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Show PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1945 Editorial ... He heir the soond of the trumpet, ond took not warning his blood shall be upon Mm. Bat he tbst teketh warning shall deliver his souL Ese-klel Ese-klel 23:5. From hence, let fierce contending notions know What dire effects from civil discord flow. Addison. Merry-Co-Round The Washington Great, Great Grandson of the Argonauts Uj Drew Pearson KC0L Robert 8 . Alloa en live doty) A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs WASHINGTON Harry Truman will be known as the man who didn't want to be presi dent. Unassuming;, modest, in love with his lob as senator from Missouri. Harry never wanted to be vice-president in the first place and after. he was elected, he dreaded the thought that anything might happen to President Roosevelt Once, dur ing tne campaign, be awoke in a cold sweat. He had dreamed that Roosevelt had died and he was called upon to assume his mantle. Harry said he never had such a terrible dream before in all his life. Truman had arrived in Sneaker Sam Ravhum'n office to discuss that same awesome possibility 4 . mm . . - " wnen tne can came to nurry to the white House un weanesaay, tne night before, Speaker Rayburn had had a premonition of thin to mm. ummg wun irienas. Ksyourn said "mis country is in for a great tragedy, and l feel it's coming very soon. I dont' think the president will be with us much longer." Rayburn's listeners were shocked. When they asked the speaker for an explanation, he replied: "Roosevelt's not a well man." Refusing to be more specific, he turned his head away from the table for a moment and then said: "I think I'll have a talk with Harry (Truman) tomorrow. He's got to be prepared to carry a tremendous burden. He's got to get himself ready for this. Next afternoon, about three, even as Franklin further some of the circumstances of the constitution's birth. The structure of free representative government gov-ernment explicit in its final form was the fruit of expediency as well as idealism. Smaller states, bucking control by New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, the big three and how modern that sounds won such compromise victories as proportional repre sentation m the house and the popular vote for presidential electors by threatening to walk out of the convention. The constitution was presented to the peo ple with considerable fear. Some of the delegates dele-gates went home before the job was done Three who remained refused to sign the document. Others were reluctant. Elbridge Gerry thought that it would provoke a civil war. Jefferson, m Europe, was astonished that it contained no guarantee of basic human hu-man risrhts. At first the constitution found its support among-the rich, and its opposition from the poor and a handful of rich, "visionary" champions of democracy. The series of federalist fed-eralist papers by Hamilton, Madison and Jay helped greatly in Swinging popular opinion. But even so, Rhode Island, which had refused re-fused to send delegates to the convention. waited three years before ratifying the con stitution. The point Is that the constitution has crown more democratic, stronger and more effective with the passing years. Today, thanks to the bill of rights and subsequent amendments, it stands before the world as a paragon of political right ana wisdom, how ever short we may fall of fulfilling its let ter and spirit. - . The moral of this short refresher course is obvious. The San Francisco conference, also sailing an uncharted course, is bound to product an imperfect plan. By refusing it we should have nothing to take its place. By a; , i . . t accepting ana amending ana improving u we can look with confidence toward a world in which men may live out their lives in peace. Philadelphia and San Francisco Nearlv SO vears after the constitution of " T . ... . u the United States was written and suomu ted to the states, Thomas Jefferson wrote: "Some men look at constitutions with sancti- monious reYerence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the pre ceding acre a wisdom more than human. . . -V -M A J 1 - mat reverence wrucn jeiirrsun nuwcu iiaa crown throuffh the years. Today we are m alined to be forsretful of the constitution's earlv historv and oi the amendments wnicn we have seen fit to make in it. Because the constitution is firreat and impregnable today, we sometimes talk as if it had been conceived in harmony and born in triumphant strength and full-blown perfection. So we should be visrilant against demand ing the same impossible perfection of the document that will issue irom tne oan rran An.A.M A A navViam if will 1TV saia ne wanted to see the vlce-nresideni., Truman said he'd drop over when the senate recessed. He had Just arrived to see Rayburn when word came from Steve Early that the event which Truman so long dreaded, finally had transpired INSIDE 8TORY OF CHICAGO Like Calvin Coolidge, 'Truman has been the product of political miracles. The first was when Boss Pendergast of Kansas City picked him. a totally unknown country judge, to run for the senate seat of the famous Jim Reed. The other was when he was tapped for the Democratic vice-presidential vice-presidential nomination last summer in Chlcaco That fateful hour found Truman emotionally disturbed, reluctant, totally unprepared. It has never been revealed, but Truman's first inkling that Roosevelt wanted him came while ne was