Evening star., 1952-02-13
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Truman Callers
Add dtoC,onfusiio
On Intentions
Word Due in Is Days,
One Says; Undecided.
Another Reports
By Josepl, A. Fox

president told him he hadn t
made up his mind yet.
First word on Mr.. Truman's S
purporteo views came from Ben
jamin G. Browdy. president of
the Zionist Organization of
America, who has textile inter
ests in New York and the South.
Mr.. Browdy, who said he had
urged the President to run and
expressed the opinion he would,
told reporters the President said
he expected to make his decision
about his political future in the
next 10 or Is days.
Going a little further. Mr..
Browdy said the President had
told him flatly he would announce
his intensions within that time.
Short Sees Confusion.
The Browdy statement was
called to the attention of White
House Press Secretary Joseph
Short who was asked also If there
was any comment on the state
lment yesterday by Representative
SABBATH, Democrat. of Illinois, who
talked to the President and later
said that Mr.. Truman expressed
la willingness to seek reelection If
lit would speed world peace.
Mr.. Short, under questioning,
said the President "has made no
such public remarks and when
asked about the chances that Mr..
Truman had commented privately,
Jas had been represented, he re-
sponded: I'm pretty sure that
sometimes people In their en-
lthusiasm confuse their own re-
marks with those Of the Presi-
dent"
Asked then If he was "repudi-
|ating" the two quoted statements.
Mr.. Short refused to 60 beyond
his own disclaimer.
He pointed out. however, that
Others had expressed views along
the lines Of those of Mr.. SABBATH
and Mr.. Browdy and said he could
make a career" Of making de-
malls. It was pointed out to him
however, that the SABBATH and
Browdy statements were the first
which had purported to quote
President Truman directly.
Another Caller Quoted.
A little while after Mr.. Short
has sought to brush on the earlier
stories, Abraham Feinberg, a New
York hosiery manufacturer who
lis active in the Democratic Party,
saw the President and told re-
|porters Mr.. Truman said that he
hadn't had time to make up his
mind about running.
AS Mr.. Feinberg came out of
Mr.. Truman's Office q White House
aide suggested to correspondents
that they question him.
According to Mr.. Feinberg, the
President said II don't intend to
make up my mind for some time
to come"
Mr.. Truman has several times
told reporters he has made up
his mind what he would do.
Mr.. Browdy backed up his state
ment Of the Presidents early an
Inouncement by saying Judging
by his remarks I would say he
will run again"
MIR. Truman. according to Mr..
SABBATH, said he had had enough
after seven years in the White
House. and realized another term
would undermine his health and
shorten his life. The President
even recalled that he had urged
President Roosevelt to quit
whether In 1910 or 1914 was not
clear.
Nevertheless, according to Mr.
SABBATH. the President would make
the race again If he felt it would
be for the good of the country,
admitting at the same time that
some one else might be able to
carry on when the time came.
Reaction Is Varied.
Politicians recalled that Presi-
dent Roosevelt had talked SINH
larly to visitors before making
his third and fourth bids for the
presidency.
The SABBATH statement brought
varied reactions. but none added
lup to anything more than we'll
defined lunches.
Senator Anderson, Democrat,
Iof New Mexico. who served as Mr..
Truman's Secretary of Agriculture
before entering the Senate, said
the report confirms his belief that
the President will run again.
Senator johnson. Democrat, Of
Colorado, who thinks Mr.. Truman
viii not run, said he was much
interested in the SABBATH report
but added:
It's still my personal hunch
that President Truman win not
run again"
Senator Sparkman, Democrat,
lof Alabama. q Southerner who
has helped put parts Of the Tru-|
imam program through Congress,
lSaid. Maybe 1t sounds crazy for
ma n sov 90 hr,t r xfi1l S5ny,,t f1aiv,tr
|he is q candidate.
Ellis Arnall, former Governor oil
Georgia. who has been picked by
the President as price stahilizer. !
said two weeks ago that he was
convinced Mr.. Truman would rum
ITt was Mr.. Arnall who tipped on
president Roosevelt's fourth term
Intentions III the spring Of 1914
land some politicians believe Mr..
Arnall received some assurances
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