Show K ge g 1 JF gF IF F PRESIDENT FELL THROUGH FLOOR 0 I. I There'd Be Re-Joisting Re in the White House e of I t 0 THE WORLD WOULD STAND AGHAST de h h. h H. H I. I PHILLIPS i w ROMAN AND THE TUB President Truman in explaining ie e probable cost of around five lillion lion dollars to repair the White Jouse bathroom My Ouse use declared sagged Ragged so that I 1 had begun to fear would go through the floor Jl I TI we f We cant can't see why the President gas ras as alarmed He would have been the first president ever to have fallen from one floor to another in his bath it would have made his his- tory For a century there might have been signs in the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House Hoose President Harry S. S Truman Truman Truman Tru Tru- man President Pre dent of the United United Unit Unit- ed States Landed Here or On This Spot Harry S. S Truman an Made the First Crash Landing Ever Made lade in a White House Douse Bathtub Glider Gilder Type Had Harry kept his mouth shut let the building deteriorate and bravely crashed through the floor In his tub it might have been far from a calamity so far as his fortunes fortunes fortunes for for- tunes are concerned People love the dramatic these days They crave entertainment and action as never before There on the ground ground- floor in his second second floor floor bathtub amid the rubble his head unbowed he would have won a new grip on the public The picture might have taken a place beside Washington and the Delaware in water exploits We can imagine some painter glorifying it with an oil entitled Truman Crossing the Dilapidated Beams The accident would have given the people a new appreciation of ot what a president has to go through It would have kindled a mood of warm sympathy and understanding What man has ever stepped into a bathtub without at least a fleeting fear of ot an accident And how many have known what it is to take a tumble in one Can you fancy their feelings for a President who had stepped into a tub pow I gone down a flight or two I This is an era of rumor gossip gossip gossip gos gos- sip and suspicion the story would have spread that the Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans had undermined the timbers and this would have Increased Increased Increased In In- creased pity for the President From coast to coast across mountains and valleys over i brooks and rivers from log cabin to mansion the one cry would have gone up Hows Bows Harry The world would have awaited breathlessly the hourly bulletins from the White House 10 AM A.M. The AltI The White House morning morning morn morn- ing Lug statement read The Pres- Pres dent is doing well but still suffering suffering suffer suffer- ing from his own amazement Noon The Noon The President Is resting His Ins face tace is not so red by 10 degrees degree as was after alter the mishap 1 P P. P M. M M. Mrs Trumar Truman was allowed allowed allowed al al- lowed to visit the President this afternoon She asked him simply It seems mighty funny to me that you and the tub went down two flights but your bathrobe remained on the hook upstairs 2 P. P M. M President M.-President President Truman got a telegram from Thomas E E. E Dewey It read I join the bathtub users of America in my deepest gratitude that you piloted the tub to a safe landing and I 1 sincerely hope you will soon be bathing again in the happiness and security which you have a right to expect from our country 3 P. P Henry M-Henry M. M Henry Wallace was asked to comment on the Presidents President's bathtub bath bathe bathtub tub accident and replied It was too far away for me to know the exact facts All AU I 1 know is that you hear of nothing like that happening in Russia 5 P. P The M-The M. M The doctors said they would permit the President to to be interviewed by radio and and television I only regret Mr Truman said that I have but one ceiling to give for my country A New Jersey court has ruled that a night watchman sleeping on the premises Is entitled to overtime if awake during his sleeping hours If U he sleeps durIng durIng during dur dur- ing his waking hours does the boss get a refund We Just heard of a fellow who needing rest and quiet was ordered by his bis doctor to spend six months in Wall street I |