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Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972
Truman succeeded to the office of President upon the death of
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He recognized Israel as a nation,
de-segregated the armed forces, and was soft on Communism. Truman
was always considered a haggling haberdasher.
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Truman's Store
Eddie Jacobson and Harry
Truman met in Kansas City as young men. After the war, they opened
The Truman & Jacobson haberdashery on November 28, 1919, at 104 West
12th Street in downtown Kansas City. His maternal and paternal
grandparents were Shippe and Solomon.
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Eddie Jacobson
Eddie was 28 years old when he
enlisted.
Sergeant Edward Jacobson and Harry
Truman,
ran a game at Fort Sill in
Oklahoma.
The two arrived late in June, and the war ended four months later.
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Truman
At The 1944 Convention
"Today, not tomorrow,
we must do all that is humanly possible to
provide a haven for all those
who can be grasped from the hands of Nazi butchers. Free lands
must be opened to them."
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Truman Becomes Vice-President
He was put in as Vice-President in January of 1945
because Zionists realized that Roosevelt wouldn't' last much
longer.
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Truman Recognizes Israel
On March 13, 1948, it was Jacobson
who persuaded Truman to meet with Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the leader of
the Zionist movement. Two months later, on May 14, 1948, the United
States became the first nation to recognize the new state of Israel.
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Did Truman Aid Israel In Their
1948 Massacres?
That question has haunted Americans
for years.
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1948 Israel Was A Bloodbath
Ariel Sharon was a young ruthless
Zionist, and his armies would often massacre a village of women and
children.
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