[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            ANNOUNCING THE PASSING OF MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL

  (Mr. SKELTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I announce to 
the House that Margaret Truman Daniel, the daughter of our 33rd 
President, Harry S. Truman, passed away today.
  As the daughter of a Jackson County judge, a United States Senator 
from Missouri, a Vice President and President, Margaret Truman grew up 
in politics. She was a good friend, and I know others in this House who 
knew her considered her a friend as well.
  Margaret was an accomplished woman in her own right, but she also 
revered her father's memory. In this very Chamber in 1984 a Joint 
Session of Congress was convened to honor the 100th anniversary of 
President Truman's birth. As chairman of that event, I worked with 
Margaret closely and was grateful for her participation as a speaker.
  I also had the honor of being with Margaret on the first day that the 
Truman Home in Independence, Missouri, was opened to the public as a 
museum in the National Park Service system. I will never forget 
watching her sign the guest book in her own home that day.
  Margaret Truman Daniel was a great American and, as an independent-
minded woman, was truly her father's daughter.
  I know my colleagues join me in expressing this body's deepest 
condolences to the family of Margaret Truman Daniel, including her 
three surviving sons, Clifton, Harrison, and Thomas.

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