrariest Missouri mule I've ever dealt with." "Well, you tell him that if he wants to break up the Democratic Party in the middle of a war, that's his responsibility," Roosevelt responded. Hannegan hung up the phone and looked at Truman. "Now what do you say?" "Oh shit,"... | |
 | Robert P. Watson - 2001 - 200 páginas
...bosses were waiting. They had Roosevelt on the phone, where he told them "you tell the Senator that if he wants to break up the Democratic Party in the middle of the war, that's his responsibility." A stunned Truman replied, "Well, if that's the situation, I'll... | |
 | Deborah Cannarella - 2003 - 70 páginas
...would not run, Roosevelt shouted into the phone. Truman could hear him across the room. "Well, you tell him if he wants to break up the Democratic Party...in the middle of a war, that's his responsibility," Roosevelt said. When Truman realized how the president felt, he changed his mind. They won the election.... | |
 | Steve Neal - 2002 - 370 páginas
...and when FDR made known his preference, it was an offer that he couldn't refuse. "You tell him that if he wants to break up the Democratic party in the middle of a war," Roosevelt said of Truman in a telephone conversation with party chairman Robert Hannegan, "that's his... | |
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Bob, have you got that fellow lined up yet," Roosevelt asked. "No, Mr. President," said Hannegan, "he is the contrariest Missouri mule I've ever dealt with." "Well, you tell him that if he wants to break up the Democratic Party in the middle of a war,... 
