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Evening star., 1952-05-04
Now This Piano

Announcer: The piano over
here, Mr.. President >.
Mr.. Truman: It's a wonderful
Steinway piano. It's a beautiful
piano. 1t has one of the most
beautiful tones of any piano I've
ever heard.
Announcer: You have a piano
I guess, in your study. Do you ever
play the pianos in the public
rooms, Mr.. President?
Hardly ever.
Announcer: I wonder if you
would mind if I just hit a note
of this piano so people would
know what White House piano
sounded like?
Mr.. Truman: I'll show you what
it sounds like.
Gle sits and strums a few
chords ending with a flourish. He
moves across the room.)
Mr.. Truman: I have another
piano up here too that's a good
one. It was presented to the new
White House by an American
piano company - the Baldwin
people. It's a lovely piano, too-in
"a mahogany case with silver trim
mings. It has the seal on the out
side and it also has a beautiful
tone Islands and plays. Oh,
that's a beautiful piano. Both
of them are. Some time or other
I'm hoping to have a reception
and have a two-piano concert
by a couple of the worlds great
pianiSts. I'm sure we'll have them
one of these days.
Announcer: Do you think you
can do that while you are still
in the White House, Mr.. Presi-
dent? Is that something to look
forward to?
Mr.. Truman: I can't do it any
other time and I'm going to do
it before I move out.
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The War Map Room

Announcer - Mr.. President,
while we are downstairs here
where was the Map Room during
World War II?
Mr.. Truman-It was the room
to the left as you come in by the
Diplomatic Reception Room. The
room is now being used for q
ladies' cloak room, I believe.
Announcer-Was it down there
that President Roosevelt and Win
ston Churchill plotted the war to-
gether Immediately after Pearl
Harbor?
Mr.. Truman-Yes, Mr.. Church
i'll spent AZ days here at the White
House. And when first came
here, my first stop every morning
was at the map room to see what
was going on in the world. And
that remained the Map Room
until the Japanese surrendered.
Announcer-You got your brief
ing from military leaders there?
Mr.. Truman-That's right, and
transoceanic conversations were
made from that room.
Evening star., 1952-05-04

front of the White House Is the
front. The Pennsylvania side is
the back. but everybody in these
days calls the Pennsylvania side
the front of the house. But the
front of the house is the part that
faces south.
Announcer: I wonder how that
got mixed up that way?
Mr.. Truman: Well, there used
to be a street through here, and
they took that street out on ac-
count of the fact that they wanted
to save all these beautiful park
grounds for the White House.
Announcer: incidentally, this
Iporch-this back porch men,
toned a moment ago-is also the
scene of that famous balcony.
Mr.. Truman Oaughingl: Well
the balcony belongs on that porch
and nobody has ever found any
fault with it since it's been fin
ished. It created quite a furol
here by the boys who didn't under
stand what was happening. JUS
like they made the same kind o1
mistake when we tried to finish
the Capitol Building. You know
the Capitol Building isn't finished
because the dome hangs 7 fee
over the East Portico and tina
old sandstone building, one O
these days, is going to crumpl,
up with that heavy iron dome OF
top Of it.
And the same sort of a cam
paign was made and we didn't ge
it flnished-the Capitol Building
1t ought to be finished. Tha
dome was put on the old part O
the building in about 1868. An,
If you 60 down to the Capito
Building when you are on a tou
of Washington you'll find in tn,
basement of the Capitol an archi
tect's model of the Capitol Build
ing as it should be. Some time O,
other. why somebody will get i
done.
Evening star., 1952-05-04

getting power on a Statewide
basis. In 1850 he polled more
popular votes than Senator But
Ter but the latter won by getting
more unit votes in the State
Convention.
State Senator Robert B. Kimble
Of Allegany, is a strong labor man
from the labor end of the district
around Cumberland.
Two who probably will trail in
the balloting are George M. Moore
of Silver Spring, former investi-
gator and counsel for several con-
gressional committees, and Frank
r. Long. Kensington attorney.
House Districts Elsewhere.
Three members of Congress are
involved in primary fights else
where.
Representative Devereux has
Evening star., 1952-05-04
J. Terry Hirst Named
To PurceIIviIIe Board
SpeciuI Dispoteh 70 The Stor

LEESBURG, Va. May 81
Terry Hirst of Purcellville has
been appointed to the Loudoun
County School Board
Mr.. Hirst was selected by the
School Trustee Electoral Board to
represent Mount Gilead District
on the School Board. He was ap-
pointed to serve the unexpired
term of w. T. Smith. who re-
signed. That term ends June 80
1853.
Mr.. Hirst formerly served on the
County Board of Supervisors. He
has advocated one consolidated
high school for white students tc
be erected near Leesburg.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Touring White House With an Expert Guide

Like any proud home -owner,
President Truman took a Nation
wide television audience on tour
of the new,.y renovated White
House yesterday.
He put on a good display of
White House lore, setting his
questioners straight on many finer
historical points.
AS Transcribed from a television
set at The Star. the President s
running commentary provides an
intimate glimpse of the new
White House and the man who
lives there.
Here are the highlightS.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Gore Rops McKeIdin
For Indorsinq Candidate

