Motion Picture MP2002-271
Administrative Information
An interview of Rufus Burrus, a friend of Harry S. Truman and a lawyer in Independence , Missouri . He describes his first meeting of Mr. Truman in Independence , and his later visits to the White House. He briefly describes being in Washington in 1950 while Truman was preparing a speech about the Korean War. Sound only.
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Shot List
Reel 1
| 0:00 | Unidentified voice says "Take 3, second stick 6, take 1, sound 7." There is the voice of an interviewer, possibly Merle Miller, talking to Rufus Burrus, a friend of Harry S. Truman and a lawyer in Independence, Missouri. | |
| 0:30 | Rufus Burrus discusses his visits with Harry S. Truman in the White House. In May 1945 General Vaughan arranged a visit. Steve Early was present during the visit. At one point Harry S. Truman remarked, "Don’t let Rufe be bartender. He’ll pour all the liquor down the sink." There is a story about this that Mr. Burrus relates. | |
| In June 1950, Mr. Burrus was in Washington for a Reserve Officers Association meeting, and met with Mr. Burrus again at Blair House. Fred Wallace, Mr. Truman's brother-in-law was also there. Mr. Truman was working on a speech about the Korean War. | ||
| 4:49 | Harry S. Truman told Rufus "we must do something about what’s going on in Korea." He was developing a course of action. The United Nations would carry out a defense of South Korea. It should be localized, not spread, to not bring in communist China. | |
| 7:27 | Rufus Burrus states he first met Harry S. Truman on the steps of the Bank of Independence. Frank Wallace introduced him as "the next judge of Eastern Jackson County." | |