re: #361 prairiefire

One of Truman’s best friends was a Jewish business man from Kansas City. Bess Truman would never allow him in her house. I feel much less enthusiastic for Bess, truth be told.

She was old-school in many ways. And Middle America was not friendly to Jews in those days. Chicago was a partial exception, mostly because Jews lived there in numbers great enough to gain some actual clout.