sitting in his room at the Blackstone hotel rne phone rang: Someone answered it, told Truman that Hopkins was on the nhone. "Hopkins!" he exclaimed, then remarked that it must be Hopkins, the hotel man in Kansas City. He strode to the phone, there was a moment of silence. It was the Harry Honkina tellln Tm- man that Roosevelt wanted him as his running mate. Truman seemed dazed. But recovering he 'I don't want the lob. I don't think thov'r serious. I'll wait until I hear it from the chief himself." Late that night, with the convention on th verge of a three-cornered deadlock, Truman was again back in his room when he received another call this time- from the president. "Hello, Mr. President," Truman said, "How are you?" There was a pause. "But what should I do. Mr. nresident? I don't quite know what to say," were Truman's next words. "Stay In there and Ditch. Harrv." Roosevelt replied. "Everything's going to be OK." OK, answered Truman, "If you say so. I'll stay in there." FROM HOT-DOGS TO VICE-PRESIDENCY He hung up rather weakly, said he was going go-ing over to see Mrs. Truman and his daughter Margaret at the Morrison hotel. Walkinv down crowded State street, Truman reiterated to friends mat he didn t want the Job. He was nervous, tense, and worried. "Why don't you go to a, night club and have rtrinV" mAvlmmA m MmA V 0U At 1CIIU, "No. I don't think I will." said Truman. think I'll Just duck In and see a movie." He did. Next day, when the vice-presidential ballot was finished, the owl-like little man from Mis sourl was seated on a box behind the rostrum eat lng a hot-dog and drinking a bottle of pop as a voice came over the microphone: "Will the next vice-president of the United States please come to the rostrum?" the voice had to boom out several times before Harry Truman, the man who didn't want to oe president, laid down his pop bottle and reluctantly came to the microphone. COURAGEOUS SENATOR ' Though Harry Truman dreaded the doss! billty of becoming president, as senator he never ran away from a fight. His chief senatorial battles were as chairman of the so-called Truman committee. The name re suited from Harry's crusading determination, to investigate war scandals or anything else Interfering Inter-fering with the war. Harry was so fervent that even Republicans on the committee came to ad mire and respect him. Republican Senator Ferguson of Michigan, one of the most fearless men in congress, joined the committee under the impression that Tru man was playing politics. He soon learned to the contrary. If the administration was to blame, Truman said so. Ferguson came to be a rooter on the Truman team. Time after time also, Truman stood up against the army and navy. Some senators put their tails between their legs where the brass- hats are concerned. But Truman made Gen. B. B. Somervell writhe In anguish over the senate blasts against the army's uneconomical pipeline to carry oil over the Arctic wastes. ' He also told the truth about Jesse Jones' delays in providing synthetic rubber, exposed the secret deal with the Aluminum corporation for the Shipshaw plant in Canada, prodded the navy for failing to accept the Higgins landing craft. Thus delaying the European invasion. Truman's committee also goaded the army about its terrific waste of food, called attention to the way dollar-a-year men In the war production produc-tion board were favoring their own companies, and revealed the disastrous delays in aluminum and steel production. One of his most significant battles was wun the war department over some cracked airplane engine cylinders built by the Wright company at Cincinnati which had been passed by army Inspectors. In-spectors. At first Under Secretary of War Patterson Patter-son bucked him on this, and the army tried to whitewash its own dereliction. But Truman stood his ground. And in the end, the guilty officers were court-martialed. Though it was called the Truman committee, actually, it operated as a team. Truman believes in teamwork, and teamwork between all his cabinet cab-inet members and administrative agencies will now be the chief goal of the little man who didn't want to be president. (Copyright. 1943, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) What Kind of President Will Truman Moke, Queries Writer By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent Norway's Flight The people of occupied Norway and Den mark must have found comfort in President Roosrevelt's assurance, in a message mark Roosevelt's assurance of their countries' invasion, that the day of liberation is near. But it would not be surprising if that feeling were overshadowed by the more un mediate emotions of impatience and anxiety. It is evident now that the Nazi, like the rat, becomes more vicious the more tightly he is cornered. Norway especially fears Nazi vencreance. as was evident in her recent urg ent appeal to Sweden to come into the war and rescue Norway from the invader. There is a strong possibility, Norwegians feel, that the Germans may wreck Norway's factories, hydro-electric plants, dock facih ties, ships, and other industrial assets. At the moment there seems little that the conquering but hard fighting Allied armies can do. It is a pity that the Swedish govern ment has not seen fit to climb aboard the band wagon, as Turkey did. The Swedish people have long shown that their sympathies 'are overwhelmingly anti-Nazi. anti-Nazi. Freed by their government, they might well be glad to translate their sympathies into a