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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Presidential Travel Is Major Project Chief Executive Zealously Guarded by Secret Service By BAUKHACJE Neu i Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON. - When President Truman finally an-nounced that he was M"ing to Brazil, he was immediately nsked if he contemplated any trips across continental United States. He answered in the negative. A reporter piped up: "This year or next year?" "THIS year," the President replied. That gave the White House press and radio conference a short inter- - lude of laughter. For the reason that whenever a president is forced to drop his role of chief executive to assume the functions of candidate, it Is funny. Frequently it isn't funny for the candidate, especially when he has been used to the respect spontaneously and (except in election almost years) universally, tendered his office. A presidential Trip may be, mi many cases, fun for the President, but it isn't much fun for a lot of other people. Not that all Presidents have had easy traveling. It was an ordeal for the early heads of the nation Just to get home In the stagecoach . raid alert system was designed, Reilly says "to protect FDR any-where in the United States." When a spotter or watcher, either civilian or military, spot-ted an airplane he or she was unable to identify "any place from Greenland to the Straits of Magellan," the Information was radioed immediately to the army air force headquarters at Mitchell Field, N. V. The information was immediately evaluated and conveyed by radio and land line to the secret service communication system where men were standing a 24 hour watch. This system tied together Mitchell Field, Boiling Field, the homes, offices and automobiles of various secret serv-ice agents, field offices throughout the country, all secret service mo-bile units, the President's train, Shangri-La- , and the President's room at Hyde Park. President Keot and tavern days. President Garfield was shot in a railroad station; McKinley was killed by a half-ma- d anarchist on a trip to the n Expo-M- i ion in Buffalo; j Harding died in San Francisco on his way back from a swing-aroun- d that had taken him to Baukn Vancouver, Can-ada; Wilson suffered a stroke in his Pullman; Theodore Roosevelt was wounded while he addressed a meeting on a visit to Milwaukee. Furthermore, it has been re-cently revealed by the head of the secret service, Mike Reilly, in his book "Reilly of the White House," that Franklin Roose-velt, who disliked air travel, nearly cracked up in Malta, and might have been assassinated in a park in Miami had he not leaned out of his car to take a telegram (Mayor Anton ( crmak of Chicago was killed and four other persons wounded 1. Stayed Within Nation's Borders Up to Franklin Roosevelt's time. Taft was the most traveled of presi-dents, and in 1901 worried all the constitutionalists (unfamiliar with the Constitution) by visiting the Canal Zone. However, he was scru-pulously careful to stay on board the American warship which touched only American soil. It had been considered an unwritten law since George Washington's time (he had refused to enter Rhode Island until it was admitted to the Union) that a president in office couldn't leave the country. When Woodrow Wilson went to Paris and Vice Pres-ident Thomas Marshall had to pre-side at cabinet meetings, the vice president made it clear he was of-ficiating only at the request of Informed Constantly But keeping the President alive is only one activity. Keeping him in touch with his job is another. Once when a bullying congress demanded of President Grant which if any of his duties he performed in Washington, he replied that his busi-ness and where he did it was his own affair Now a president's out-of-to-business is a lot of people's affairs. In wartime this signal corps de-ta- il had the mission of speeding the Prtaidant's t communica-tions "from the highest level con-ference tables to installations in the Held." "Today," as Major McNally puts it, "wherever the President travels, the White House signal detachment continues its task of weaving deftly an intricate com-munications net, which enables the commander-in-chie- f (and, he might have added, a travel-ling . .1 mi ni. it, to keep himself constandly informed and in touch with the nation." This work of weaving this "com-munications net" is an exciting sto-ry too long to recount here, but let me quote Major McNaLly brief-ly to show how continuous commu-nication was maintained when Pres-ident Roosevelt made one of his fre-quent trips to Hyde Park. "A frequency modulation station was modified and installed on the secret service car attached to the presidential train. Army ve-hicles, radio equipped, were spot-ted at strategically plotted points along the route between Washing-ton and Poughkeepsie, so that the train was in constant touch with the White House all the way. An-other FM radio link was installed in the old stable on the President's estate at Hyde Park. By means of a direct telephone line to Washing-ton