was pendergast and his wife and his daughter and as pendergast left him in washington after harry had taken the oath of office. he said the following work hard keep your mouth shut and answer your mail. so in washington harry truman decided that he would in fact keep his head down and be quiet. he wrote his wife on their 16th anniversary and he said the following he was lamenting the fact that he was never going to make any money and this is one of the ironies of harry truman being under a cloud during much of his political career because of his connections with people who were unsavory harry truman was so honest. he was always broke. and so in this letter, he is lamenting to best about that. he's not going to make a lot of money, but he's hoping to make a reputation as a senator but saying of course, i won't sell influence. i'm perfectly willing to be cussed if i'm right and he in fact was cussed many many times. your gas cloud um, this was a man who came to office because of his huge margin of victory in jackson county which was attributable to the political organization of tom pend