Harry wrote bitterly of this crooked judge, in a diary entry: “This sweet associate of mine, my friend, who was supposed to back me, had already made a deal with a former crooked contractor, a friend of the Boss’s . . . I had to compromise in order to get the voted road system carried out . . . I had to let . . . a friend of the Boss’s steal about $10,000 from the general revenues of the county to satisfy my ideal associate and keep the crooks from getting a million or more out of the bond issue. Was I right or did I compound a felony? I don’t know.” As far as the public knew, Truman had come
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