He was named for his maternal uncle, Harrison 'Harry' Young. His middle name, 'S', honors his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. In one of his first acts as vice president, Truman created some controversy when he attended the disgraced Pendergast's funeral. He brushed aside the criticism, saying simply, 'He was always my friend and I have always been his.' He had rarely discussed world affairs or domestic politics with Roosevelt; he was uninformed about major initiatives relating to the war and the top-secret Manhattan Project, which was about to test the world's first atomic bomb.