Like millions of other Americans, President Truman came back from vacation this week and buckled down to work. His planless 18-day vacation on the Atlantic had been a success: he was deeply tanned, rested, feeling fine.
Like millions of other Americans, he had suffered as he would not have done at home. His return voyage in rough weather got him down with seasickness. Also, for the sake of his party of friends, he had put up with something for which he had little enthusiasm—fishing. He caught a few bonitos, red hind and barberfish (red with blue dots), but he made his...
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