President Harry Truman Media
Editorial Archive on the 33rd U.S. President
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The Mossadegh Project | June 5, 2017
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One of the most unpopular Presidents in United States history, Harry S. Truman was widely criticized in the U.S. media. This unprecedented collection of vintage anti-Truman editorials underscores this historical record.
See also:
• Harry Truman letters, speeches, etc.
• Korean War media archive
• United States media archive
Newspaper Editorials
The State of Mr. Truman | January 7, 1947Another Truman Letter | December 15, 1950
Impeach Truman! | April 11, 1951
The Great Betrayal | April 12, 1951
Impeach Truman | April 12, 1951
A Crowning Stupidity | April 12, 1951
Truman-MacArthur Feud Reveals Lack of Sound Foreign Policy | April 15, 1951
Who Are the Warmongers? | May 4, 1951
Bogey Man Tactics | May 8, 1951
Iran Is Next Harvest of Folly | May 21, 1951
Leaders Needed | June 19, 1951
And Was Benedict Arnold One Of Our Greatest Soldiers? | June 26, 1951
Alibis From the Generalissimo | June 26, 1951
Many Things Contribute to Mistrust of Truman | July 17, 1951
Just What Statements Are Lies? | August 1, 1951
Need of Leadership | August 3, 1951
A Stubborn Man | August 16, 1951
Truman’s Censorship Order Can Be Menace to Freedom | September 29, 1951
Truman Pay-Publicity Plan Is Cheap Trick | October 4, 1951
Truman Blunders Badly In Order Permitting Withholding of News | October 4, 1951
Dizzy Performance | October 6, 1951
It Might Help | October 7, 1951
Jibe at Dulles Is Harmful to Truman | October 8, 1951
Mr. Truman’s Outburst On Security | October 8, 1951
Motives And Dangers | October 9, 1951
Implausible Reasons | October 10, 1951
Who’s Revealing Secrets? | October 11, 1951
An Unmerited Jibe | October 11, 1951
Senate Rebuff For Truman | October 13, 1951
It Can Happen Here | October 17, 1951
One Paper That Wasn’t Misled | November 12, 1951
Truman’s Thieves | November 12, 1951
Oppression, Inc. | November 12, 1951
South Demands Honesty In Politics | November 15, 1951
Jubilation’s Significance | November 16, 1951
Next Year’s Election | November 26, 1951
Sad Commentary | December 8, 1951
Mossadegh Improves On The American Way | December 8, 1951
Plenty Is Wrong, Mr. Truman | December 10, 1951
Time Has Come for Truman To Clean His House — Or Else | Dec. 10, 1951
Time For Truman Action | December 12, 1951
Mr. Truman Exposes His Own Flaws | December 15, 1951
After the Horse Is Stolen | December 19, 1951
The State of Mr. Truman | January 10, 1952
The People’s Faith Comes First | January 16, 1952
Scandals? Truman Just Doesn’t Seem to Care | January 17, 1952
Consistency Completely Lacking | January 23, 1952
The Investigator Investigated | January 30, 1952
Another Shortage | February 1, 1952
So Much Eyewash! | February 1, 1952
Impeach Him | April 11, 1952
No Emergency Now Justifies Autocracy | May 3, 1952
Path To Dictatorship | May 8, 1952
Truman Scuttled Stabilization Plan | May 10, 1952
Supreme Court Faces a Severe Test Today | May 12, 1952
Where Did Truman Acquire His Right? | May 23, 1952
Truman’s Memory Conveniently Short | May 28, 1952
President Has Been Slow In Acting | June 11, 1952
Truman Withdrawal Warded Off Trouble | June 14, 1952
Truman Mixes Politics With Atom Program | June 16, 1952
An Object Lesson For All Americans | June 20, 1952
President’s Pouting Discredits His Office | June 26, 1952
Cliches | October 8, 1952
Why This Change? | October 9, 1952
The Last Truman Budget | October 18, 1952
“Rude, Uncouth, Ignorant” | October 18, 1952
Truman’s Recipe for Losing Votes | October 19, 1952
Mr. Truman Changes His Mind | January 28, 1953
Communism Still Labelled “Red Herring” By Truman | December 23, 1953
Other Editorials (non-syndicated)
November 16, 1951 — Fish StoryNovember 16, 1951 — Sloppy Caps and Outlandish Shirts
December 7, 1951 — Must Stay In Character
December 15, 1951 — Deserves Special Award
May 18, 1952 — Executive ‘Usurpations’
Syndicated Columns
July 3, 1951 — The Crisis Technique (Bruce Barton)October 2, 1951 — Truman Should Back Up in a Hurry (Robert Ruark)
October 8, 1951 — No Money for Our Soldiers’ Graves? (George Sokolsky)
October 9, 1951 — Truman Always Blames Another (Dorothy Thompson)
October 9, 1951 — Harry Acts ‘Mighty’ Durn Peculiar (Robert Ruark)
Letters To the Editor
April 12, 1951 — Impeachment ParadeMay 17, 1951 — Sees ‘Suppression’
May 19, 1951 — Truman’s Korea Policy Is Most ‘Insane Thing’
October 5, 1951 — As Bad As Peron
October 18, 1951 — Truman Held to Blame for Getting U.S. in War
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Related links:
Pres. Harry Truman’s Testy Letter to Former Ambassador Henry Grady (Nov. 18, 1952)
Sen. Thomas J. Lane Assails Truman Govt.’s Treatment of Korean War Veterans (1951)
Pres. Truman “Most Disappointed” By Suspension of Iran Talks (Aug. 1951 Press Conference)
MOSSADEGH t-shirts — “If I sit silently, I have sinned”
