Evening star., 1950-12-23
Truman Holds Hope
For World That Is
Safe 10 Live In
BY the Associated Press

INDEPENDENCE, MO-, dec. Z3
President Truman, home fol
Christmas, holds out hope of "a
world that is safe for you ano
myself, and everybody else tc
live in"
He says the American people
are "in excellent shape" to meet
the challenge of world commu.
nisn, as the Nation has met every
crisis since Washington's time.
"All we need now is time ano
that is what we are fighting for
the President last night told q
hometown audience of Masons
mostly old friends and lodge
brothers.
He unexpectedly spoke out on
the world crisis at a dress-Suit
banquet after flying out of a
Washington snowstorm into what
he plainly regarded as an atmos-
phere of good will and unity
quite different from the Wash
ington sharpshooting he is ac-
customed to.
Nothing Like Home.
There is nothing like coming
home" he said with obvious
feeling.
Mr.. Truman spent the night
here in his home town where some
rs youngsters waiting outside the
temporary White House lured him,
coatless, to his first impromptu
speech of the day.
II hope you all get everything
you want for Christmas" the Pres
ident said.
That sounded at the time like
lust well-meaning wish of we'll
known fond father, but the Presi-
dent developed it a few hours later
in the swank dining room Of a
Kansas City hotel amid red Christ
mas candles and silver candelabra
He started by disagreeing in a
friendly fashion with Roy Roberts
president of the Kansas City Star
Mr.. Robert had called for unity OF
all Americans, who, he said, are
presently confuShed about the
world outlook.
Confusers Confused.
"I think it is the confusers who
are confused. Roy, not the country
or the people" the President said
Warming, he went on to say
the American people understand
the situation and are willing to
make needed sacrifices to meet
the situation that began January,
1916, when United States-Russian
differences began to appear ON
inous.
I'VE are in excellent shape to
meet that situation" Mr.. Truman
said. "All we need now is time
and that is what we are fighting
for"
Confidently he said, when we
get through we will have a peace
full world, and a world that is
safe for you. and myself. and
everybody else to live in."
Speechmaking wasn't over for
the President even then.
Attends Lodge Ceremony.
He went on to nearby Grand
view, Mo-, where. the family farm
Is located and presided at an in
stallation of officers for Masonic
lodge ceremony he hasn't
missed if he could help it since
he was first elected an officer OF
the Grandview lodge after it was
chartered III 1911.
1.-The pleasure in coming back
to these lodge meetings is that ]
can be myself" he said in an
other off-the-cuff speech.
He was himself all right. Other
members called him Brother Tru-
man, Brother Harry-sometimes
just plain Harry. He seemed to
like it.
The President, under lodge rules,
he had to wear a hat. The Presi-
dent had none since he dislikes
wearing hat with evening
clothes. So he borrowed a snap
brim model from his brother
Vivian.
Borrows Ritual Apron.
The President also lacked the
ritual Masonic apron, but that
didn't stop him. He borrowed one
from Enge Way, Grandview car
penter and past grand master OF
the lodge. Coincidentally. it was
the apron the President auto
graphed for Mr.. Way last year.
Mr.. Truman planned to take
1t easy today. There was to be a
, hotel party for the correspondents
accompanying him, and an East
ern Star ceremony at Grandview
tonight.
Tomorrow he will press a tele-
graph key lighting the White
House Christmas tree in Washing
ton. The ceremony will be from
the Presidents independence fire.
side while the Christmas message
to the Nation is already recorded
Yor simultaneous delivery