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Show THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH Truman s Press Confabs Lack Color of FDR's By BAUKHAGE Ntws Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. - President Tni-mu-held his 100th White House press and radio conference recently. He said he had enjoyed them all. The reporters, he said, had been fair; had reported the facts. Thank you, Mr. President. "How have I been?" he might have asked us, but didn't. On the way back from the White House that windy 100th day, some oi us aj.iscusseuJ the question. That 100th conference was the first since his Florida trip which began when the Sacred Cow winged its way from the na-tional airport, some 30 minutes after Mr. Truman left the chamber of the house of represen t a t i ves where he had de- - thing that managed to get his Ideas over and furnish us with the back-ground we needed to interpret the daily happenings. We talked the 100th press confer-ence over, lamenting that nothing had come out of it which would clar-ify the Greek-Turkis- h aid program. We regretted that President Truman hadn't injected a little more of him-self into the meeting. It would have been to the advantage of the news folk, the program itself, the peo-ple who were trying to get support for it. Of course, there was reason for Mr. Truman's reticence. He had been criticized early in his adminis-tration for answering some ques-tions too glibly. He had suffered from spontaneous replies. As a re-sult he Is now perhaps leaning a little too far backwards. The White House press and radio conference is a great institution. It provides a medium for bringing the people and their government nearer together than any other medium which exists, except perhaps the rar-er "fireside chat." Nothing like it exists anywhere else in the world. But it Is not an easy thing to handle. The correspondents are there to get every scintilla of news which they think will interest their readers and listeners. The President js there to reveal only what he thinks is his duty to release in the public good. And he is also there to present his side of all questions so that his ad-ministration appears In the best light. President Roosevelt was a past master at the art. He seldom re-fused to answer a question, for that Just meant "no news." He preferred to feint and dodge in a manner that produced some kind of an an-swer which would suit his ends. President Truman has chosen to go into a clinch rather than feint or risk a wild haymaker. Here's Point for Better Roads Last year, some 34.677.000 tons of milk were hauled over rural roads on the journey to milk plants and dealers, according to a report from the Public Roads administration cit-ed by Charles M. Upham of the American Road Builders' associa-tion. Figures show the nation is us-ing 13 billion pounds more of milk and various dairy products at pres- - Baukhage liverod his hist0' ric message. Meanwhile, the new declaration of American policy had wakened thou-sands and thousands of words, spo-ken and printed in every nation and in almost every newspaper in the world. Diplomats, generals, states-men, people big and little, had quaked or exulted. So we naturally looked for something very hot to write about as a result of our first White House conference thereafter. We didn't get it. We did hear former Ambassador to Poland Arthur Bliss Lane's blast against Communism; we found out that the President was a d bowler (he had just been present-ed with a bowling alley); we were assured that he was concerned about rising prices; we listened to him ex-press the hope that industry would see "the handwriting on the wall" and stop an upward spiral which would bring forth renewed wage demands; we asked for but got "no comment" on a number of bills "in the works" because the President won't talk about "pending legisla-tion" and he applied the same rule to the Greek-Turkis- ollair. We also were handed a good laugh out of comment on the famous faux pas made by Gael Sullivan, deputy chairman of the national Democrat-ic committee while the President m m iPw J wWWr Sm SMM SSL 4l Wm tSB W --iSM JSm BP m wtmm Jmm mmm bbbbbbVbVas L VbV ' dm Newspaper men and radio casters crowd eagerly about President Truman in one of his 100 press conferences. was away. Sullivan almost disrupt-ed foreign policy" by writing to the Republican national committee chairman and asking for a joint statement supporting the Tru-man plan on Greek aid. When somebody asked If Sullivan was thinking of resigning there was considerable gaiety. There were a number of other questions which elicited some minor stories but no screaming headlines of type that almost always appeared after a Roosevelt news conference. We wondered why. Looking back over the hundred conferences with Mr. Truman, we agreed they had been pretty good. But of late, we agreed, it required a bit of digging to get the news. Roosevelt usually gave us something which, even if it wasn't news, had a strong human interest appeal. Even if it were only a striking simile like the one Roose-velt used in connection with lend-leas- (You may remember, he said that if a neighbor's house was on fire, you naturally would lend him your hose if his weren't long enough, not only to help him save his home but also to keep your own from catch-ing fire. And you wouldn't demand payment for its use. After the fire was out the neighbor would give back the hose or pay for it with whatever he