Show Jackson Statue Rests at last President Unloads It ItOn ItOn On Hometown Court INDEPENDENCE MO President President President dent Truman finally unloaded a 12 foot equestrian statue of one of his favorite characters Andrew Jack Jack- son With about 1500 fellow Jackson looking on he gave the statue of Old Hickory to the county It took the President 15 years to dispose of the statue but everybody everybody every every- body seemed happy when Margaret Truman unveiled it in subfreezing weather on the courthouse lawn When he was pres presiding dIng judge of the county court Truman thought It would be a fine idea to have a Jackson statue in front of the new courthouse in Kansas City The county got so big it needed two courthouses The larger Is In Kansas City Sculptor Charles Keck New York got the job Apparently sculptors warm up just like baseball pitch pitch- ers First Keck turned out a very small job Then a life sie one And finally the size double-size one which now stands in Kansas City He gave th the miniature and the size life ones to Truman who yields to no man In his admiration of Old Hickory The smallest and the largest offered offered offered of of- no problem Truman took the little job for his desk and the big bigone bigone bigone one was unveiled In front of the Kansas City courthouse In 1934 1 by Margaret But It wasn't so simple to decide what to do with the sized middle-sized one It Is not hot small enough to keep keepIn In the house and it is too big to put In anybody's front yard Truman said today It occurred to him however how how- how however ever it was just the right size to togo togo togo go with the Independence court court- house So he offered It to severa several successive county courts No tak take ers era |