pos;s farm was located, our thirty-third president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was born to his parents John and Mattie Truman. Growing up on the frontier there wasn't much to do so his friends and him would play cops and robbers. Stories have recalled that "Truman was always the one who settled the disputes between his friends."2 When not settling disputes Truman spent time he had practicing his reading skills and consuming published information from great people in the past. Even though he was not the smartest boy in his class he was known for his good work ethics.
             When Truman was only the age of fourteen he was already employed by a local drug store. Truman worked at the store for only three months, and his job was maintenance, for example: mopping, sweeping, dusting, etc. Truman would go to work five days a week at six thirty in the morning and would work till it was time for school. After school was dismissed for the day Truman would return to work until ten at night. Also, Truman spent weekend working in the drug store while other young boys were out playing around town. Truman soon gained a reputation with the town's people as a responsible and dependable young man. Although Truman worked sometimes forty plus hours a week he only received three dollars in wages a week.
             After high school graduation Truman did not go to college because his family couldn't afford the tuition. In 1900 Truman attended his first democratic convention. At the convention Truman heard presidential candidate Bryan Jennings speak against great wealth and power. Truman became so interested in government he began to consume as much information about the government that he could find. In 1945 Franklin Roosevelt was elect
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