It seems safe to say that few people, if any, have come to the presidency of the United States who seem so unqualified for that job, as harry truman did in april of 1945. When he became president , no one knew anything about him. What they did know was not reassuring. It was made worse by the fact that he followed one of the legendary president s in all of american history, franklin d. Roosevelt. In contrast, this little man for from missouri seemed ordinary, even as appearance. Harken back to the days of an earlier president ial misfit, Warren Harding. At least Warren Harding looked like a president. Truman said i look like any other 50 people you meet and he did. He seemed to be hard to caricature, he had no particular distinctive features, sort of generic person. Even his name, by the way, seemed inadequate. Harry s. Truman. You know what the s stood for . Nothing. He simply added the s because he thought his given name was insufficient. He added the s. Did not stand for anything. L
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