telling blow for freedom and for the future prosperity of Sweden's long-suffering Scandinavian neighbors. German Dream World A captured Nazi official said to an Amer ican questioner: "You can't imagine or un derstand the German people. They are liv ing in a completely different world, one of heroism and romanticism. Recent events seem to bear him out. The Germans countered the loss of the Ruhr by forming an underground organization, the Werewolves. And one of the new under ground's first acts seems to have been the composition and broadcast of an official song, performed by a woman calling herself "Lily the Werewolf." The Germans have long confounded their analysts by the mixture of cold logic, stolidity, stolid-ity, cruelty and sentimentality in their national na-tional character. Now the products of their science are nearly exhausted. Logic should , telKhem their fight is hopeless. But they seem now to be retiring into a stubborn con fusion of Wagner and "Lily the Werewolf." Their conception of romantic heroism has outlived their logic. It will cost them dearly before, they are disenchanted. But unhappily, it' will cost the Allies dearly, too. WASHINGTON, April lJ-With the whole world wondering what kind of president Harry Truman will make, this is the estimate of the man's measure as given by people who have worked with him closely. They admit frankly that Truman Tru-man will have to be a great president to be considered even good, but that is more of a reflection re-flection on the time than on the man. . , Comparisons always being odius, it is perhaps impossible to try to stack up Truman beside Roosevelt. They are two entirely different types of men. There are mil Hons of men like Truman. There was only one Roosevelt. But Roosevelt had his weaknesses and Truman has his strong points which Roosevelt did not nave Truman's admirers say these characteristics might even give their man the capacity as well as the oDoortunlty to be a better chief executive than Roosevelt for the lob ahead. The political election campaign alarm of :'Thlnk of Truman in the White House!" which was a natural enough reflex reaction when the shock of Roosevelt's death was first felt, is therefore said to be entirely a false alarm by the people who know Truman's Tru-man's Washington record and should therefore be in a position to Judge his capabilities. This is admittedly a prejudiced aDDraisal. But at the time when all eyes are on the man from Missouri, wanting him to succeed, anxious to give him every en couraeement in assuming the world's greatest responsibility this is the only fair appraisal to give Truman the chance he de-serves. de-serves. There Is no question of Tru man's honesty or sincerity. He works hard. That, plus a large share of good luck, have put him where he is today. He Is vigorous and alert. His health is good. He will be 61 years old May 8, making him two years younger than Roosevelt. He is decisive. When he finds a bad situation he moves in on It before It gets worse, instead of just letting it ride. When he thinks he has the facts on a case, he iroea ahead. He does not try to do the whole job himself. He sub-lets responsibility, trusting the people who work with him and relying on them to do the jobs he has given them. He does not hesitate to fire men or call them to task after they make mistakes. He is fearless, and in carrying out his own convictions with courage he sometimes lets his indignation rise to give vent in magnificent displays oi wratn In sponsoring the senate war investigating committee he tack led a tremendous job. That pointed to as an indication of his foresightedness. He saw what the big need of the time was to prevent mistakes instead of in vestigate them after tney happened. hap-pened. He acted on it. In carrying carry-ing out the work of the Truman committee -he did not hesitate to move in against sacred cows- business or political. On his carpet car-pet were called U. S. Steel, Curtis Wright and Alcoa, Basic Magnesium. Mag-nesium. He flayed the army on Canol and the navy on its initial landing craft bungles. He went after Donald Nelson for supporting support-ing Philip G. Reed of General Electric and subpoenaed cabinet officers and other top administrators administra-tors when they were reluctant to give information he thought the senate was entitled to know. He will not hesitate to hold labor leaders to their responsi bilities, either. In the Currier housing project case in Detroit, he tore into Sidney Hillman, then co-chairman of OPH, telling him to either do his job or else get out and let someone else do it. When John L. Lewis said he would appear before Truman's committee if he could, two years ago, Truman answered with a subpoena. He is considered pro-labor, pro-labor, but has stated frequently that labor has duties as well as rights All of Truman's Washington experience having been in the senate, he is thoroughly impressed impres-sed with the importance of congress con-gress and may well be expected to return to congress many of the controls that have gradually been shifted to the executive, if ne follows this pattern he should work more closely with Congress and try to avoid the petty fight ing that has always characterized relations between the White House and the capitol. On post-war domestic Issues it can be claimed that Truman is far better grounded than Roosevelt was because Truman had the time to study these issues while Roosevelt was pre occupied with the war and in ternational affairs. The