The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-05-21
Observations
Truman's Energy
Amazes Police al
Capital
By HELEN EssARY

| don't intend 10 make MT. Iru-
man my almost daily theme. But
the new president is a constant
temptation TO meandering Wash
ington columnist. He Is such a
perfect specimen OF American NEW
style). In fact, he's almost a mu-
scum piece OF Americana new
stylel. II one could associate as ac-
tive a personality as the gentle
man from Missouri with a stuny
museum.
Take. for example, that most re-
cent visit OF. the President to Con-
gress. was in the entrance cor
ridor of the Senate wing OF the
Capitol, about to make a left-hand
turn across the main corridor,
when a Capitol policeman held out
a OBTAINING arm. Naturally, |
paused. Then, Unexpectedly, sill
entity. a little group OF men passed
in hurry.
The President" muttered the
policeman from behind the side OF
his hand. Then he quickly broke
into a marching step aud Joined
the back row Of other Capitol po-
licemen who. by this time, had
caught up with the group.
The President was stepping
blithely ahead in the front row.
He had on a smart gray. raineoat
and a smart gray hat with tie and
gloves 10 match. He was smiling
and saying "howdy do" and waving
hand here and shaking a hand
there as sightseers and old Capitol
retainers stepped from behind
| pillars.
Before you could say, How about
n second term" President Truman
entered his waiting limousine and
| settled himself in the back seat.
He nodded a quick. smiling good
by. And was gone. The Secret
Service men riding on the running
boards seemed 10 have no more
effect on him than If they werent
there at all. In fact you could
hardly tell which fellow was Mr..
Truman. Unless you picked out
the cheeriest face in the group!
Soon the Capitol policemen were
returning TO their posts. Can you
beat him." the captain said to the
lieutenant. And he is 81 years
old, All could do to keep up
with him. He walks so fast. Lis
ten, the people are crazy about him.
He thinks hiss like they are. And
ssyx. thsuS~ hes Hhs they are"
80 ~.
THERE is A LOT OF AMERI-
CANA about the town nowadays.
Maybe il has been here all along.
But you just didn't notice IT. For
example:
Two interesting Secret Service
gentlemen who watch over the go
ings on in the ante-room OF the exc
cutiye Offices of the White House.
These two gentlemen are Will
liam Simmons, who acts as recep-
ZIONIST, and Jimmy Sloan, in charge
of the outer office, and they are
as much a part OF the White House
scenery as the Big Filipino table
that Aguinaldo gave the United
States several presidents ago.
Granted that the caribou is the
fayorite animal of the Filipinos,
still the table has too many carl
bou legs and there are too many
| caribou horns. However. the whole
Hutfit makes a good resting place
Tor correspondents who come to
bee what is going on in the White
{House.
At any rate, when ] wandered
| into the executive Offices the other
day, the Messrs. Sloan and Sim.
mons were talking earnestly behind
the desk which guards. each import
ant doorway. And what do you
think they were talking about:
Plots. dangers, evil schemes?
Guess again
Simmons was saying: What
worries me is how I'm going TO get
my summer canning done this sum-
mer with another sugar shortage
just ahead"
"Your canning" l exclaimed.
"Certainly. he cans" added Jimmy
Sloan. I'm serious. He cans. y
Messrs. Sloan and Simmons are
rs agreeable a pair of cynics as
ever survived the Washington hub
hub. They seemed. however, to be
reasonably truthful today.
Certainly l can. I've been do
ing II for years. I've taught my
wife 10 can. Taught her TO cook,
100. I've got lot Of swell old cook
books. Some Of them are so old