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Show VTpw T Firing Line: FDR 9 vr W Was 'Receptive To Gossip' Sixty Ysars on th his book. "Msmoirs: Line" I, Wasnolls), (Funk newsman Finns relations rtnur KrocK Ascribes his D. Mooseve.t. This last Franklin ith president trom ot tne book excerpts series offers rare a of Roosevelt Into the personalities Insinhts and Eleanor. r , wife, disapproval of what I was writing about her husbands domestic programs. And this was important, because she was even more definitely motivated as a politician than the president was. She had Mr. Krot'k stronger convictions than he on the subjects of social welfare and social By ARTHUR KROCK progress. Thinking back on may relations She was also a very determined with Franklin D, Roosevelt and his Adwoman so that she would not be just which covered a large the ministration presidents wife, but also to make a of my segment career that would in her opinion put professional life pressure on her husband to pursue the they take form as path of social and economic reform that sort of cat-- a he was embarked upon. The presidents o g affair. n consciousness of his wifes public status Not that of aniwas aptly illustrated by a story that mals strange to Roosevelt himself told me. each other, but When the U.S. decided to recognize members loosely the USSR, and Foreign Commissar of the same houseMaxim Litvinov was sent to Washington hold. They endure to conduct the negotiations, Mrs. iitvi-no- v each other, and (Ivy, the commissars English wife) for periods display was also invited, Litvinov duly arrived, affection and even admiration. But every but alone, and the president said to him, so often nature asserts the innate conMrs. Roosevelt and I regret so much flicts of the species. that your wife couldnt accompany you. In one of the periods when I was in Litvinov replied, Oh, well, you know. his reasonably good graces, Roosevelt Very active tvoman, career of her own, asked me why I didn't come to his news constantly 'raveling, making speeches. conferences anymore. Impossible to interrupt what she was Because, I replied, I cant keep my doing. Came alone, because she is indiobjectivity when I'm close to you and vidual in politics just as I am. watching you in action. You charm me Said Roosevelt, I think I underso much that when I go back to write a stand." comment on the proceedings, I cant I never detected in krs. Roosevelt keep it in balance. what is commonly called a sense of Well, was his ironic retort, that's humor (necessarily including the capacvery, very flattering. ity to laugh at oneself.) But except on But, I said, thats the reason. And, those occasions when, in pretended unaanyhow, The New York Times is quite wareness of its obvious impact, she said at your news conferenc- or wrote something damaging about at. es,. and I help to frame the questions indiv dual she was candid and straightasked you by the staff. forward. And at all times she was, in my But another thing, said F.D.R. "I Arthur Krock recalis his relations with Franklin D. Roosevelt, smila great judgment and observation, understand you spend all your evenings woman. affair." ing here in 1940, as "sort of a at that club of Laura Curtiss where all the period when I was Never, during my enemies gather. In a position to observe what went on in any other Cabinet colleague had cn his; and earshot of one of these festive eveMr. President, I do spend some evethe inner circles of an administration, Harry Hopkins, who was to develop from nings, June 30, 1935, would nings there, very enjoyably, but I was there a more interesting and able an to a I was spending the weekend at spend many more if I could make my assembled in Washington than group below the policy-makchildren of just the crowd your Kennedys estate 14 miles northway through Roosevelt. those around president; Harold Ickes, a difficult and west of Washington, on the Potomac who are always present. Only a part of the satellite galaxy was controversial administrator of the pubRiver. It happened that in the previous He laughed, and that ended one of my Brain Trust, largely emigres from lics natural resources, but devoted and few days I had felt obliged to write critithe oddest encounters with F.D.R. For I colleges and New York law firms who very able; Dean Acheson, whose capacirealized not only that all manner of percally of the President's methods in trying Deal ties have been as numerous as they have to drive the wealth tax, were recruited to Join such Presisonal gossip was poured into the dents ear but that he was highly recep- imports as Thomas G. Corcoran, Edward been brilliant; and Joseph P. Kennedy, unthrough Congress without hearings, so I H. Foley and Benjamin V. Cohen. matched for competence, imagination and was shocked to learn from Kennedy that tive to it. The other group Included Jesse H. courage