The Catholic who was the Democratic chairmen pushed Truman forward, because he knew Harry was anti-Communist and because Jimmy Byrnes was not acceptable to his fellow Catholics because of his divorce. Catholics and Communists were bedfellows in the Democratic Party, and the Catholic pols had an idea who was to be trusted and who not.
Catholics and Communists were bedfellows in the Democratic Party, and the Catholic pols had an idea who was to be trusted and who not.
True. But there were factions of Dems like Joe Kennedy who were pro Nazi.