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Muehlebach Hotel
… he had asked his political associate and friend harry easley to come to kansas city from his home in webb city and stay with him. "he wanted to visit with me," easley remembered. "i went up there [to kansas city] and they had the penthouse there … it just scared the very devil out of him. i think it frightened him, even the thought of it." (harry easley oral history interview, truman library, 1967.) image after truman became president on april 12, 1945, he and his staff conducted the … been split between himself and republican candidate thomas e. dewey. the day before the election, truman's close friend tom evans came up to the presidential suite to talk to him. "what do you actually and honestly believe?" evans asked truman. …
Jackson Democratic Club
… jackson democratic club image tom pendergast's office, identified on exterior window signs as the "jackson democratic club," was on the second floor of … upstairs, though, serious political business was carried on. truman's friend and kansas city businessman tom l. evans met with pendergast in his second-story office on several occasions. "...you went up a flight of steps, turned to your left and … he would be there real early in the morning. there was always a lot of people to see him...." (tom l. evans oral history interview, truman library, 1962-63.) evans was in the waiting room one morning, probably in 1928, when he heard truman and …
Harry S. Truman Library
… he looked it over and said, "ain't no use wastin' good farmland on any old dang library." (george elsey oral history interview, truman library, 1964-70.) in early 1954, truman changed his mind and decided he wanted his library to be in … about a half mile north of truman's home, comprised primarily of a city park. truman liked the site. he walked around it with the mayor of independence and some friends in august 1954. "he was just as pleased as anything i've ever seen," truman's close friend tom evans, who was with him that day, remembered. "i think he was more pleased and happy about that than even he was election …