Show have a crip of tea She was still not quite able to accept the idea that the too was a public figure at much as the President Acute homesickness makes no tense for a woman who had ipent most of the previous 11 years in Washington But Bess was suffering from the White House blues All these negative feelings came to a boil at the end of December 1945 when we went home for Christmas Dad stayed in Washington waiting to hear from Sccre-tai- y of State Byrnes who was involved in heavy negotiations with the Russians in Moscow He also decided he told his mother that he wanted to let the family have at least part oftheir holiday without a Presidential invasion So lie waited until Christmas Day to fly home The weather wu awful every commercial plane in the nation was grounded After waiting four hours Dad ordered the Sacred Cow aloft It was one of die wildest flights of his life The New York Timet The Washington Post and other guardians of the republic castigated thePrcsiderefor“uking chances with his personal safety" Bess’ comments when he got to 219 North Delaware St were not much more cordial In die privacy of their bedroom the conversation went something like this: “So you've finally arrived Bess said “I guess you couldn't think of any more reasons to stay away As far as I'm concerned you might as well have stayed in Washington On Dec 28 IMS Harry Truman sat down at his desk in the Oval Office and wrote Bess who was still in pendence one of his most important letters "Well I'm here in the White House the great white sepulcher at ambitions and reputations I feel like a last year's bird's nest which is on its second year Not very often I admit I am not in shape I think maybe that exasperates you too as a lot of other things I do and pretend to do exasperate you “You can never appreciate what it means to come home as I did die other things I didn’t want to do and have the only person in the world whose approval and good opinion I value look at me I like Fm something the cat drugged in wooder why we are made so that what we really dunk and feel we cover up?" With those teener words Harry Truman was telling Bess that he had known since die dqr hebecame Resident eight monds ago that this explosion was coining Now at least her anger was out in the open and they could begin to deal with it and the Presidency TVeniy-seve- n years later when HarThiman mis letter was found in died ry his desk at the Truman Library It is the only one of the 1600 surviving letters he wrote to Bess that he kept there Q an k lausiw igr awm “Lets Take a Stroll To The Dining car And Sit By The Setting Sun" Where else can you enjoy a romantic dinner while riding Into a glorious sunset? Have lunch served to you in the midst of antelope country? Or rise for breakfast just as the sun is rising over the peak off a snowcapped mountain? On Amtrak you’ll move through scenery no other form off transportation conies dose to WhaVs more with our low All Aboard America Fares ' 'IS'-for--- ‘i ): 1 "y you can travel coast-to-coaas little as $275 roundtrip Or travel through- -' out different regions of the country for even less st 'V-'- r i ' i 1 J For shorter distances take advantage off our $7 Return Fare When a oneway ticket is over $50 and you don't change trains your return fare is only $7 Just purchase your ticket by May 30 1986 and complete your travel by June 29 1986 Other restrictions may apply For more information inducting package tours in many of our nearly 500 destinations call your travel agent Or caH Anitrakat lr 1-8- 00- USA-RAI- L f |