Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1945-05-18

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by implication, to support injustices
perpetrated by other nations, past
or present.
Truman Understands
Congress- Viewpoint
With Harry Truman in the White
House the position of the delegation
has been strengthened by his an
nouncement that he would not attend
the meeting in person, but would
back up his delegates from his desk
where he belonged" There are
several other things that augur well
for harmony. The senate knows that
Mr.. Truman is not personally COM
mitted in any way to Britain or
| Russia since he did not participate
in any of the talks of the Big
Three; they noted his remark that
Foreign Commissar Molotov when
he arrived in this country would pay
his respects to the President of the
United States "as he should" This
| time the mountain had come to Ma
homet, not the reverse.
Lastly, there is the very potent
fact that President Truman was
Senator Truman for a long while.
He knows the legislative viewpoint
and, to know the legislative view
point, not accidentally as an out
side observer, but as longtime
possessor of that viewpoint, is of
great practical importance. Remem-
Der the frequent controversies be-
tween the administration and con-
gress in the past few years. Note,
likewise, two of the outstanding sue
cesses in obtaining cooperation be-
tween the executive and the legisla-
tive branches: Cordell Hull and
James Byrnes, both former men,
bers of congress.
So much for the hope for domes-
tic harmony Now consider the diff
ference between the position of the
United States in 1919 and the United
States in 1915.
Then, it is true, our entry into
the war made victory possible. But
now we have taken over the major
burden of the fighting and in so do
ing have become the most powerful
country in the world and of all the
Fo"SAAoA SodlitA1So, IAlC Vic WILL
emerges with its military resources
least impaired-by far the most
powerful in terms of army, navy
and war material and wealth.
On the whole I think it is fair to
report general feeling of optimism
on the part of the American delega-
ton and at least a feeling on the
part of other delegates I have met,
of willingness to try to justify that
optimism.
A GIL. President
1t is a long time since we have
had an ex-soldier in the White
House. President Truman is the
first veteran of World War l to ac-
,cept the mansion.
AS you know he broadcast to the
troops overseas soon after he ad-
dressed congress. Naturally the
movie-cameras and the sound-track
boys were there. So were the army
photographers. But the Big Boys
get the priorities at such shows. The
newsreels, the top-f1ight magazines
and the rest. The boys in uniform
were pushed back. They didn't be-
long
AS result they got a sad side
shot that was strictly ng.
So the officer in charge went up
and asked if he could have a re-
take. Certainly" Cor words to that
effect since we don't quote Presi-
dents) said President Truman. go
ahead, we'll do the whole thing
over"
Well, army pictorial does things
right. 1t has some of the best Hol-
lywood technical men in uniform. 1t
took long time to get just the right
lighting. So an official came up and
said:
You have just ten minutes
more"
Up spoke the captain: do you
want the President taken right or
wrong?"
The President broke in: Take
all night if you want to-" Cor, as I
said, words to that effect). This pic
ture was for the GI.s.
And so they fiddled and fooled I'M
til they had the lights right, until
they had everything just right.
And then the President went
ahead and did his speech over
again.
It is one of the best action shots
taken in the White House.
But you won't see it. It was just
for tho r Ic