Three weeks ago, a prosperous Salisbury, Mo. dentist, Dr. H. H. Brummall, wrote to his fellow Missourian Harry Truman, suggesting that he withdraw from the presidential race. The reply, which was released to the press last week, was not only indicative of the state of the President's mind but also characteristic of the man.
Wrote the President: "I read your letter of the fifteenth with a lot of interest, and for your information I was not brought up to run from a fight.
"A great many of you Democrats in 1940 ran off after a certain Governor [Missouri's former Governor Lloyd C. Stark],...
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