President's Message

• Publication year: 2020
• Pages: 13
• Citation: Vol. 33 No. 2 Pg. 13

President's MessageVol. 33 No. 2 Pg. 13Utah Bar JournalApril, 2020

March, 2020

Character Counts

By Herm Olsen

My mom would say: "Respect your elders. Chew with your mouth closed. Say "Please" and "Thank you," - because little courtesies make good manners."

Mom would also say: "Be nice to people; tell the truth; don't be a bully, because manners create your character."

Character counts!

Look at Harry Truman: The only asset he had when he died was the house he and his wife inherited from her mother in Independence, Missouri. I have been to that house while he was still alive. It was nice - but clearly modest. Other than his years in Washington, D.C., he and Bess lived their entire adult lives there. When he retired from the Presidency in 1952, his income was $13,507.72 a year. When in the White House, he purchased (and licked) his own postage stamps for personal letters. After President Eisenhower was inaugurated, Harry and Bess drove home to Missouri by themselves.

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