in the area of economics. the President had decided to come out In the early part of the first adminisMrs. Some members of Roosevelts brain for dinner. Jones, the soundest and most brilliant tration I was occasionally asked by trust, Corcoran in particular, doubled as Roosevelt to small family dinners at the restorer of the stricken economy; Henry Clearly my presence might be embarA. Wallace, who came to the Department entertainers of Roosevelt in his leisure rassing to him and to me, since relaxaWhite House. She was extremely graof Agriculture as Secretary with more hours. As the result of an embarrassing tion was his aim. The day being intensecious and friendly. of her aware made was practical information on his subject than contretempts, I was present within sight ly hot, I decided, instead of returning to Later on I d-- d job-mak- Mar-woo- them. After dinner there was a movie on the lawn, Ginger, starring a child actress, Jane Withers. The President thought her excellent, and said the movie was one of the best in years. Then Corcoran took out his accordion, and the real meriment began. The President joined in all the d, er pre-Ne- w Quakers Woncer About Nixon Worried About Phenobarbital By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON MERRY-GO-ROUN- D Eight years ago the first Catholic ever elected President, By GEORGE C. THOSTESON John F. Kennedy, defeated Richard Dear Dr. Thosteson: I have to take Nixon, a Quaker. There was a great deal of discussion at the time over religion. grain of phenobarbital for as the man he defeated takes ofToday, as I have many premature my heart, there is very little public discussion fice, ventricular contractions and palpitations. I am supposed to take one tablet in the about religion. But there is private discussion within morning and another before retiring. Is N.Y. the new Presidents own church as to the it safe to take it indefinitely? sincerity of his religious convictions. Answer: That small dose is not harmful and can be taken as long as it benePeace is the No. 1 tenet of faith of the fits you. small religious group which fled from Dear Dr. Thosteson: Can an operation England in 1680 to found Pennsylvania. be done on a person who has cirrhosis of Since then, members of the Society ot Friends have stood so fast on this issue the liver? H.E. that they are automatically given nonAnswer: If you mean an operation to combat duty in time of war. cure the cirrhosis the answer is no. The Nixons views on peace have caused liver has degenerated and removing part much discussion among his fellow Quakof it would not improve anything. ers. Queries have come to them from If there is bleeding from varicose even Soviet Russia as to whether Nixon which veins in the lower esophagus can result from cirrhosis there is an is still a Quaker in good standing. operation to shunt the blood flow away On Florida Avenue in Washington from that area. This is done to correct there is a Friends meetinghouse, as a the bleeding but has no effect on the cirQuaker church is called, where another rhosis. Quaker President, Herbert Hoover, worDear Dr. Thosteson: What does adenoshipped regularly. When Nixon was Vice carcinoma of the uterus mean? Would President he is known to have attended one biopsy be enough to tell? Would this a Friends meeting only once. A.E.W. warrant cobalt treatment? There have been several attempts inAnswer: 'Adeno refers to glandular side the Society of Friends to ascertain structures and carcinoma means cm-ceNixons views on the essential problem of a of the Hence peace. Quakers recall that, as Vice Pres-ien- t, uterus would be cancer originating in the Nixon was a known hawk, and in 1954 favored lawVng American troops in glandular portion of the uterus. One negative biopsy wouldn't be proof to reswhat was then French that cancer did not exist, but one positive cue the Frencu. Recently, Nixons views on Vietnam have been considered on the biopsy is conclusive that cancer is present. Cobalt treatment, or perhaps surhawkish side, though during the camgery, might be used. paign he said he had a formula for get- WASHINGTON one-quart- r. adeno-carclnom- Indo-Chin- a, Mr. Pearson Mr. Anderson ting out of the war, not yet made public. In order to get clarification of his position, the Friends Committee on National Legislation tried to arrange for a meeting of leading Quakers with Nixon. His appointments secretary, Dwight L. Chapin, replied that this was impossible. -Again, well before the election, the Friends Journal, a Quaker magazine, wtote to Nixon about the possibility of an interview regarding his religious views and affiliations. Herbert G. Klein, then Nixons press spokesman, replied: On behalf of Mr. Nixon I wish to thank you for our letter of August 30. I believe you will find much of the background material you seek in 'The Real Nixon, an Intimate Biography