Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko te 1948 Democratic National Convention i huihui ki te Philadelphia Convention Hall i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, mai i te Hōngongoi 12 ki te Hōngongoi 15. He iti ake te mano i te Huihuinga o te Rōpū Reipa
i tū i ētahi wiki i mua. I mau etahi o nga mema ki nga kara ki te kupu "Kia noho te tangata o Amerika ki a Truman". I a ia e mātakitaki ana i te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Manapori i runga pouaka whakaata mai i te Whare Ma, ka rongo a Truman i te Kaunihera a Alben W. Barkley o Kentucky e tuku ana i tētahi kōrero matua i whakaongaonga ai ngā karere i roto i te whare hui. Whai muri i tana korero, ka pakaru etahi o nga kaitautoko ki te whakaaturanga ohorere ka haereere i te whare nui e waiata ana i te "My Old Kentucky Home" e mau ana i nga kara e tuhia ana ko "Barkley mo te Perehitini Tuarua". I te pātai a Senator Howard McGrath ki a Truman i tana whakaaro mo te korero, ka whakahoki a Truman, "Mehemea ko Barkley te mea e hiahiatia ana e te huihuinga mo te perehitini tuarua, na ko Barkley taku whiringa". I te 71, he pakeke ake a Barkley i a Truman, no Kentucky hoki, kaore tetahi o enei i awhina ki te whakakore i te take o te pakeke o Truman, kaore ano hoki i te toenga whenua ki te tiikiti. Engari he tino rongonui a Barkley i roto i te rōpū Democrat, ā, i tuhituhi ngā tohunga tōrangapū ka āwhina tana noho i runga i te tīkiti ki te whakapakari i te whakakotahitanga Democrat. I te ra i muri mai, ka karanga a Truman ki a Barkley me te tono kia noho hei hoa rangatira, me te kii "Mena i mohio ahau e hiahia ana koe [te perehitini tuarua], ka whakaae ahau". I whakaae a Barkley kia noho hei hoa whakahaere.