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MANAGEMENT OFTHEWAR “IS A PRIVATE
WILSONIAN PARTISAN STRUGGLE”
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TAFT, WILLIAM H. Typed Letter Signed, “WmHTaft,” to NAACP President
Moorfield Storey, thanking for a copy of his letter to [Oswald Garrison?]Villard, expressing
approval about the proposed awarding of a medal to Hawkins, explaining that he suffers
only from discouragement about the conduct of Wilson’s war. 1 page, 4to, personal sta-
tionery, with integral blank; horizontal fold. (TFC)
New Haven, 22 January 1918
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. . . [T]hank you for sending me a copy of your letter to Mr. Villard. I . . . made some
inquiries about Hawkins.They seem to me to show that he is a man worthy of receiving the
medal . . . .
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. . . I am not suffering from a lack of coal or Federal orders curtailing my activities, except so
far as one may suffer from discouragement over the conduct of the war, on the theory that it is a
private Wilsonian partisan struggle, in which no one but partisan Wilsonian Democrats and
Progressives have any concern except to pay the price.”
TRUMAN’S COPY OF MILITARY HANDBOOK SIGNED AS MAJOR
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TRUMAN, HARRY S. Signature and rank (“Harry S. Truman / Major 379
F.A.O.R.C.”), on the front cover of his copy of
Combat Orders
. The pamphlet, a textbook
for the General Service Schools of Forth Leavenworth, Kansas. 172 pages. 8vo, printed
wrappers, long closed vertical tear at upper edge through first “a” of signature (without
loss) repaired verso with tissue, faint scattered foxing, minor scattered soiling, few short
closed tears at front and rear fore edges; paper clip stain on title-page. (TFC)
Fort Leavenworth, 1922; inscription: [Fort Leavenworth, circa 1922]
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In 1920, Truman was appointed major in the United States Army Field Artillery, Officers
Reserve Corps.
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