How would Harry Truman fare as minority President? The answer waited upon the next Congress. During the post-election lull the President was already battening down the hatches.
Last week he told his White House crew of a personal decision: he intended to make no campaign for delegates to the 1948 Democratic convention. Harry Truman felt he could serve his country and his party best by concentrating his full attention on the two years ahead.
He maintained prudent silence on specific ways in which he might cooperate with the Republican Congress. But G.O.P. leaders dashed cold water on the suggestion that they hold...
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