had to offer in return.) Even the papers would have to report stories like that, whether they agreed with the idea behind them or not. And if Roosevelt hadn't any spe-cific comment on the important news of the day, he frequently would make use of a parable or give us a homily, which showed us how he was thinking on the subject, some-- ent than in prewar years. During the prewar years, 1936 to 1940, the aver-age yearly tonnage of milk going over rural roads was 21,287,000. In 1945, 101.5 billion pounds of milk were sold from farms, returning $3,070,380,000 to our farmers, a good percentage of their annual cash in-come. The highway plays the major role in the transportation of milk from the farm to the plant or dealer and to the customer, Upham points out. Forty-nin- e of our large cities receive every drop of milk by high- - way. as do 54.000 communities that depend upon the highway for their entire food supply. Almost 90 per cent of the nation's milk supply is transported by truck. Tank trucks have been used in the east for many years for milk transportation and a trend toward this type of haulage is growing In the West. Such haulage eliminates the use of milk cans and is quicker and more economical. "In all foods." Upham comment- - ed in playing up the need for good roads, "transportation costs figure In the consumer's bill. Condition of the road over which milk is hauled is an important factor in transportation costs." A study of 90 milk collection routes in Maine showed that the routes averaged 52 miles, with two-fifth- s of the mileage being unimproved. Traveling by truck over the mud roads was im- - possible part of the year. It was estimated that if roads on these routes were entirely improved, the average cost of collection would be reduced two cents per hundred-weight of milk and cream. Cash savings In collection costs for the 90 routes would total $8,800 yearly. now to UkeM Of the Newl After Bath Carl on baby s Skin ftc-- a bathV you use isn't so important kind you use Is vital, h0WeB Taking care of ;, new hsk.K time Job Our new bookie ttfl help you tn counj, wavi (coin) for "Bab ( ,ri." S'mM Service. 24 imH fork 11. n. y. prinrJaH booklet title and No. 203. CLASSIFI DE P A R T Ml MISCE1.LANE0CI ROLL Developed - Ovemiihi 2 High Gloss Prints eh Z sizes. 25c. 3c each FOX STUDIOS - - Bill,u WE BUI AND Ml Office Furniture, t iles, TvIt Ing Machines, Safes. 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Also a grea:. mMJ WNU--W And Your Strength Ea.rgy U IW3 may be -- " ,t ney function thatJLTiM waate to accumulate. j feel tired, Chen the kidney fail "a ) acida and other ate MmW u may --gSM rheumatic pains, jj fettiaf up nigh'". lfn1 Sometime frequmt hore( lion with smart. : g M "Kg other sign that nw-W-the kldncya r bl'ide.r- - utSJ Them aiouW bene treatment la ww " 4 Do.,: Pitt: It to medicine that ha ""un proval than en "omPthm Ooon'i have ed many yearn. Are at Get Daant todav HOIST WELCOME SIGN Virginia To Display Showplaces For Garden Week Observance Wlu features. RICHMOND, VA. All the traditional charm and ss of life in the "Cradle of the Nation" will be revived as Virginia once again plays host to the people of the na-tion. From April 28 to May 3 the showplaces of the state-inclu- ding approximately 200 serene and stately homes, love-- ! ly gardens restored to their original beauty, historic build-ings and other national shrines will be open to the public in Cross fame helped to nurse hundreds of wounded. Today its gardens are a riot of bloom and the waters ol the Rappahannock ripple off in the distance. Restored Williamsburg, tourist mecca at all seasons of the year, is like a perfect stage setting, its actors all in character playing their lines with the easualness of long understanding. The feel-ing of watching a play contin-ues as the sharp tattoo of horses hoofs sounds along Duke of Gloucester street (described by the late Franklin D. Roosevelt observance of Garden Week. ' Sponsored by the Garden, club of Virginia, Garden Week is being re-sumed this year for the first time since 1941. Before it was disbanded during the war years, Garden Week had become a recognized institution, annually drawing thousands of visi- - set foot on the soil of Berkeley their first act was a service of thanks-giving. Homes of Presidents. In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Is Jefferson's beloved Monticello, reached by a winding roadway tors from all parts of the nation. In Springtime Dress. From the western tips of the Al-- ; legheny, the Shenandoah and the Blue Ridge mountains, their slopes ablaze with the blossoms of rho-dodendron and mountain laurel, through the lush green valley, up through "George Washington's coun-- 1 try" to the outskirts of the nation's capital city, down through the rolling bluegrass section that is Piedmont, to the yellow sands of Tidewater and the flourishing tobacco area of the south, all Virginia has hoisted the welcome sign. High on a plateau above the Po-tomac is the "perfect little house" so dear to the heart of its builder, George Mason, that he declined of-fers of fame and fortune so that he might never be far from the sight of the smoke from its tall chimneys or the fragrance of its d gardens planted by the same hands which so unfalteringly penned the Bill of Rights and the first constitu-tion of Virginia. Imposing Mansions. Its lovely formal gardens shaded by century old trees, Westover-on-the-Jame- s was termed "the most beautiful place