The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-20
|Bodyguards OF
Margaret Are
Criticized

STOCKHOLM, Sweden omar
garet Humans three American
bodyguards were making no
friends and influencing some news
papers in Sweden today. The pa
pers don't like them.
Several papers charged the three
u. S. Secret Service men accom-
panying the Presidents daughter
on her European tour were armed
and were pushing Swedish citizens
around in bullying fashion.
One paper wondered why Miss
Truman needed an American guard
anyway. After all, commented At
tonbladet, I'VE understand that she
is not going to sing here"
Police Chief Erik Ros said he
had ordered an investigation Of the
newspaper complaints but added
he would have no comment on the
case until a full report was made.
In Washington. the State De-
partment said the u. S. embassy
in Stockholm had denied there had
been any such incidents as the
Swedish press reported.
The Swedish foreign office also
indicated that one of the alleged
instances of Observation-Disclosures
paper charges that the bodyguards
had kept reporters and photog-
raphers out of Stockholm City Hall
while Miss Truman visited there
was exaggerated.
The foreign office said Miss Tru-
mans guard, who repeatedly
stopped a reporter and q photog-
rapher, had not acted Extensively.
He politely told the men, mo pic
lures, please"
Miss Truman has been In Swe-
den since Sunday on an European
tour. Washington sources identified
her bodyguard as Secret Service
agents assigned by the Treasury
Department to protect the Presi-
dent and his family.
Short said the checkup hasn't
Department Is getting reports
from the Swedish police" which
haven't arrived in Washington.
The Treasurery made q check
because the guards with the
Presidents daughter on her Euro
pean trip are Secret Service men.
The Secret Service comes under
jurisdiction of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Miss Truman arrived in Sweden
last Sunday and left today for
Finland.
During her stay, Swedish news
papers reported that the three
Secret Service men with her were
armed and were pushing Swedish
citizens around In bullying fashion.
There was q specific complaint
among other things, that they had
roughly handled q photographer.
Reporters asked Short whether
there was anything In the prelim-
mary reports to indicate any basis
at all for the Swedish newspaper
stories. He was asked specifically
about the reported incident involv-
ing the newspaper photographers.
Short said there was "an alleged
incident at City Hall" which be
described in this way:
Zone photographer approached
one of the Secret Service agents
at City Hall and asked II Miss
Truman would permit her picture
to be taken at that time. She was
looking at some exhibitions at the
time. The agent said that she pre-
ferred not to be photographed. The
photographer then asked II she was
present, inside the building, and
was told that there weren't"
Short said the reports received
here indicated that was all there
was to the incident. He added that
pictures were taken Of Miss Tru-
man at many places.
Short was pressed - TO whether
the agent roughed up the photog-
rapher.
absolutely not" Short said. ''lt
was just q very CAIN discussion.
Nobody was touched, threatened
or anything else"
Short went on 70 say that the Sc
cret Service Is required BY law 10
protect the President of the United
States members Of his immediate
family and the Prestdent-elecs.
Short wouldn't discuss the ques-
ton of whether the Secret Service