"A final factor in the 1952 election was the dissatisfaction of many southern Democrats. They were anti-Truman because of the Tidelands Bill, his civil-rights program and because of the long tenure of the party in office. Forgotten for the moment was the record of a political party that had returned the nation from the valley of despair into which it had fallen in the great depression. Forgotten was the great increase in living standards for all groups. Forgotten too was the inspiring leadership that had piloted our nation in its war for survival and which had provided the spark for moral international leadership."
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My Name Is Tom Connally by Senator Tom Connally as told to Alfred Steinberg, Thomas Y. Crowell Company: New York, 1954, P.361. Note: Connally was reflecting here in his thoughts regarding the Democrats losing control of the White House in 1952.
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