杜魯門總統特別喜歡任用他自己的老友,這就引起了外間種種不同的批評。有些人說這正是總統的長處;有些人可以爲這種作風,實在是一個缺點,足以成爲杜魯門的政治生涯以及民主黨一九四八年競選的致命傷。 President Truman particularly likes to appoint his own old friends, which arouses a wide range of criticisms from outside. Some people say that this is exactly the president’s strength; some people can do this style of play, which is a real disadvantage. It is enough to be Truman’s political career and the deadly wounds of the Democratic Party’s election in 1948.