Former president Truman acknowledges the toll that the presidency takes on family members. He recalls how Bess Truman and Margaret Truman reacted to Secret Service. He also recalls a conversation he had with President Garfield's son about his life in the White House.
Conversation among Harry S. Truman, Merle Miller, David Noyes, and William Hillman, Tape 2, Side B. These tapes were the basis of the book "Plain Speaking." See finding aid for Merle Miller tapes for detailed information and description. This recording deals with such subjects as: the writing of the Constitution; American government; weak Presidents; memories of William Jennings Bryan.
Poster depicting portraits of the Masonic Presidents of the United States of America, as follows: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman.
Please note: we have not found evidence that Jefferson and Madison were Masons.