by Bela Komltzer (Rand McNally) and Co. I960). Tills reply was in contrast to John F. Kennedy's meeting with Baptist ministers and others who sought his religious views. Members of Nixons religious faith, though not advertising it, persevered. On November 16. the American Section of Friends World Committee, meeting in Wilmington, Ohio, decided to initiate a Utahns Await Michael Rabin Recital MUSICAL WHIRL By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor The Salt Lake Civic Artist Series should make its 1,500 patrons happy Tuesday when the combined Music-Universit- y I series presents the d Am-- e r ican violinist, Michael Rabin, in nis first Kingsbury Hall recital. I Rabins fa-- i . Mr. her was a member of the violin section of the New York Philharmonic fur 42 years; his another was a professional pianist. Young Mr. Rabin studied with Ivan Cnlamin, Just about the most respected Violin teacher in the United States. After making unusually rapid progress, Mr. Rabin, at the age of 13, made a sensational debut on the Bell Telephone Hour. He has toured the world almost annually for the past 19 years, and now ft the age of 32, Mr. Rabin is considered fo be the most traveled American violin Virtuoso before the public today." Among dther traveling accomplishments are his 13 extensive tours of Europe. Tljis greet amount f traveling indi I io iias an ni cates the popular demand for return engagements by Mr. Rabin. Practically every major newspaper and its critic have given Mr. Rabin rave reviews. For example, in 1967 he appeared with the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maaszel in the opening of the orchestras third summer season in area parks. A crowd estimated at more than 60,000 c heered Mr. Rabin in New Yorks Central Park. The New York Times' critic wrote: The diversity of his tone, now silken, now vibrant, now fiery, was always apparent, and his elegant and brilliant handling of the solo part of the Mendelssohn concerto was skillfully conveyed. Mr. Rabin's Kingsbury Hall recital at 8:15 p.m. begins ON POINTE Ballet West began a tour of seven states Monday (20) that will take it through Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado. This first week the company will appear in Vernal (20), Cedar City (22), and St. George (23). On January 29 Ballet West moves to Denver. Back from the Colorado capltol, the company will travel to Nevada for ri an Iterformances in Reno fur two dates, Then the company will February make its premiere performances in California at Hayward, February 9. February 10 and 11 Ballet West will be in Merced for four performances. Next comes Arizona at the Glendale Community College February 14. Albuquerque and f'e University of New Mexico are scheduled for February 17. Following a series of master classes and a special reception at the University the of Texas at El Paso, February company travels to San Antonio for two performances on February 22. The final stop of the long tour will be back in Utah at Price, February 25. A total of 50 company memners and support personnel will make the tour. Giving direction to the tour will be Wiliam F. Christensen, artistic director of Ballet West; Bene Arnold, ballet mistress; and Alan Behunln, manager. A highlight of the presentations to be made will be the premiere performances of Mr. Christensens Bravura Ballet," choreographed to music by Chabrior. Also included will be performances of Serenade," and the divertisements from 18-1- Coppelli.i." Other ballets will be Symphony in Filling Station," Firebird," and Irish, Fantasy." C, dWmdWaafQiaUfiuiW affti Wxii arnn pastoral visit with the President before his inauguration. A pastoral visit is a Quaker custom whereby a committee of his fellow members calls upon one of their faith who is about to undertake an important mission or who may have become wayward and need reform. a was committee Accordingly, the appointed by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, considered the parent Quaker group in the United States, to seek a meeting with the new President in conjunction with the Friends World Committee and the Friends Meeting at Washington. A letter was sent Nixon, Nov. 20, proposing a pastoral visit of five or six Friends. It was suggested that the Quakers might find ways to strengthen and There were no uphold the President-elect- . political overtones in the letter. It mentioned merely that Washington Quakers were concerned about how they might meet the spiritual needs of the new President. It was also suggested that he might wish the Friends Meeting in Washington to hold meetings similar to those held in the East Whittier Friends church, where there is music instead of silent prayer as in the Eastern Quaker meetings. In reply appointments secretary Chapin telegraphed, Dec. 6: President-elec- t Richard Nixon regrets that present demands upon his