Truman committee's third annual report, issued in 1944, is now pointed to as one of the first analyses on the problems of reconversion. WhUe his dominating interests with the senate war investiga tions were production, supply and maintenance of a sound national economy on the home front, Tru man was also a member of the senate committee on military affairsThat af-fairsThat gave him the oppor tunity to follow closely the plan ning and strategy. So he does not go to the White House novice on military matters and besides, the war is going to be won no matter who is president. Truman is perhaps weakest on foreign affairs, but it is claimed for him that he may be counted on to continue the course set by President Roosevelt, who was In many respects his own foreign secretary and made his own policies poli-cies and plans for organizing the peace. On all three of the main Roose velt objectives winning the war, securing the peace and providing post-war employment Truman is set to foUow the administration policies. They are now his policies because they have been his poll cles in the past. Every effort will be made to give the impression that the United States wiU go marching on as usual, in spite of the loss of its great leader. And to show that the country is rallying behind be-hind its new commander-in-chief is considered highly salutary for the rest ox the world. For some weeks at least, there may be no changes In top Wash ington personnel. Truman will of course move into the White House with a new personal secretarial staff of his own choosing. His acquaintance with Harry Hop kins, Judge Samuel M. Rosenman and others of the Roosevelt White House staff is slight. There is known to be no love lost between Truman and several members of the old cabinet and changes there would come as no surprise. But even if changes should be made in the cabinet and other administrative posts, they would be presented as not necessarily a change in Roosevelt policy merely a change in the men selected to carry it out Your G I Rights B$ DOUGLAS LARSON NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON April 17 The federal government continues to be the largest single employer of returning veterans. Here are some typical questions regarding veter ans preference for federal Jobs: Q. Does a former federal em ployee who resigned and went into the army have the same re employment rights as one who was placed on a furlough status when he was drafted? A. Yes. There is no difference between the reemployment rights ox a xormer federal employee whose appointment was termi nated when he went into service and those of an employee who was placed on a furlough status. The determining factor is whether the veteran left to enter the armed forces immediately. If he held another job between the tune of induction and quitting the government he would have re employment rights In that job but not with the government. Q. Does the "members-of-fam-Uy" rale which provides that not more than two members of a family fam-ily living under one roof may hold jobs in the federal elvil service apply to persons with veteran preference? A. No. Q I am a veteran. I submit ted by claim for preference (in cluding the supporting papers) with the Civil Service Commission Commis-sion when I applied for an ex amination. There hasn't been time enough, for the proof of my claim to be returned and I want to apply for another examination. Must I submit another elalm with the new application which I am about to file? A. No. Just fiU out the new Preference Form 14 and attach it to your application, stating you have already submitted proof of vour claim for preference. Be sure to state the exact date, place and title of the examination in connection with which you ori ginally submitted proof. Once News Now History Twenty Years Ago From the Files of THE PROVO HERALD Of April 17. 1825 The government began presentation presen-tation of the ease against Senator Burton ICT? Wheeler of Montana. John S. Slattery, chief prosecutor, said be would base his case on the testimony of a Washington lawyer who was prepared to say that Wheeler urged him to enter a plot fifty-fifty whereby they would split the earnings of their prospective client, Gordon Campbell, Camp-bell, Montana oil operator, in a shady oil deal. Senator Thomas Walsh, chief Wheeler counsel, doubted that such evidence would be Introduced. Charles De Moisy, Jr. was pro moted to become supervisor of the Uinta national forest, succeeding J 4 Raphael, supervisor for the past two years. Mr. De ftioisy has previously pre-viously served as supervisor of the Ashley national forest at Ver- fnaL SENATE VOTES SCHINDLER APPROVAL WASHINGTON, April 17 (U.R The senate today had confirmed the nomination of Alfred Schlnd- ler, of Missouri, to be undersecre tary of commerce. Stockholders Of the Iron Blos som consolidated Mining com pany ratified the arrangement for a sale of the property to the Tintic Standard for $375,000 cash. A U. S. naval task force, led by the flagship SeatUe, was headed for the Hawaiian islands in ma neuvers. All lights wm ne out and war conditions will prevail during the maneuvers. Utah leads all the state In the Union in the number of college Students residing within the state, as compared with the total popu lation, it was announced. PRE-LICENSE GANTLET SEATTLE, (U.R) No wonder the prospective brides and bridegrooms bride-grooms blush while applying for licenses in Seattle. 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