in America" by the Marquis de Chestellux. This planta-tion was bought by William Byrd in 1688 and the present house built in 1730 by William Byrd II (the Black Swan) founder of Richmond. In the 18th century "great house" of Carters Grove, near Williams-burg, is "the finest Georgian wood-work in all America," the richly carved balustrades of its stairway still bearing the sabre marks of Tarlton's men. Not far from busy Washington Is Mount Vernon, shining white and peaceful in its wide expanse of green lawns, while on another arm of the broad Potomac is Wakelield, the sturdy little brick memorial house marking the site where Washington first saw the light of day. At Berkeley-on-the-Jame- of mel-low brick without and rich panel- - ling within, America's ninth presi- - dent, William Henry Harrison, and j his famous father, Benjamin Harri-son, signer of the Declaration of In-dependence, were born in the same upper room. 'First Thanksgiving.' Berkeley was built in 1726 by Ben-Junt- a Harrison (father of the sign-er) but the plantation was in the news in 1619 as the site of what Vir-ginians claim was the first Thanks-giving in the New World. The oc-casion was the arrival of the ship Margaret from England with sup-plies, settlers and servants. The proprietors had given instructions that the day of the ship's arrival must be "yearly and perpetually kept as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God." and when on De-cember t, :S19 the wei:ry voyagers lined with golden forsythia and snowy white bridal wreath. The Blue Ridge mountains and the rolling Piedmont provide a picturesque set-ting and trees and shrubs planted by the hand of Jefferson nod to one another across the white portals of one of the most beautiful houses in all America. Just over the line in Orange coun-ty with a venerable weeping willow at its gateway is Montpelier. home of James Madison, fourth president of the United States, and his charm-ing wife, Dolly. This imposing and gracious mansion, set far back be-hind green lawns, is surrounded by breath-takin- g drifts of color in the springtime. In Westmoreland county, not far from the Potomac, is the great house of Stratford, which in all its simplicity and dignity probably has harbored more men of eminence than any other residence In Virginia. Built by Thomas Lee, acting colonial governor of Virginia more than 200 years ago, Stratford was the birthplace of five patriots of the Revolution, two signers of the Declaration of Independence and Virginia's own Robert E. Lee, son of "Light Horse Har-ry," who long called Stratford "home." Fredericksburg, George Washing-ton's first "home town," has all the charm of an old valentine. Here imagination and memory play tag along old brick sidewalks, past half-hidde- n gardens and mellow brick homes dreaming in the sunshine be-hind white doorways with shiny brass knockers. Here Mary Wash-ington, mother of George, greeted the Marquis de LaFayette on his way to Yorktown and on the steps of the little cottage she kissed her famous son goodbye. Along these streets, which all called home, walked John Paul Jones, Matthew Fontaine Maury, pathfinder of the seas, and Lewis Littlepage, only American citizen ever to hojd office in the cabinet of a king. Next to Mary Washington's home is Kenmore, home of her daughter Betty, wife of Col. Fielding Lewis, who gave his fortune and his life to the cause of the Revolution. Fascinating History. Just down the street is a low brick building, complete with quaint colo-nial garden, where James Mon-roe first began the practice of law. One of its many treasures, care-fully preserved, is the desk on wlfTch the Monroe Doctrine was written. Down the river is the "noble man-sion" of Chatham, built before the Revolution by William Fitzhugh, which served as headquarters for General Sumner during the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1805 and for the federal troops under General Burn- - side during the War Between the States. Here Clara Barton of Red as "the most historic avenue in all America"). An 18th century carriage rolls by past the Palace of the Royal Gov-ernors, the ancient capitol which rang to the voice of Patrick Henry, where met the convention of 1776 and where Mason's Bill of Rights was adopted; past Bruton parish church and Raleigh tavern (birthplace of Phi Beta Kappa) and William and Mary college, second oldest in Amer-ica. History in Review. Just outside of Williamsburg on the Jamestown road an amphithea-ter is in process of construction, and during this coming summer the drama that is the whole early his-tory of the founding of the nation will sweep across its stage, the parts of the founding fathers played by leading actors of the American stage. Farther down the road is James-town first in importance of all the historic shrines in America, where the three little ships discharged their cargo of adventurous souls on that May day in 1607 to lay the founda-tion of the American nation. In this old brick church about which the ivy clings, Pocahontas was baptized and married and here the first legis-lative assembly in the new world met. In Richmond, capital of the con-federacy and "city of the seven hills." there are many historic points to visit, beginning with the columned capitol, designed by Thomas Jef-ferson, around which teems the life of the cigarette capital of the world. Opened especially for Garden Week are two homes which were ancient when America was first dreamed of and which have been transported, stone by stone, from England. One of these, Virginia House, was once the Priory of the Holy Sepulchre at Warwick, England.