Evening star., 1948-06-14
ITruman's Return Trip
To Touch New Mexico,
Arizona and Colorado
By Joseph A. Fox
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BY Joseph a. Fox
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ABOARD PRESIDENT TRU-
MANS SPECIAL TRAIN, June
14.-President Truman swept
deeper into California today with
a promise to "lay it on" in his
running vendetta with Congress
Moving into Los Angeles for the
last scheduled major speech Of his
Western swing. the President made
it known that he would cut through
Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado
on the return phase nj his trip In
the West. This will give him an
opportunity to continue the assault
on Congress on the argument he
has built up about lack of appro-
priations for development Of nat
ural resources and also on congress
sional inaction on his domestic leg
islative policy.
The Presidents speech is sched-
uled at AIS pm, Washington time
Opportunity to Help Anderson.
The announcement that the
President would 60 home by train
cleared up the doubt that had pre-
vailed about his travel plans. II
had been reported previously hi
might fly back to Washington from
Los Angeles. The Southwestern
jaunt will give him an opportunity
to speak in behalf of Clinton p
Anderson. former Agriculture Sec.
retary, who is now a candidate fol
the Senate from New Mexico.
Mr.. Truman will make rear plat
form talks at Albuquerque, N. Mex.
and other points en- route to Kansas
City.
The Presidents press secretary
Charles G. Ross, announced tha'
Mr.. Truman will spend Wednesda.
night at his home in independence
Mo, rather than at Kansas City
Mr.. Truman will leave his specia
train when it arrives at Kansa!
City and drive to independence
with Mrs. Truman and his daugh
ter Margaret. Later he will driv'
to Grandview, also in Jackson
County, to visit his brother, Viviar
Truman, and his sister, Miss Mar!
Jane Truman.
This will be the Chief Executive'l
first visit home since the death ol
his aged mother, Mrs. Martha e
Truman.
Won't Speak in Home County.
The home trip, as revised, does
not contemplate speech in Jack.
son County, nor any appearance by
the President in Kansas City be.
yond his drive through the city oi
independence. He will board thu
train at Independence Thursday
morning to continue into Washing.
ton.
His schedule calls for the Presi.
dents departure at 9 o'clock (EST)
tonight from Los Angeles over {
route which will include operationa
stops at San Bernardino, Barstov
and Needles, Calf
Tomorrow will find the Presiden.
tial Special passing through Selig'
man, Ash Fork and Winslow, Ariz.
Gallup, Albuquerque. Las Vegas ane
Ration. N. Mex, at all Of which shor
stops will be made. In most in.
stances the President will speal
from his private car.
Wednesdays stops will include La
Junta, Colo, at 4:40 am. (EST)
but because OF the hour the Presi'
dent is not likely to appear there
Other stops Wednesday will include
Dodge City, Newton and Emporia
Kans.
Mr.. Truman came into Los An
geles after a busy daysin San Fran
fcisco, in which he made three talk!
at breakfast with the governing
body Of the International Labor
Organization: at luncheon with
Northern California's delegation t.
the Democratic National Conven'
tion, and a Flag Day ceremony ir
Golden Gate Park, under the aus.
pices of the Elks.
At the ILO talk the President re.
verted to his speech at the Univer.
sity of California commencement
Saturday, when he blamed Russia'l
unyielding attitude for hinde:'ins
efforts to make peace. The Presi'
dent stressed that this countr,
wants peace above everything elst
and believes 1t is attainable.
His attack on Congress for fail
ing to act on his legislative pro-
gram spiced his day-long discus
sion Of the problems the country
faces.
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