and frequency modulation ra-dio, the White House was kept in-formed of the President's where-abouts at all times." S3f Htet. BKSamBBBaGflflBBBfi ' Ihe speed with which messages could be dispatched and answers re-ceived was astounding. When Win-ston Churchill was making his sec-ond visit to Hyde Park, he and the President who were keen competi-tors as well as close collaborators decided to make a speed test on the communications facilities. Each sent identical messages to Australia over the respective British and United States facilities. The Presi-dent had an answer in less than two hours; the Prime Minister got his the next day. Signal Corpe Photo President Truman receives tele-type message aboard the presi-dential radio ear. Standing by the President are 1st Lt. Clinton G. Conover (left), maintenance of-ficer of the army security agency, and 1st Lt. Harvard E. Dudley, cryptographic officer, White House signal detachment. Wilson and that he didn't consider Wilson's leaving the country vacat-ed the presidency. Travel has become a presi-dent must, and Mr. Truman's trip to South America is just routine. But it is complicated routine for a whole army of people. What these people do is little known to the public, especially the secret service. One out of every 10 of our presidents has been assassi- - nated up to the time congress turned the job of protecting the chief executive over to the secret service. Since then no president has been assassinated. Theirs (the secret service) is a heartbreaking job, and never have the details been so thoroughly re-vealed (to the discomfiture of some of his former colleagues) as by Mike Reilly in the book I men-tioned. Of course in wartime the job was vastly more complicated, and the army and navy worked closely with the secret service. A special air BUJ COMMAS Robert M. Uownd, 102 M N. Y., was elected comJH chief of the (irand ArmB Republic at ihe GR,H tional encampmeat at J He was cliapl a . SET FOR NEW SPEED RECORD . . . After two years of prepara-tions, John R. Cnhb of England was prepared for an attempt to drive his Railton Mobil Special to a new land speed record. Cobb's car is powered with two airplane engines. Can We Absorb 400.000 Refugees? ONGRESS failed to enact the SUutton bill admitting 100, L 000 displaced persons from Lu ope who can n ake mem considerable bitterness among people Unrted NM .elves bitter about such matters , beUeving the jency on the issue requires immediate action. who do not wish to There are perhaps 1,000.000 Europeans return to their homes for political or social reasons (they fear to the wing of Communism). Ahout 21 per cent are chil-- j Sren; 44 old; 20 per cent are Jews U II per cent are over years in Protestants; a majority was per cent are Catholic; 15 per cent agriculture before the war. Congress realized the problem could not be solved simply by opening American immigration gates to let the mass flow in, although some evidence indicated many had relatives here who might support them to the problem will be found at the Perhaps a faster part-answe- r forthcoming meeting of foreign ministers of the Americas. Certainly Latin America is a voung and growing area in which immigration and coloni-zatio- n is needed more than in the United States. Better opportunities for the DPs may exist there. For us to absorb some may be found eco-nomically feasible for both them and us. An agreement would certainly be better than a United States decision alone. .4. 4r II . PHIUJPS Dangers of the Open Road The papers inform me of approv-- 1 of a super-doope- r national high-way system to embrace the whole United States. It will connect 42 itate capitals and link the larger cities of the land by express high-ways, viaducts and tunnels. Link 42 state capitals by superhigh-way my eye! Unlink a few of 'em, say I. There are too many good highways already and too many people going places on them. Instead of broader highways with fewer stoplights we need narrower ones with more stop-- M. lights If the population is not to be kept in a state of sustained flight from home and fireside. Americans were a sturdier, more likeable, steadier and gen-uinely happier people when they were home part of the time. What does Russia want.' Can it be s cut in the world series.' Two for "Oklahoma".' An end to husband and wife radio programs? Why the apparent hatred of America and all things American? Have some of Stalin's friends been using our subways? NEWS REVIEW j Hint American Aid Plan; Truman Acts for DP's I Headliners IN DALLAS . . . Mrs. Warren J. Woodard, 24. housewife, got up ir arms about lees THE AMERICAS: Aid Promised "We must refect an encroachment upon the fundamental rights of the state. I am confident that we all agree that the state exists for man, not man for the state and that we abhor any limitation upon the freedom of expres-sion of men throughout the world." Thus, in his first address before the n conference at Petropolis, Brazil. U. S. Secretary of State George Marshall issued a reatlirmation of democratic princi-ples in the western hemisphere and She organized tht "Little Below the Knee