- Virginia's eastern shore, sec-ond oldest settlement in Amer-ica, is across Chesapeake bay from the rest of Virginia. The eastern shore has the oldest continuous court records in America, dating from 16.12. Lo-cated here are some of the love-liest homes in the state, 13 0f which will be open to visitors during Garden Week. A ride across the ferry from the eastern shore brings the visitor to Princess Anne county, the haunt of Blackbeard and the spot where the first permanent English settlers landed on American soil. Here are churches built in the early 18th cen-tury with their silver communion services, the gift of Queen Anne, and lovely old gardens and homes. In the heart of the Valley of Vir-ginia, Staunton, birthplace of Pres Woodrow Wilson, stands ready to re-ceive Garden Week visitors, and Lexington, hallowed with memories of Lee, dons all its spring bloom. tffi.it Man About Town: Spotlight: It'll be The Broadway denied, but certain key military re-serves have been ordered to stand bv Have the intelligence serv-ices" checked the report that the attacks on the U. S. (In Pans) by Carlo Aprato and In Rome by Rosa people of the same Fubini are by name that handled key positions as U S. employees in OWI (In New York) during the war? The gam-bl.n- g Greek officials is a on gold by scandal ... Now that the state de-partment has offered its records for congressional Inspection, the file on the Mufti will be aired. Brothers, it's a beaut! . . . How truzit that the Old Met will be replaced bv a combined opry house and television center? ... El Punko Joe Kamp sends most of the telegrams to members of congress. How about his federal court trial, anyhow? Add trick names for models: Izal Wright. How cute can yez get? ... We also hear there's a new gel around called Moanan Lowe. Oh, now looka here! Manhattan Murals: The doorman of El Bnrracho, who in the daytime manufactures em-broidered lingerie. His name is Marco, the owner of the V & D Ma-chine Embroidery Co. at 1503 Lex-ington. . . . The gorjiss lacquered blonde (on the public libree steps) darning a pair of sox. . . .The beau-tiful girl being led up Vth avenue by a pair of Russian wolf-hounds, both taller than she. . . .The spellbound kids watching the poster men paste up the three-sheet- s for the circus. . . . The kerrickter (male, we think) walking along Vth in the rain with a green bumber-shoo- t ulzo orange rubbers. . . . The old wooden chair against the wall (backstage at the Adelphi theatre on W. 54th street) which is never touched by actors or stagehands. It belonged to a beloved old stagehand who recently went Upstairs. . . . De- - lightful sensayuma on the banana-stan- d sign on 3rd avenue: "Please don't hurt my peelings!" Winchellebrities: Andrei Gro-myk- o (the furriner) having his boots polished by a Sixth ave-nue monoele'd bootblack. ... Gene Tierney (who broke her best toe) limping glamoronsly Into the Stork club. . . . Ruth Etting being pinned against the Broadhurst theater by autograft t . . i nni rortnirnlva Mri: Bing Crosby with her. Midtown Vignette: Her name is Elizabeth Laus. . . . Liz has been working for 23 years over at the RKO publicity department, now in Radio City. . . During those 23 years she watched time slip fun on the fingers of . . . Seemed as if somebody was always getting married or having some kind of a party, and they were al-ways receiving presents. . . . But none of these things ever happened to her and to make life a little tougher she was sole support of an a.g.e.d mother and an ailing sister. So what happened, fergood-nessake-get to the point! . . Oh, stop strippin' yer gears. . . .That's what I was just getting arpund to. . . . Harry Mandel (the chief pub-- , licity guy there) decided to do something about Liz. ... A big sur-- I prise poddy was chucked for her. . . . And signs were all over the place reading "We Love Liz!". . . And she is still very busy counting her gifts. Gimbel's ads are so widely copied that the famed depart-ment store now syndicates them for a fee) to 125 stores around the country. ... Is Joe Kennedy lated for the top treasury post? . . . The federal victories over Talmadge and John L. Lewis remind you why it is called "the trong arm of the law." No one as low enough to avoid the reach. The Late Watch: Several of the Broadway war babies are dying. Concessionaire Ellis just purchased the "400" club equipment for 35 Gs. An unconfirmed rumor has the Brass Rail group negotiating . The Aquarium, which has tried everything from top name bands to what-not- , will become a playland and bazaar with independent con-cessions of hot dogs, juke boxes and other Coney features. . . One joynt is folding owing the U. S. tax collec- tor about 80 Gs. He got away with it the last time, too. . . Unemploy- ment is up 5 per cent over a year ago. ... Top drawer Washington newshawks are agreed that con- frere Tris Coffin not only can com-mentate but is one of the few who can write! He shifts from CBS (as its U. S. senate gallery observer) to the American Broadcasting staff. Lady Iris Mountliatten, (jreat-grandott-of Queen Victoria shelves her title to become a working Kel at Don Pallinis dance studios. . . . Wall Street-er-s are still chortling at a ga- zette's financial department, which indexed the stock market quotes under "Amusements" on pages 18-1-9 |