Serenade for Harry

Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee Harry Truman was serenaded at a Kansas City political dinner:

We sing our praise of Vice President Truman, parley-vous,

The man who's loved all over the world by me and you.

Vice President by acclamation,

An American credit to our nation--hinkey dinkey parley-vous!

Harry Truman, who rose to the U.S. Senate under the sponsorship of Kansas City's old Pendergast machine, responded with a bit of his political philosophy. "I'm a Jackson County organization Democrat and I'm proud of it," he said. "That's the way I got to be a county judge, a senator and candidate for vice president." Then he added:

"A statesman is only a dead politician. I never want to be a statesman."

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