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His Secretary Still Calls Him

Mr President, but

I'M Mr TRUMAN NOW

T

-Says the Gentle Man in Room 1,107

HAVE been calling on Mr Harry Truman to pay my respects and have a talk.

Most people said the ex- President of the United States was difficult to see, determined to rest, and still holding blood-curdling views

on

many newspapers and newspapermen. Nothing of the sort.

.

DON IDDON'S DIARY

1 had the impression that Mr Truman was conscious of his place in history not in an egotis tical sense but with a sense of pride and achievement.

I wrote to. Mr Truman trom

"Centuries from now," I said, New York and received # charming reply. Then, when I "they'll be going through your Mr Truman nodded, got here, I telephoned to his papers." secretary. She said: "Would and I thought I might switch the tubject to the Russian threat, you like to see Mr Truman to the recent election, or the first day?" I said: "Today," to-

the CX- morrow, any time to suit him." actions of the new Elsenhower

Administration; bui

1 President was not having any. So it was arranged and

He said: "Then there are all went along to the Federal Re- serve Bank here, a huge modern my papers when I was Senator, building, to room 1,107. There It's quite a job sorting them all

QUE were no guards, no Secret Ser- vice men, and the office is pretty modest,

Kansas City-s

Tuesday

drive from here, he can hardly move without prople suying.

Mr Truman!'" "How's "HI, going, Mr President?" and sometimes, even, "Hiya, Harry

He is well loved in this part of the country,

despite the Kansas City Star and the bit. terness of the campaign which still goes on against him.

Frequently in Kansas City people have said to me: "They don't come any better than Harry Truman, and they may be hollering for him again one

of these days. We all did mighty good while he was the Big

Whcel."

gazing out al Jackson City court house, where it all began.

I left after that; but was ask ed back an hour later to talk over some small point that Mr Truman wanted to make quite clear.

are

generous,

and the heart is warm. These people vigorous, prosperous, strong, and broad-shouldered. They have a fine town in Kansas City.

Can be happy

THE

a place has been libelled as the headquarters of the Bullet Barons," as a gangster- ridden cow-town, gaudy bawdy.

(CONCLUDING “THE NAZI REVIVAL'

What The Average German Thinks

By ANTONY TERRY

Berlin. test of the Nazis by Britain a

CARTOON in West Germany's leading pic

tow weeks ago proves, he says, that we never mean to give the Germans back power in ture. paper shows 4 their own country,

puzzled Uncle Sam watch- The presence of Allied troops ing a Punch and Judy show in Germany has always been being run by John Bull No. 1 grouse in the German's mind--especially when he has and France from behind the to contribute to their upkeep. Seldom does he stop to think Acenes.

that this is only a fraction of the sums other countries have to spend on defencD.

He believes that Britain, the

Instead of Punch and Judy the puppets are Nazi dolls, brownshirted and with swastikas on their US. and France mean to get Germans to join a European arms, or German steel- army, and then fight the next helmeted soldiers. The war over West Germany to pro- the Russians reaching notice on the front of the vent booth reads "Sensational France and the Channel coast,

using German troops as "can Nazi Show-Entrance for non fodder. Dollars only,"

could be powerful nation

Ger-

the

Meanwhile, France is stealing To Germans this cartoon "German" coal from the Saar exactly expresses their view and Britain is using her world-

wide connections to do of the present situation. many out of foreign trade in Britain and France, they the Near and Far East. think, are exploiting a non- PIPE-DREAM existent Nazi menaco in Mr Average German bollaves order to further their own that Germany ends and to extract conces. most afons from the U.S. Ger- Europe today If it were not for

and jealous France

envlous many is the innocent victim John Bull. Sometimes, a little overwhelmed by his injustices of their machinations.

Does the

German and the terrible way he is be

by Britain and really believe this? Or is he ing treated deceiving himself? Certainly he other countries he wonders eut has been told so often and so aloud: "Wouldn't it just loudly by his leaders that he is them right if Germany turned cun her back on them and tearnett the oppressed victim of

average

ning Britain and US, that he up with Russia

bo- is now really coming to lieve it..

