Said Mr. Truman: “Yes, you can quote me. I said they are simply a red herring. They are using this as a red herring to keep from doing what they ought to do.” The further record: Harry Truman ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...