 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - dunhu raCongressman Smathers rakabatanidza Winter White House yaPurezidhendi Harry Truman muKey West, Florida. Smathers akakokwa naTruman kuti abhururuke naye kubva kuWashington kuenda kuKey West, achivaka ukama hunokosha naPurezidhendi Truman nenhengo dzeKhabhineti yake. Muna 1949, Mutungamiri Truman akadana Smathers kumusangano paWhite House ndokuti, Ndinoda kuti undiitire nyasha. Ndinoda kuti ukurire Claude Pepper iyeye mwana wetsvina. Seneta Pepper akanga ari mutsoropodzi akasimba waPurezidhendi Truman neDzidziso yaTruman uye akanga atora basa rakatanhamara uye rinooneka mukuedza kusingabudiriri kurasa Truman mumavhiki akatungamirira kuDemocratic Party Convention ya1948. 