BCTVO

He knows this i just a pipe-dream, for not even Ger No opportunity is missed by mans belleve any good could local pollicians in plugging come out of joining the much- Communists, but tho the line that poor Germany is hated

by greedy and ideas pico, to toy with when surrounded

only one's grievances get too much ruthless neighbours, who

up for one.

claver refrain from gobbling her

Where does all this because they need her soldiers

and convincing propaganda come from?, No one knows. It to fight the Russians.

UNANIMOUS

streak runs like a persistent On this issue all main poll through all West German news-

-radio unanimous, papers,

commentaries, and. books. The

Arc

Herr Schmidt belleven

A

into.

the

the

"fully

CX-

There is no doubt that he is home back happy to be among his own lot. He is pass- ionately devoted to the Middletical parties

He told me proudly: Public thought is channelled newsreels West. "The Truman Library will be along the sathe line. Scarcely Nazis find it Ats neatly

almost over does the average German their approach-the need for a right in the heartland,

What does he really think the Allies where they get off." the dead centre of the country" stop out of line in his opinions, strong, forceful method to "tell about Britain, about the out- This makes it very hard for

Dr Adenauer not to use that twist-the-llan's-tall method, too. side world, about the Nazis? the last war was lost by Ger- His Socialist opponents lose no him many because Britain and the opportunity of attacking U.S., Instead of joining forces for being "soft" with Britain, with Hitler against Russla, bo- America and France if he lots

momeat in trayed the Germans by ight up for ing against them. He belloves grievance campaign, that it is a crying shame that

GRIEVANCES Britain and the U.S. are still

Nevertheless, the 7-year-old war criminals, holding any since all of them aro Innocent Chancellor told Germans he be victims of Allled vengeance leved British action in pounc

Ing on the Nazla was and against defeated enemies. The man who was President

He believes that the concon- Justified," Few Germans is not going out much and

There are some gangsters and tration camps were largely an pected to hear this in fact instantly blamcti Dr is shunning social functions, He

there is, perhaps, too much invention of British and U.S. they works In Room 1,107 in the

noise, war propaganda, and that after Adenauer for "giving way" to neon glare and strident

and the war we treated the Nazis the British point of view. Federal Reserve Bank here, and but the city has beauty

2. Talking to the average Ger- about

in our internment camps the

he rend

reads at home in his white vivid colour.

treated man in his beer house and you Coronation and then-said:-frame house with leaded

There

are the souringsky-badly as the Nazis "What a gracious, wonderful, You

glass windows in Independence, scrapers, in violent contrast to their victims under Hitler. He will find a genuine sense of lovely Queen you have.

His devotion to Mrs Truman the flat plains and rich farm refuses to believe that Ger- Injustice and a feeling that he know, when she came to Wash-

and Htulo

of French and Aliled civilians with before the war he to his daughter, Margaret, land. There are the magnificent-man troops murdered hundreds is being -treated. Compareti Ington I think she was

is all-encompassing.

ly planned residential sections,

He believes that Britain is

less arrogant nervous; but she down, knew she

had been joking about the fine hotels and the bis. deliberately plotting to prevent

foreigners. Ho was among friends, and every-

the at me teeming stores,

superb Germany becoming

that be powerful recognises

connot We are great souvenirs and winking one loved her.

station, the rollicking bars,

throw countries. over some joke about

as a trading nation agalu, and afford to

his weight our two THE man who

the due is stealing her markets by foul about just as he pleases yet. was President friends,

Es

his dazzling night-spots, Elizabeth, THE

papers when I mentioned

ΣΤΟ methods. rose from a small desk. Queen

Furthermore, the more reason- mast

wife wonderful

and daughter and said food, the sprightly girls, and the and Mastardly person shook hands, and said:

believes that Allied talk about able German realises that with- "I's she certainly enchanted Mrs.

what

happy giving Germany back her from out British and nice to see you.

