Show Round Merry Truman Records Would Aid I Crippled Children 41 By Drew Pearson I V WASHINGTON January rs is a mon on when we have come to tot think kink of ot J i Inaugurate 1 1 presidents and of raising money for child who cannot walk walle In addition to children e ti became so long accustomed to a pr s who also could not walk that the they haw ent been a little slow to realize reaUze that th the e p pry dent of oC the United States can now note dro drop j on his friends on Capitol Hill without th least effort and can amble i in n and the out of 0 JI the capitols capitol's entrances as fast as 03 an o yon else when he takes the oath of ot office For so many years was it necessary l t build long slanting ramps up inclines incline ry to la order to avoid steps for the president th people in Washington became quite a t tomed to it and took it for granted And during all the years Frani Frank Lin liD Roosevelt was in office the newspaper including those hostile to r a him said almost nothing about his infirmity Even en i tai private conversation people did not tat too much about the fact tact that t the he president preside 1 could not walk They just felt 1 sorry to r him and didn't mention it i iOnly Only on his birthday was his Infirmity brought home to the public y and then in order to help oth others rs stricken with hj hll- i dread affliction l' l lAn l'An An Idea for Truman Truman Today Today this column recalls these Ulese facts because as Franklin Roosevelt's birthday again approaches andas am amas and andas as the span of years since his death in fn increases increases in- in creases it is only natural that the money money- raising effort which he inspired 1 l. l somewhat diminish Therefore here is as aal ul idea which may help revitalize it an It an Ide by which one president can help the Work started by another J JHarry Harry Truman not only can walk but but he can play the piano And despite th thi advice of of- his daughter to stick to his hiB few fear favorite tunes a lot of people think hi he plays rather well They enjoy hearing j him i I 4 Only a very few of the American pe people p however have had the pleasure of ot hearing him He has played at the dinners of ot hU hit Oklahoma oil heiress friend Mrs Pe Mesta He has played at the Press club and in the privacy of the White House 1 And while it might not be dignified forthe forthe for fer the president of the United States to play before a large audience there could b to bJ nothing wrong with Harry Truman making two or three records for th the thi American people for the benefit of Roose Roos Roosevelt's velt's infantile paralysis fund J For instance if the president should make a phonograph record of his old favorites Missouri Waltz and Anchors Anchor Aweigh I predict they would sell In til thi millions jj Furthermore if daughter Margaret sang sanf to her fathers father's accompaniment more lions would accumulate for the infants infanta paralysis fund t 4 4 tAS A AS ASCAP S C CAP A P Offers Cooperation To To out the idea I put it before Fred A Atta it 1 i head of A AS ASCAP S C CAP A P American Society Society-ot Composers Authors and Publishers AlheIt has written a good many songs sonS's himsel himself including two t which sold over Ill Get By and Bing Crosby's then theme song Where the Blue of the Night M Meets ts the Gold of the Day So he can be cori con considered cony something of an authority on oa music Furthermore as head of AS ASCAP CA CAP P he is something of an authority on the sale of records Fred Alhert's Albert's reaction was immediate I He He volunteered to obtain a waiver of all royalty rights from the authors of Harry Truman's favorites and also offered t to pay a good g share of the cost of making malting the records The only reason he didn't offer to pay all the cost was because he feared the thc sale would run into so many millions it would bankrupt A ASCAP S C CAP A P. P if Anyway there is an idea idea idea-an an Idea by which one president can help cure the 1118 affliction which struck another president To a The records could be dedicated cr crippled president who helped a crippled nation nation From From Harry Truman 9 Tennessee Tennessee Hub J Hub lub of USA USA Eleanor Eleanor Eleano Kefauver year old daughter of the senator seal sea sea- ator from Tennessee believes that all theU the U USA S A revolves around her daddys daddy's state scat At least that was her excuse e for inviting all aU the girls In m her class to ride on the Tennessee float in the inaugural parade 3 Senator and Mrs Kefauver didn't know about their daughters daughter's hospitality Y until one of the mothers called up and to asked what her little girl was supposed wear in the parade Whereupon Mrs Kefauver asked Eleanor about it Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- Eleanor explained that since the the there float depicted a garden scene was no reason why a crowd of little PM girl shouldn't be seen in the thc garden furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further further- Eleandr All the girls in In my more added Elean r class have some connection with Tennes Tennessee Tennessee ee Why what about Evelyn Ellen Ellender er remonstrated ted Mrs Airs Kefauver she com comes from South America 11 Yes but she had to come through Tennessee to get to Washington 1 a She She overruled overrule In the end Eleanor was 1 os the Tennessee fl herself will ride on along with one little girl from ever h. j 4 Tennessee congressman's family out an and ana But u ju Mr i schoolmates were ruled ou their w up p Kefauver has been busy calling She doesn doesn't t Know knoz o mothers to explain hJ Eleanor Elean r ha exactly how many people fui invited so she is still worried for ft feat e thaw tm ui v some of them may turn up at para parade |