club" foi women who op pose the long skirl now in style. Th girls organized a parade and anklec through Dallas streets to give em ohasis to their oro then bulwarked his expression of idealism with specific assurances of U. S. economic aid to Latin Amer-ica. He told the delegates that the U. S. government "will continue to take up economic questions with its sister republics and seek a sound basis for practical cooperation." Mrs. Woodard test. IN LAS VEGAS . . Senator McCarthy (Rep., Wis.) put the bite on congress for its "d( nothing" attitude toward veterans Congress, said he, "did foully bj our disabled veterans, their widow! and dependents." IN BALMORAL SCOTLAND . . Princess Margaret Rose of Eng land, just turned 17, received as ; birthday present her first military title colonel-in-chie- f of the High land light infantry. Crystal ball: Next President General Douglas MacArthur wil be the next president of the Unitec States. That, at least, is the occult pre diction of a Japanese for tune teller, Kakudo Tomioka, whe eulogized: "MacArthur has a glo rious future in store for him." Tomioka, who is said to have 1 record of several accurate predic tions, placed the general on a plane with Mohandas Ghandi in the fielc of social welfare. "There presently are two livinf men who have succeeded in realiz ing a peaceful revolution," he said "They are MacArthur and Ghandi But, then, Ghandi's mission is over And MacArthur has his most glori ous task to accomplish for the work in the future." It was not immediately knowr whether MacArthur would use To mioka's recommendation as a plan! in his platform if he runs in 1948. SURPLUS: Budget Review President Truman's budget bust ness made big news again when tht chief executive (1) forecast a rec ord treasury surplus next June o-- nearly five billion dollars, and (2; hurt Republican feelings by tellinj Marshall at Rio ". . , the state exists for man . . ." That was interpreted as meaning that the U. S. is willing to help solve Latin America's economic problems through a series of pacts. There was also a hint that the big northern neighbor is counting on sending down its capital DP SHUFFLE: Truman Acts President Harry Truman, in a re-newed effort to alleviate the "tragic plight" of Europe's displaced per-sons, ordered a three-wa- y shift in the top command of the U. S. im-migration and naturalization serv-ice. In addition, it was disclosed that administration officials in Washing-ton have resumed their review of the problem of displaced persons. Most important personnel shift in-volved the transfer of Ugo Carusi from his post as commissioner of immigration to a position in the state department where he will sur-vey all "critical" problems relating to displaced persons, particularly their resettlement. This is expected to result in add- - tV clrPHC hpinlT nt:f.H fin a Hirantii.n Mr. Truman issued in December, 1945, calling for coordinated action by federal officials to admit as many displaced persons as possible within quota limitations. Watson B. Miller, federal security administrator, succeeds Carusi as commissioner of immigration, and Oscar Ross Ewing, New York law-yer, replaces Miller. President Truman's action was taken in the face of congress' re-fusal to act on his proposal to relax immigraton quotas. tne nation tnai congress trimmec the 1947 budget estimates by onlj 1.5 billion dollars. His mid-yea- r budget review esti mated tax receipts this year a $41,667,000,000. which is 2.1 billior dollars more than any previou; forecast. Mr. Truman made his announce ment coincidentally with a bureai of labor report which indicatec that the U. S., far from being ir for a business depression, can look forward to a period of prosperitj continuing "indefinitely." GENII'S AT WORK , M tour. Raymond SchlsB, hess; while In higb ,B-- w rote an essa on the fB,; atomic energy, today he Bj lug h ith si ientists on nutB periments in Pittsburgh. B as one of nation's younl'j: clear physicists. DREW PEARSON Junkets to Alaska IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY congressmen suddenly find they have urgent business in Alaska this summer with travel paid for by the sweltering taxpayer back home. Even Cong. Evan Howell, Illinois Republican, now appointed to the U. S. court of claims and who won't pass on airfield sites any more, now finds he is needed in Alaska to inspect new airfield routes. Here are the different congressional groups that have found urgent business in Alaska, though this summer they are careful to pay personally the expenses of their wives and families: Junket No. 1 Senate public lands committee. Junket No. 2 Senate small business committee. Junket No. 3 House interstate commerce committee. Junket No. 4 House public lands committee. Whereas the senators made no effort to conceal their Alaskan trips, Wolverton's interstate commerce junket tried to get off without public notice. these legislators really got to know Alaska, their visits might be bene-ficial; since that neglected territory deserves consideration for statehood. So far, however, few congressmen hat e been willing to pay much