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June 25, 2013

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The sign "The Buck Stops Here" that was on President Truman's desk in his White House office was made in the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma. Fred M. Canfil, then United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri and a friend of Mr. Truman, saw a similar sign while visiting the Reformatory and asked the Warden if a sign like it could be made for President Truman. The sign was made and mailed to the President on October 2, 1945. Approximately 2-1/2" x 13" in size and mounted on walnut base, the painted glass sign has the words "I'm From Missouri" [The "Show Me" state] on the reverse side. Truman: The Buck Stops Here
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Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 25, 2013 12:23 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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“I’m from Chicago”, “Here Sits the Fuck”.

Posted by: tim at June 25, 2013 1:01 PM

Spelled Missouri pronounced misery.

Posted by: woop at June 25, 2013 1:46 PM

Say what you want, Truman was one of the last presidents that did the Right Thing. He was On The Level and By The Square. He stood up and took care of business. I am sure he made unfavorable decisions but at least he did something besides prance around like some girly-man. Any president will make some unpopular or even unwise decisions but the guidelines are that it is for the good of our nation. Can't say that about our imPOTUS.

Posted by: chasmatic at June 25, 2013 8:56 PM

Obama: I'm from Kenya. I'll steal your buck.

Posted by: Peccable at June 26, 2013 3:44 AM

Truman was just another Big Gummit President. Let's not forget he attempted to nationalize the steel mills (1952), started an unwinnable major war without a declaration of war, but this was his finest achievement:

On 10 May 1945 President Truman approved JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff policy) 1067 which directed the U.S. forces of occupation in Germany to "...take no steps looking toward the economic rehabilitation of Germany [nor steps] designed to maintain or strengthen the German economy". The net effect was that Germany wasn't allowed to realistically produce goods for export in order to purchase food; millions of Germans were supplied only meager starvation rations, with 1947 being the worst year. It took 2 years (1945 to 1947) of death and disease, and fears that starving Germans might "go Communist" before U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes made his Stuttgart speech.

Posted by: Lorne at June 26, 2013 6:57 AM

On Obama's desk:

"TRILLIONS OF YOUR BUCKS SPENT HERE"

Posted by: Don Rodrigo at June 27, 2013 3:08 PM

Truman wore responsibility well; Obama refuses it.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at June 27, 2013 5:47 PM

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