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>>*Subject:* Harry & Bess
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>>    *Thought you'd enjoy this!
>>    It's one you want your Children and Grandchildren to read.They
>>    won't believe this happened, but it DID. Harry & Bess*
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>>    *Harry Truman was a different kind of President. He probably made
>>    as many, or more important decisions regarding our nation's
>>    history as any of the other 32 Presidents preceding him. However,
>>    a measure of his greatness may rest on what he did after he left
>>    the White House.*
>>    *The only asset he had when he died was the house he lived in,
>>    which was in Independence , Missouri . His wife had inherited the
>>    house from her mother and father and other than their years in
>>    the White House, they lived their entire lives there.
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>>    When he retired from office in 1952 his income was a U.S. Army
>>    pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting
>>    that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them,
>>    granted him an 'allowance' and later, a retroactive pension of
>>    $25,000 per year.*
>>    *After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove
>>    home to Missouri by themselves. There was no Secret Service
>>    following them.*
>>    *When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined,
>>    stating, "You don't want me. You want the office of the
>>    President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the
>>    American people and it's not for sale."*
>>    *Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award
>>    him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept
>>    it, writing, "I don't consider that I have done anything which
>>    should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."*
>>    *As president he paid for all of his own travel expenses and food.*
>>    *Modern politicians have found a new level of success in cashing
>>    in on the Presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, too many
>>    in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while
>>    enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now
>>    for sale (ie. Illinois ).*
>>    *Good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, "My choices
>>    in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a
>>    politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!*
>>    *We ought to have cloned him for telling it like it is and being
>>    frugal with our tax dollars!*
>>    *If you agree, forward it. If you don't, delete it. I don't want
>>    to know one way or the other. By me forwarding it, you know how I
>>    feel. **
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>>    Enjoy life now -- it has an expiration date!*