time will not allow him to schedule the requested appointment with you. We thank you for your kind letter and extend to you our best wishes." Meanwhile, what Quakers call concern" for their fellow member who today becomes president has continued. They are not unaware of the fact that his early political career was based upon support of the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. As a member of the House Activities Committee, Nixcn had even used McCarthyite" tactics before McCarthy was elected to the Senate. At the same time Nixon was using these tactics, Quakers were defending many of those attacked by Nixon and McCarthy. There was considerable Quaker sympathy for Alger Hiss, whose wife was a Quaker. Most members of the Society of Friends believe in letting bygones be bygones, and hope that the new president has permanently abandoned political witchhunting. Quakers suffered in New England in the 1600s when some of them were hanged for witchcraft because they refused to adopt the religious views of the Puritans. More important, they are concerned over their fellow members current outlook on peace. Will he accept the challenge which President Johnson gave him in the State of the Union Message regarding peace? Will he continue Johnsons talks with the Soviet Union seeking peace? Will he push the Paris start toward an early peace in Vietnam? These are concerns" which Quaker lenders had hoped to discuss with their fellow member before ho entered the White House. They will be watching as w ill be most Americans to see luiw lie acts, now that he is president, regarding this most important tenent of the Quaker faith, i long-rang- e DESERET town, to stay in my quarters upstairs, a voluntary prisoner. I was to be served my ('inner on the second floor. At 7 p.m. I saw two Whit House roes coming up the drive and fled upstairs. Little did I realize how truly imprisoned I was to be. Five Secret Service men accompanied the president, so my escape would have been noticed. This situation forced me because of the design of the to be an involuntary eavesdrophouse fete. per on the Although I moved, each time the party on the terrace moved, to the most distant room on my floor, it was impossible not to hear much of what went on. The party soon became very merry. The President's laughter rang out. At dinner, though I was trying not to listen, the Presidert said one tiling so loudly it was impossible not to overhear him: If I could, he said, the way I'd handle (Senator) Huey Long would be physically. He's a physical coward. I've told my fellows up there that the way to deal with him is to frighten lnm. But they're more afraid of him than he is of cat-and-d- TOUR HEALTH U VW a pa i A13 NEWS, Monday, January 20, 1969 OUR MAN JONES What This Old World Needs Most . By HARRY JONES Rick will be home this week. It wasn't a whirlwind romance be- -' tweer. Rick and his pietty Claudia. They had known each other for some time . . . dated once in while. Then one day, Rick felt he had a duty to his country. He enlisted in the U.S. M- "ines. There w ere long w eeks of tough basic training. And when it ended, Rick Buekman came home on leave. songs, in a rather nice and finally he took the instrument and performed creditably for one unfamiliar with it. The night after the Chicago convention (of 1932), the President said, we decided we needed some campaign songs. After working all evening, the only thing we turned out went 'The old G.O.P, it aint what it uster be. " This moved Mr. Corcoran to improvise: Old George Huddleston, he ain't to a what he uster be (a member of Congress from Alabama) The President, when tills was concluded, burst out with Old Carter Glass (th eVirginia senator) he aint what he uster be, etc. Then the company turned back to the favorite song of the evening, Kipling's Gentleman - Rankers." On the repetitions of Baa, baa, baa, the Presidents voice was remarkably distinguishable. The ringing and talk went on until well after midnight. It was at about that time that I fell asleep, pondering the paradoxes of the men who occupy the highest office in the ' - ' He dated Claudia . . . other giil.s. But it was when he was with Ciaudia that he Gq tenor-bariton- reference .... Claudia Rick had the most fun. Yet, it wasnt until ju couple of furloughs later that Rick popped the big question. And Claudqt.,,, , Campbell said yes." They planned a fall marriage when Rick was home from Vietnam. ()li ,. Then one August day in a rice paddy ' of that far off land, Rick and two other Marines ran to the aid of two Army men,. : They didnt have to do it. Halfway across the paddy, a rocket - exploded right at Ricks feet. It killed hi two buddies, and left him seriously wounded. With both legs badly smashed, Rick himself across the ground. After , ; , pulled End Srlt hours of agony on that Aug. 23 of last year, Rick made it