Evening star., 1952-04-25
man Iran 'uItimotum' Statement Causes New Furore

1.-THE NATO. Secretary of Stat
Acheson negotiated the NAT(
pacts which are being carrie,
through to success. he said.
Now, Mr.. Truman went on, W
are in the midst of the sam
Emergency. We are trying to arm
the NATO countries so they viii
stand up. and are trying to preven
the Korean army which we hav'
there along with our Allies from
being shot in the back.
/ And that can only be done b!
an all-out steel production, HI
warned.
In Midst of Emergency.
Declaring that he felt we are ir
the midst of as great an emer.
gency as ever had been faced-ir
Steel-Mr. Truman said he haC
tried to meet it.
For that, he said, he has beer
roundly abused, but he is not the
first President who has beer
abused under the same circum-
stances.
So he knows how to take it.
Soberly, the President once more
told of his hopes for peace in the
world; said that has been his
constant aim. and emphasized
that peace means the welfare OF
every nation in the world.
Further. he amplified, if the
Point Four program for aiding the
undeveloped areas of the world
can get going, the productive
capacity Of the United States will
be challenged to keep step with
the demands for American goods.
Half alphabetically, Mr.. Tru-
man said he had not intended to
make speech. but, he repeated.
there had been so much hooey
spread that he felt constrained to
talk.
ReiterateS Nations Aims.
Prosperity at home and peace
in the world is the aim of this
country, he reiterated, and it will
be his goal as long as he is Presi-
dent-until January 20, next. We
have both-almost-now, he said,
and if we continue, we can have
both in entirety.
When the questioning started,
the President was asked if he had
a characterization similar to
"hooey" to apply to the House
move to impeach him.
That's political. Mr.. Truman
scoffed, but they've got right
to do that if they want to.
He's got a good defense, he
grinned.
Conference questioning got onto
other subjects briefly. Then Mr..
Truman was asked to enumerate
instances in which Presidents had
exercised vast powers. He first
told his questioner to read his
tory. then commented that the
country had not been hurt when
these powers were used.
Evades Direct Question.
He said once more that he had
never implied that he would seize
press and radio, but evaded a
direct question bearing on his
powers in this connection.
Asked if his response to the
editors on the controversial issue
was not dealing solely with the
question of steel. MIR. Truman par
ried that he was answering on
the point of the welfare of the
country.
Citing then some Of the things
that his predecessors had done,
Mr.. Truman recalled the Louisi-
ana Purchase negotiated by JEFF
ferson; the annexation of Texas
under Tyler; acquisition of Cali
fornia under Polk, and the pur-
chase of Stewards icebox'' ALAS
ka-a transaction carried out by
Secretary of State Seward in the
johnson administration.
Mr.. Truman commented that
he imagines the resources of
Alaska are a thousand times more
valuable than the cost of the ter
ritory. ..
Powers Used by Lincoln,
Lincoln used great powers to
meet emergencies. Mr.. Truman
pointed out, and so did Roosevelt.
He reiterated that he was not
lecturing his auditors but wanted
to tell them some of the inter-
esting things.
And, he insisted, he was not
discussing individuals-only the
office they had held.
When reporter reminded the
President that Congress was wor-
ried about his use Of "unwritten
law" in the steel case, he con-
ceded that he recognized the dan
ger IN such course, but insisted
that when an emergency arises,
it must be met.
Asked for Advice Twice.
Twice, Mr.. Truman recalled. he
had asked Congress for advice
and legislation-on alternative
plans for dealing with the threat
ened steel strike, but all he got
was the charge that he had done
wrong and Should be impeached.
Asked why the injunctive proc
esses of the Taft-Hartley Act had
not been invoked to hold of the
strike threat another 80 days. Mr..