The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-18
Observations
New Family in
White House 10
be Popular
By HELEN ESSARY
BY HELEN ESsARY

Nv HELEN EopAANI
What are the Trumans like?
Really like. Not pretty sentences
now. What kind OF folks are
they Are they your kind and my
kind?
These are the questions I've ash
ed a dozen people since the porten-
tous news. Roosevelt Dead. was
flashed onto our consciousness To
my questions wherever directed
I'VE had almost Identical answers.
The Trumans are made OF yard
wide, Atwood stun They are 100
per cent American. You can count
on the Trumans As a family they
como across. Harry, Bess and
daurrslr Margaret
Strangely the first time saw
Mr.. and Mrs Truman | almost
overlooked them altogether Who
are those people over there on the
gold sofa 90 | asked ~ one OF Mrs.
Evelyn Walsh McLeans dinners,
as Washingtonians always ask
when new faces come within their
vision
why. that's the head OF the
Truman committee and his wife.
Want to meet them"
Certainly wanted to meet them
| found the Trumans agreeable and
conservative and almost forgot
about them until the Democratic
convention at Chicago last July
Then everybody began asking
about Harry Truman The uncer-
tain health OF President Roosevelt
was being discussed everywhere IN
the world and particularly In chi
cago. then Was Truman OF a cali
her suitable for the White House
in such desperate times as these?
Many people said no. More PEG
pie must have said yes for Truman
and his running mate were elected
10 the two most responsible oirces
in the United States
4 very heartening quality the
new Presiden has is his popularity
with the opposition party. Re
publicans praise his ability Those
who have associated with him say
the new President isn't afraid 10
say he has made a mistake. Hes
likely to make many mistake be-
fore he gets us through the mud
and slush OF the next few years
But he will be the first to admit
he is wrong For example. there
was the time he got some facts
about John L. Lewis bookkeeping
. mixed up. When he found out that
he had been incorrect, he apollo
gized 10 the Senate for his error.
The new President and his wife
and daughter are a genuinely hap
nv family Mr.. TT man doesn't
look a sentimental fellow. Not
with those gimlet eyes and tight
lips. But he dotes on his wife and
always speaks of her as my girl
or my darling. Mrs. Truman
has the look OF woman who Is
sure Of her husbands love.
She isn't dashing looking But
she is sor. OF pretty and plump and
comfortable to be about. She has
nice white hair which she has done
a. a modest beauty parlor way out
on Connecticut Ave.
When shs is with her old friends
she is honey and chatty Doesn't
worry too much about the state OF
the. world, though | am told she
is as smart as a whip-indeed that
her brand Of smartness tells her
when to play dumb. That's my
idea OF a smart woman.
Margaret Truman, White House
daughter. is graceful friendly
blonde She takes pains 70 be
pleasant wherever she Is. And she
remembers names and the faces
that go with them
When Mr.. Truman became vice
president he and his family con
tinued 10 live modestly in an apart
ment on Connecticut Ave. Mostly
Mrs. Truman did her own house.
work there For several weeks her
friends have been trying TO get a
good maid One Of Mrs Trumans
particular friends. Mrs. Arthur
Claredon Smith has been trailing
cook for Mrs. Truman.
That problem is solved. i've
had the promise OF several good
ones for Mrs Truman" Mrs. Smith
explained But now guess III
stop trying Bess won't be having
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