Talk: Harry S. Truman
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S.
Properly, the "S" in Harry S Truman should have no period after it. "S" is not an abbreviation for a middle name; it is his middle name, itself. - RjLesch
- No, see [1]. -- Anon
- See also: Harry S. Truman#Truman's Middle Initial.--Menchi 01:59, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)
??? What happened? I had moved that, and the Older versions shows that, but the diff to mav's change shows that it was still the redirect. -- Zoe
- I deleted Harry S. Truman, moved Harry S Truman to Harry S. Truman and then restored Harry S. Truman. All is well now. --mav
It really depends on what the rest of the presidents' names look like. If we included their entire middle names, we should leave out the period. But, if we only put their middle initial, then teh period is fine. My two cents. --Ratiocinate
And mine - having only a middle initial is not the same as having a one-letter middle name. Since it is an initial, it should have a period. The fact that Truman joked about treating it as a name is something of a confirmation that it isn't. Perhaps more importantly, the presidential library is named after "Harry S. Truman", as is the aircraft carrier. The point could be argued endlessly, but official usage seems to include a period. Since the point seems likely to come up again, I've restored the link between the controversial character and the explanation further down the page. toh
1945-1948
This article omits many of the events of 1945-1948, a crucial period in the Truman presidency. There should be discussion of the beginning of the cold war, the partition of Korea, the Berlin airlift, and the Marshall plan. Dominus 06:26 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
- Go for it! -- Infrogmation 06:34 Apr 5, 2003 (UTC)
College degree
Harry Truman is also the last president to not have a college degree. This little bit of trivia should be included somewhere. -Harry
Ku Klux Klan
Recently, an anonymous user changed
- Some claim that he was for a short time a member of the Ku Klux Klan, but this has not been verified.
to
- Some claim that he was for a short time a member of the Ku Klux Klan, this has never been verified and if he was a member he left due to the Klan's anti-Catholic policies.
I changed it back, for several reasons. Most important, it isn't clear to me what the revised version could possibly mean. If it's not known that he ever was a memeber, how could there be a reason for his quitting? It sounds like an alternative defense in a trial---"We will prove that my client did not commit the homicide, and that if he did commit the homicide, it was in self defense."
Also, I wasn't sure that the clause added was factual. I've read a lot of things that Truman had said and written about the Klan, and it seems to me that Truman would have had a lot of reasons to quit the Klan other than their anti-Catholicism. At the time he would have belonged to the Klan, for instance, he would have been in the clothing business with Eddie Jacobsen, his old war buddy, who was Jewish.
Finally, the revised version of the sentence is stilted and sounds bad.
-- Dominus 13:23, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
uspresidents table
I can't see why the Presidents table I added should be deleted. It's very helpful. --65.73.0.137
farmer
truman was a farmer. i fail to see the point of these edits. Badanedwa 06:14, Jun 2, 2004 (UTC)
misojudaism info removal
i expected it would be targeted for removal; it has been. i check, but others have caught it instead. i suggest checking occasionally if interested. User talk:Badanedwa 18:37, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
Jews
While not bad, the anon's recent edits purged all mention of his dislike for Jews and of his association with the KKK. Since I don't know how major/factual these are, I mention this here. --Golbez 20:08, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
I would like to read more information on his decision to drop the A bomb on Japan, if anybody knowledgeable on this topic wants to add.--Sonjaaa 03:49, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
