Then the VP nominee headed back to his office in the Senate building, where his friend Harry Vaughan was hanging around. “You know,” Truman said soberly, “I am concerned about the president’s health. I had no idea he was in such feeble condition. In pouring cream in his tea, he got more cream in the saucer than he did in the cup. His hands are shaking and he talks with considerable difficulty. It doesn’t seem to be any mental lapse of any kind, but physically, he’s just going to pieces.”