U.S. ald ho Truman, Margaret, and myself,

would be the first victim of u and everybody."

Communist pounce from: the East. For this reason he is wil- ing to join 5 European defence community, providing that all right grievances are put

The appointment was for ten

in the morning and I arrived

at two minutes to the hour.

His tribute

Exactly on ten the secretary. He asked

Bold;

"Mr Truman will see you now," and in I went.

Dapper figure

**

mo

♫

He looked thinner than in his

I told Mr Truman that he was pictures. His eyes were bright and penetrating behind his thick looking very fit and he replied: "Well, I'm keeping busy; but, of glasses. He was dapper, in a grey sult, white shirt, and blue course, there are lots of things He looked, indeed, I can't do. I'm not going to do striped le.

anything that would relect on like a successful Kansas City the office of the President. The business man.

fact that I held that position must not be exploited. I'm Mr who up to few weeks ago Truman now."

I thought here is the man

for

hit

exercised the most power of Yet the habit of years was so anyone in the world, the per- strong that

every time son who made the decision to

secretary, Miss Rose Donnelly, drop the first atomic bomb, the came in she would call Mi President of the United States Truman "Mr President," and almost eight turbulent twice I found myself calling yenra.

him that too until I corrected Mr Truman began

"Sir" to talk myself and stuck to about the Truman Library and throughout the talk. Cultural Centre. "That is my great interest," he said. "We have raised three-quarters of the funds now. It's going well here are some of the papers and documents.'

He

new

a help they must have satisfying Bourbon.

been to him. "I sure appreciate

A man can be very

the

you saying that, I sure do," he here. The people of Kansas City dom and bar independence.

just a lot of hot air. The ar- sold, and then he sat ollent, are. Harry Truman is.

DIGGING UP SECRETS

OF LONDON'S PAST

7ILLIAM

by John Waterman

first.

and

to

La

to

It is a human falling blame others for the mess one

has got oneself into But the average German takes it а title for when he blames Britain; and the US. for the that Stalin's ́·armies, are beyond the Elbe and for the

fact

FRANCIS cleared away the bricks, moxtor Parts of more than 1,000 akele fact that we have not started a of nineteen ten-those that cannot possibly now war to get the Soviet zone GRIMES does not look and bric-a-brac

a sleuth in wal centuries of human life on the be identified have gone to back from the Reds.

Cambridge Since 1947 Grimes has

to 'spot. with boen pressed pin-stripes,

excavating among

like

be

疑解 the

examined. They most

brushed-back greying hair, woods and rubble of the bomb valuable finds of their kind ever Stalin has No politics

sites.

to

TRUMP CARD the are deser!bod

Despite Russia's unpopularity, a trump card be to be brought to light in Britain. could play at 'any

timo his lean figure more re- His latest search is among the They will provide new evidence it suits him — the reunifica- rembles a Victorian politi- foundations of the bombed on what the Londoners of 500 tion. of Germany. I ho

ago looked ever agrees moro

to swetp away He patted a thick folder on

cian in a cartoon by Spy, church of St Bride's, Flect years and IVE discussed nothing con-

His workmen's picks Stroot

ilke.

the artificial Iron

Curtain his desic and said: "There's a troversial-not once was Yet Grimes is applying de-

Now work dig up the floor of the mountain of material-you see Eisenhower mentioned, though tective methods to solve a ruined have nearly a year ago. corrser of the

Is to start on 4 which at present divides Ger-

churchyard that

that many from north to south, it that building over there1"

I struggled to manoeuvre the

mystery-the mystery of st Bride's built by Wren after may lead to uncovering some would swing millions of Ger- He went to the window and talk on to politics

the Great Fire of 1688 had evidence of the actual Dark Age. mans into the pro-Soviet camp, said: That's the Jackson

a businesalike, brisk London's past. It was

different

destroyed an earllor church on In that southeast comer is a despite their genuine fears - öf County court house where conversation, totally

Grimes is the 47-year-old the sitewas destroyed, all but well It is believed that this

Communic started-we've got lots of papers. from the chat I had with Mr

There Keeper of the London Museum the walls and spire, in the Nazi well might have been the alte Churchill in Jamaica.

