Evening star., 1949-05-22
President Held Injured I
By lncoutious Rem6rks
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rn2cA too drastic 10 Apply 70 Fseasts1ia -
Las country And In thsss usasA NeFvgtss-
less pr~ssasns Truman undoubtedly ~o4la
oenssi Z hs should ssAsg iEt ent2fe,y ssD4sa
soea back a. ;h4s Agr ed Isgecees Pc .
considerable post4oa u ia psw~nt lxoahAes
stems from his failure 80 understand thai
except rarely . Pyes4dsCl eanaai A@osr -
say OF wgGlr lhlnss caans@snlsat}y Ana IN
private he xeala not sAy q ~TgsS pas.sSsS,
Other men NAV he blunt Aad o4gss,cAra
when surrounded by .ttegdA- e.l aol . Pavs-
deni-any heS Rot without 3}1
Trust not . brother EnoA neg Trend
SIS old AmrnemAat said may he 100 rlktd .
reStrici&on. Bu; al least a President cs1ehi
10 trus; sKceedlngly fsw and tno&~ only susE
they have been thoroughly tesird Ne khesA
select his tnunates eth great care and tn
talk with them measure ssil his &oTSaa n
would be better Il he dl6 not indulge IN loosa
conversation about public men and pahlls
affairs With any ons bat undst ne elTrual-
stances should he do so ~4lh thase nol cao~riv
bound 10 him BY ties oi PEI SonAi loyalty ard
friendship. Yet IN the past THREE aeeks
hS hAx ARFsm iN
with resulting embarrassment and damage
10 himself
The first wAx when he declared Thai one
trouble With Congress Vas that there we're
too many ByTda Mr, Truman lhoagbL
when he said that that ne wAs having .
confidential conversation II remained
confidential Just a. Ions - lt took the men
10 whom hs talked 70 set TO their hotel The
effect vas highly favorable to Senator Byrd
and damaging 10 Mr. Truman In more wRys
than one. His friends have not made things
better by their strained sxalanAtlona, the
last and iamest Of which Is that thr rresl-
dent was speaking humorouslS Very soon
after that Mr Truman held another con.
hdential conversation" wtth q Congressman
from Wisconsin who began 10 apologize fot
the Senators from that STATE, oh said
Mr.. Truman. In effect. they are pretty bad
If not the worst The worst pair are ttam
issour and the neat worst from Indiana,
! srant you Wisconsin "a third Well. that
St ed confidential until The Congressman
me a newspaper friend from his home state.
No, II ixnt confidential at ell II did not
receive the publicity OF the Byrd incident
because the criticized Senators did not have
the same national prominence But II has
been published In o number Of papsra and
II can be stated that the MessFs. Donnsli
and KEN Of Missouri CapshAIt and JenneT
OF Indiana, Wiley and Mccarthy Of wlscon-
sin are not unaware Of II. These are all
Republicans, II Is true but Nj. Trumans con-
fidentiAl comments are well calculated Ia
make them personal as vel - politirsi
enemies
The third incident was q 'conndentisl'
letter written by Mr., Truman TO labor
leader which did not stAy confidential more
than Q short while Ms contents ~rre con-
strled as criticism OF Mr. Trumans HOUSE
supporters for compromising on his demand
for outright Taft-Hsrtisy repeal. One Of
these was Speaker Sam Rayburn Of Texas.
who had led the Truman nght In tire Houss.
and the Truman letter was said hy un.
friendly writers 10 be slap" at MI Ray"
burn A considerable row waa stirred up
and the White House issued . denial ths.
any slap" had been aimed oil any one Ths
denial was accompanied bf the taInet NeHo
explanation that the uncompllmentary inter
probation was based on typographical errors.
Az such incidents accumulate. an Ill wiil
that Is entirely unneos &Sars increases Mr..
Truman IL q simple and sincere man Hs
has strong likes and disiikes He loves 10
speak his mind freely 20 those he considers
friendly There Ia something ENGAGING about
this quality about his lmpulsise oT-ths.
record utterances, But II seems too bad he
does moi realize that old Amsnemhss
was right and that rulers OF nations cannot
afford to indulge their impulses nor trust
even all their intimatss. They are not osdi"
nary men Their power Ia 30 great that svea
their casual words are important and when
repeated are always exaggerated. To make
Mr.. Truman's risk more pronounced. thsrs
IN In Washington that hostile group Of lib
sral" press eoIumniss. radio commentators
and politicians agilisted with the old Roose-
welt regime. eager 10 take advhntass OF every
dip. Another fact 10 that ihsrs are 'lean
In his own cabinet and even afnnnx thoss
outside the cabinet regarded n close 90.
yis~rs" II would Seem that ths more Mr.
Truman ponders the troubit CAUSED by MA
wholly natural desire 10 be sincere and frank
with those he iikeA and the more he thinks
about shese "leakE the soundsf he must
think the Amenemhai prscspt. ~-F