back to his outfit: He doesnt remember much about the HENRY HAZLITT or the struggle to get back.' explosion When Rick woke up In a Marine hos- -' pital, one of his legs had been amputated above the knee the other Just below ! the knee. , Rick gave his future a lot of thought. He wouldnt hold Gaudia to her promise. But he was determined to walk again. Ricks parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Backman, gave It a lot of thought top,. The present fixed They wouldnt blame Gaudia if site month interval between the election of a called the whole thing off. new president and his assumption of ofClaudia wasn't home when Rick's fafice is always awkward and potentially ther called. So he gave the message tb ' dangerous. It is an unnecessary evil that Gaudla's dad, Edward Campbell. When..; could be easily abolished. Gaudia did come home, she talked to , it was her decision. The danger of the previous interval of her parents four months between the election of a Rick had been transferred to a hospi- - , -new president and his assumption of oftal in Japan and then to Oakland. And , fice had become clear enough in 1933 to Gaudia flew to be near him. lead to the 20th Amendment, which put They talked. It was then that Gaudia" forward the inauguration date for a new Rick there was a part of a wedreminded 20. 4 March to from January president said in Bickness and- ' Unfortunately, the opportunity was ding ceremony that Both realized their Lowe missed at that time to abolish a long, in health was a deep and wonderful thing. ,, rigidly fixed interval altogether. recovhis to on Rick Soon was way The prolonged interregnum has He mastered the use of his new legs . brought great evils in the past It was in ery. the four months between the election and in no time. To see Rick walk down the would think he may have sufinauguration of Lincoln that seven states street, you a fered slight sprain skiing in his Utah"' seceded from the Union and set up the mountains. was Buchanans Confederacy. authority He is made of the stuff called courage., , ignored, and Lincoln had no legal power to act until events had got almost comHe will make It in this old world, of., ours. pletely out of hand. t Again, the deterioration of business So, just before Christmas, Rick, handconfidence between the election of some and tall, married the pretty ClauFranklin D. Rooseve't in November, dia. 1932, and his inauguration in March, And she stood pretty tali, tool 1933, was accelerative. Roosevelt could not act because he was not yet in office; President Hoover could not lead because End he had lost public support. The economic crisis became far worse than it need Things have changed in country living. have been. Gem used to whistle and whittle. Now In the interregnum which ends today, a transistor radio and an electric'1 both the outgoing and the incoming presi' knife! dent. though of opposite parties, have to make the transisought to tion as smooth as possible. Yet there iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiimrniimiiiifmtimrminiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiinmimt have been serious problems. The negotiations with North Vietnam have dragged on and marked time because the old American negotiators could not speak for the new administration. One clear absurdity that arises out oi the prolonged changeover period combined with the present budget lew is the lpgal requirement that the outgoing president prepare and present a budget for a fiscal year that does not even begin until he has been out of office for nearly six months. The result is that the new president is saddled with a budget implementing all the old president's pobc ies. The fixed month interregnum could be easily alntlished. All that would be necessary is a constitutional amendment allowing the outgoing president to resign ir. fa''oi of his chx ted suecessor at any time before Jan. 20 that they could mutually agree uixin. Such an advanced resignation, of course, should land. of ... Nation Should ... . Abolish The Interregnum ... ... ... Wit's he-ha- s BIG TALK impose no economic penalties. The salaries of the outgoing president and vice president would continue to run in any case to Jan. 20, and the formal inauguration c e r e nt o n e s for the new president could continue to he held on that date. There would be no obligation on any outgoing and incoming congressmen and advance of the present constitutionally fixed dales, but most outgoing congressmen and the outgoing president would probably prefer to do so, if only to avoid tlie Qane duck stigma. 1 And THEN, that mean doctor said, 'A word to the wide is sufficient'!" photos tKtn by LtmH V WcNeeiy tor thf News' popular patty Bnby Birthday teatu Deret uiinAiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiUiiiiiujiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiPtiiMiitr |