Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-04-24 | Page 1 | In Might be Just as Easy to Unscramble Eggs

IT MIGHT BE E JUST AS EASY TO UNSCRAMBLE EGGS v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON April 24 21 The Thc P The White House said Thursday that President Truman's mistake veto will vill be rectified but that the method for undoing it is yet un un- un- un certain Charles G. G Ross Rosi presidential press secretary A A told a news conference I dont don't think any great damage has been done I dont don't know who made the mistake Somebody's face is probably red The vetoed bill would have conferred special powers on counsel for the senate defense investigating committee and cleared the way for the presidents president's good freind former fanner Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic Sen Burton K Wheeler to take a n. job with the committee committee com corn as special counsel Mr Truman vetoed it Wednesday He said it was too broad and would give the special counsel some of the justice departments department's powers Then it developed that he was mistaken that mistaken that legislation legislation legisla legisla- t tion of that nature has been passed many times tunes Once was for the defense when Mr Truman was a n senator and wanted committee which he then headed the same powers now 21 asked sited Ross made clear that Mr Truman had simply acted on someone else's advice He said every bill goes through a routine before reachIng reaching reach reach- and that in the case of the current one ing the president somewhere along the line somebody ma made e a mistake mistake l I dont don't really know how it happened When the mistake came to light White House advisers cast about for some sonic way in which the president could un unI I veto the tho bill