attention to Alaskan problems, except during the summer. jHr ' B 1111111 mf,j ' B- 9 ' t ' H LEPER MISSIONARY .B back in his native Fran B" vacation, Pere Henri fl D'Orgeval Duhouchet. B'-ol- Catholic priest, has sB" years of his life working flip lepers on the island if fl He will return to his It'p.'fl next year. H WALTER WINCHELL Oddities in the New York At one time New York City threatened to secede from the union and form an independent nation. . . . The mammoth illuminated sign atop Doctors hospital is a signpost for mariners and also a reminder not to toot their boat whistles in front of the hospital. . Many of the trees in New York streets man-age to exist by pushing their roots into sewers to absorb water. Some of the wealthiest New York families originally matte their fortune when their ances-tors worked with Captain Kidd. Incidentally, there is only one clue to the treasure that the fabulous pirate is supposed to have buried along the Atlantic coast: A num-ber Kidd wrote on a card that no one has been able to decipher 44106818. If you happen to see ghosts roaming through the night at Bryant park don't be sur-prised. It used to be a ceme-tery- . . . . when bathtubs first were introduced in New York the very cautious board of health ordered citizens not to use them without first consult-ing their doctor. The Big Town's most arresting landscape can be viewed from the heights of Fort Tryon park. Wall Street got its tag because the Dutch erected a wall there (cen- turies ago) when they feared an in-vasion. ... The reason some streets in the Big Town have feminine names: When those streets were parts of farms, the farmers honored their wives by naming lanes after them. ... The grimmest sea voyage is taken by the tug that ferries cadavers from Bellevue to Hart', island for burial. PIANISSIMO, PLEASE is a characteristic s'' Bt-renz- o Perosi, ' imed num the Sistine Ch choir am, as he condtn li d his 'haB during a recenl concert Eternal City. B(c WALTER SHEAD What Ahout Federal Snendin rIEDERAL spending in general t!, . particular combined to make wonderfulll V " ' 1947 budget ln which both parties have kicked aboTspovel P"tiCal 'otbaU football is a thin tissue of truths and bilf truth (A political portion with air of a strictly torrid temperature Ut f 3,1 pr-ag- e ) A American working man continues to n h . 1" '"""' tne aver-tw- o nickels together and wondering f hi, ''htfully rubbing travagant as a night club blonde 01r whetherET " rea"y 8s e to cut financial corners. fl What is the truth? Prohahlv it 1. rate bearing n all the true fact The ETm l Ret n au-- a victory chant over its cutting of Br T r0nKr, ised And. if we can believe what we nT ' tions were slashed considerably. incluuirTth ' " a"ProP"-r.o- r department and agriculture department ar'"y' navy in,e" But the President, ber .948, has come up Sh'Stfi Ve'l WS in the hidden ball trick, tatimaUng that CWRress ol have shifted various budget items Str'US membe" they have effected a around great 0.nprPn'du5e th illusion that money in the bank, or did we blow'lt JTat Z djd Put any j CAUTION TO THE WINDS Sharp Rise in Buying Noted Swinging sharply away from its previous cautious attitude of econ-om- y - minded discrimination, the U. S. buying public has launched itself on a relatively liberal pur-- I chasing spree. Virtually all fields of trade have reported a clear-cu- t trend away from passive waiting for lower prices, and purchases are increas-ing all over the country. The change has given rise to a certain amount of alarm over the possibilities of a new inflation spiral which may develop as a result of indiscriminate buying. It has be-come the subject of much discus-sion among business leaders, bank-ers and economists, some of whom express concern that the movement might acquire runaway proportions. "We are watchiifg developments from day to day," said a govern-ment economist, "hoping that it will taper off before it becomes a violent spiral that can end only in a serious reversal." It is generally agreed that the movement began with the renewed wave of price iocreases that fol-lowed the boost in coal prices and mine wages. It has gained momen-tum ever since. Consumers apparently have given up hope that any material reduc-tion in prices will occur within the reasonable future and are going ahead to purchase merchandise which they long have needed. Many merchants who curtailed their m- - ventories a year ago are placin orders to replenish their stocks. As a result of the widespreac buying trend, previous opinions tha industry and business were in for a least slight setbacks in the last hat of this year are being revised Cur rent forecasts are optimistic con cerning high levels of business ao tivity during the third and fourti quarters. Belief now is that prices general will move upward, or at least hok their present heights, until well int( next year. Cash remains abundant and the influx of large amounts a money from veterans' termina leave bonds and state bonuses wil be added contributing factors to thi inflationary trend. 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