Show THE E 6 truman positive A lot ot of people are still till lating tint that president truman may change his hi mind and consent ta 1 be drafted by the democratic na hit lional convention at especially if the republican republicans nam I 1 nate nato tat whom the president doe does not like allx A cloie close friend of mr Tr truman who once served under him as a an in ambassador and accompanied airy to potsdam h had a d this in mind when he told him that he should hould not put himself 2 in the position where he could not ultimately be drafted the situation might be bucl this elder older statesman cautioned where w h e r r the demand demands of the party would be too compelling you know me replied the president decisively im a mule ai and n d when I 1 make up my mind nothing can change it Tr word chip bohlen bowen S state t a t a department depar imen counselor walked in to the stair state department staff conference wit with h perturbation written over his usually suave visage hold your hats he exclaimed then told how the president had dropped a diplo diplomatic atac bombshell a at his press conference regarding an alleged ultimatum to russia in 1048 1946 since our european allies are an n constant tenterhooks tenter hooks over our trigger happy relations with russia and constantly worry that we will drag them into war by just such an ar ultimatum tb the e state department worked for about two hours preparing a diplomatic refutation of the presidents off the cuff remark the state department so but it was equally unhappy about the presidents previous b burble u r b I 1 e about the possibility of seizing the press though he corrected this later the state department feared it might at af feet the fate of the freest and fairest newspaper jews paper in bolivia la razon the new bolivian government which Is pro argentine and has some communist eunist links may well follow the e example of peron and seize la ra zon exactly as he seized la prensa US for free press on top of this american diplomats tor for some time have been arguing in the united nations for complete freedom dom of the press not all latin american governments agree with the united states on this point several have joined middle east and asiatic countries in trying to get the UN to adopt an amendment w which aich would require newspapers to print statements by governments correcting supposedly erro erroneous neou news these amendments in th the opinion of the state department would woula be an infringement of the press and could be expanded to mean government Inte reference remarked one latin american editor maybe the U S press had better start worrying about laws to protect itself on the national level rather than on the Later international natIonal level behind prison riots behind the rash of prison riots are two things 1 the population of the united states has increased and with it our criminal population 2 most prisons have remained woefully behind the new jersey penitentiary at trenton where one of the first outbreaks occurred dates back almost to the days of george washington other jails almost as antiquated include the maryland state penitentiary at baltimore built in 1805 and the massachusetts penitentiary at charleston which dates back almost to revolutionary days the rahway radway NJ so called state prison farm Is relatively modern built in 1890 but it looks as out of date as an english castle and I 1 is surrounded by such a sur burban area that farming Is out of the question perle peril mesta speeches call me madam perle mesta US minister to luxembourg bad had an interesting experience with fresi president truman in regard to general eisenhower Elsen hower while visiting in the united states mrs mesta was asked by the president to make some speeches before clubs explaining the goals of the north atlantic pact and the work of general EUseb hower mrs mesta did so to found group groups responsive and interested but in washington she the reported to the president that she the bad had received a most unfavorable reaction from dem democratic bratle leaders wherever she the had ha d gon gone they ibey like my making talks h bat at helped general isenhower Elsen hower she explained the president thought a minute then said you go right sight on making the speeches it was quite clear that he regarded the peace and unity of europe as more Import important arit than my political help to be calved by bi 0 one fifth of an ounce of fuel oil in a diesel locomotive will haul one cine ton of freight one mile |