Kensington Palace. In a In

That is the subtle balt which of a Roman temple; and that Russia holds out the hopes of of 1910, the He was happy, enthusiastle, were no cigars, no cigarettes,

"I have groen-walled room above

Grimes started by looking for pagan processions of homage

futt reFourth Belch's easy to laten to and to talk to and no refreshmenta

made times, muzeum he works on the clues.

to the

through (not that I got many words in), seen Mr Truman many

This is his problem:

no me 4.crypt which was suspected to continued to be "I'm working on this library but only at public appearances

the Nazis, whom the This knows what happened in London be underneath the nave.

will one day be

be their hope time," most of the

sald Mr or at Press conferences. Truman, "Do you want to ace was a close-up and I had the after the Roman legions left in

the centuries immediately found it and much

besides,

Trojan Horse to open, the way three strongest impression of a warm,

earlier Traces of the photographs?"

to Communion in Gormy. site (one of generous, sincere, loyal person the Bfth century AD. The

Against this tempting morsel. a truly gentle man.

following two hundred years or churches on the

them probably 1,000 years old) so are a complete blank.

have been uncovered. A voet series of underground vaults, the

stored there too."

· Mr Truman has an enormous

in In

fire-ralds

He temple after the Romans les and the ball is indvieta

more Britain.

THE GAP

At the moment

the Western, Powers hive only

the gap in real freedom and democracy to offer-arki [#_chance "for" Ger-

Every day the offers pour in; IN FLEET STREET existence of which was not sug London's history has not yet offer he could pick and choose among

Place in history

mall the outer omeo WEE crammed with lotter

mo two He pushed towards

pictures of low-lying build- a dozen jobs at 3100,000 (about ings models of the Truman £35,000), Library, "Pretty nice, eh?"

year.

But during the many to work her parags, the ported have boen, broken into, been bridged.

It's not a very Some historians

that They were found to be charnel- last five youre more has been un same as overyone else is doing. centuries houses-dumping-grounds left completely bones many centuries old. Most the war.

Was

Bay

two

for covered than in 50 years bolo pook.

-

exciting

bay averago

why the

Then, he went on; Tho-Tru- for.hía memoirs; but he is not deserted with iis Roman temples, remarkable of all the remains of The Work 12ue, pad forman and 'ayan: the "younger.

12

during thos He could command $1,000,000 London

shops and market place a Romam building have been very satisfying, says. Grimes, German,

for a return of the "good old man Library is going to be at interested in his library crumbling into ruins. Others say unearthed. It is the first known. "If you have the patience to go womenfolk, and secretly forging Grand View, about five miles interested

partially

occupied by Ramen buliding in this part of through a lot of drudgery." from here. I owned the land, Flo has readjusted himself to it was but have given it to the Govern life as a private citizen swiftly Tentonic bands of invaders. But London to be found outside the The work must be done before days the marching feet the ment, it is near the main high and smoothly. Often he walks all this is problematical That old Roman walled city, which the City is rebuilt Grimes itement of Moe feeling that any building is about to begin, it- noode.ir #4Fuser to stor ways, no folks will be able to through the streets of bustling period was London's Dark Age. was situated farther up the hill usually hears in advance when one is going somewhere":"All drop in and see the documents Kansas City unrecognised, but, But the wartime air raids on towards St Paul's,

The bones are important, spart Then he has to comendan Ense the way. But the time dor him homo

In Independence, the City have made a new

has not yet arrived. and papers and have a look at at

bombs from Cholomon's Arrostigating, mediately. the record."

Mamour out half an hour's search possible,

The

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