Gov. McKeldin's Endorsement o1
a Senatorial candidate in tomor-
rows Republican primary ir
Maryland yesterday was the target
of one of the final brickbats tossed
by H. Grady Gore. one of four
overlooked by the chief executive
Mr.. Gore spoke at a rally spon-
sored by the Upper Montgomery
County Republican Women's Club
at the Lee Counselman farm near
Goshen.
Representative BeaIl, generally
regarded as Mr.. Cores principal
opponent, had returned to his
home at Frostburg. Thomas Han
kinson of Baltimore was the Sec
ond senatorial candidate to speak.
Three Of the five COP. candi-
dates for the House nomination
from the 9Th District also spoke
Gov. McKeldin openly indorsed
Mr.. Beall earlier in the campaign
Mr.. Gore yesterday carried on
the argument he has advanced
since this Endorsement by stating
that he was a candidate in his
own right without obligation .to
bosses or machines.
"The newspapers say there are
only two men on base in this cam
|paign," Mr.. Gore said. II won
der if there still wouldn't be four
on base if Gov. McKeldin hadn't
stepped in"
George Moore Of Silver Spring
running for the House, recounted
his 10 years experience as chief
investigator and counsel for vari-
GUS congressional committees.
:. State Senator Dewitt s. Hyde
|of Montgomery County, also a
House candidate, outlined his
qualifications, including six years
as a member of the General
Assembly.
/ The third House candidate,
Frank r. Long of Kensington, de-
clared: 1T just does not make
sense to ask the railroad workers
to take l cent an hour less be-
cause of an alleged decrease in
the living cost index and then tell
steel workers 27 cents an hour is
necessary and justified on ac-
count Of the cost of living index
going up"
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Arlington Awards
S25O,OOO in Contracts
To Improve Streets

Contracts for street improve
ments totaling more than $780,
900 were awarded yesterday by
the Arlington County Board.
The contracts went to the Ar
lington Asphalt Co., lowest of three
bidders.
The work includes $161 $50 for
surface treatment and bituminous
concrete pavement costing $780,
375. The projects are for the fiscal
year beginning July /.
Fare Case Cost $4,000.
Gerald j. Glassman, executive
assistant to the county Public
Utilities Commission. reported an
Interstate Commerce Commission
decision of April 26 fare increase
requested by the Arnold bus line.
Mr.. Glassman said Arlington
bus riders we're saved approxi-,
mately $4,000 a year by the deci-
sion. Cost of the county's case OPP
posing the increase was estimated
by Mr.. Glassman at $4,000.
4 Also opposing the increase were
the city of Falls Church, the Fair
fax County Federation of Citizens
Associations and the Arlington
Civic Federation.
ZOning Meeting Set.
The board sets it's semi-annaul
zoning meeting for 8 pm. May 13
in the Circuit Courtroom at the
Courthouse.
The Planning Commission was
directed to submit to the board
and commemorative Attorney
William j. Hassan the recommen-
dations it will present at the zon-
ing meeting. The reports are to be
submitted by next Friday. In the
past, the commission has kept its
recommendations confidential un-
til they were read at the meeting.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
A Picture of Calvin Coolidge

(Stopping before a picture of
President Coolidge in entrance
hall.)
Announcer: Don't you have a
story about this wonderful picture
here, Mr.. PreSident?.
Mr.. Truman: Well, for a long
time we didn't have picture of
President Hoover. And it's Gus
tomary to hang the picture Of the
last President on the right side
Of the main lobby as you come
into the White House and the one
just previous to him on the left
hand side. Mr.. Coolidge's picture
used to hang over there where
President Hoover's is now. And we
were having a cloak-and-dagger
movie down in the movie room,
and Mr.. Coolidge's picture took a
notion to fall down so we thought
maybe we were being accosted by
some of the cloak-and-dagger
boys.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
; Choirs to Aid Fund
For Home for AGED

The combined choirs of the
Stewart Town, Brook Grove and
Emory Grove Methodist churches
in Montgomery County will give
Ia benefit concert at $3.50 pm. to-
morrow in Wesley Methodist
Church, Twenty third and l.
streets NV.
The concert will benefit a drive
for an old peoples home for
colored in Montgomery County
sponsored by the Frazier Christian
Family Circle.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
About the Basement

Announcer (standing in the
|ground+floor hall): This part o1
the White House, I understand
was Theodore Roosevelt's innova-
ton. He dug an excavation out
to make a new basement anc
made this part an integral of the
working quarters.
Mr.. Truman: No, there wasn't
any basement under this part al
all until we put it there. Their,
was no basement until we put i
there.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Later in Red ROom.)
Which Is the Back Porch?

Announcer: Mr.. President. we
are now going to take a picture
of the Jefferson Memorial itself
as you see it from the back porch
this porch here.
Mr., Truman (interrupting): * !
want to correct you. The south
Evening star., 1952-05-04
MaryIanders
Vote Tomorrow
In Primaries
Bolioting Will Decide
Is Candidates for
Senute-House Ruce

Sixteen Republicans and Demo-
cratic candidates will emerge from
a field Of So as nominees for one
Senate and seven House seats in
tomorrow's Maryland primaries.
Polls will be open from Z am. to
z pm. Only about 80 per cent
or 283, ,000-of the qualified voters
are expected to turn out.
Senator Kefauver is the only
Presidential candidate to file.
Therefore, Democratic voters may
ballot either for the Tennessean
or for an "uninstructed delega-
Evening star., 1952-05-04
The Trembling CeiIinq

(Still in the Blue ROOM
Announcer: Mr.. President,
wasn't it this ceiling that first
began to tremble when you first
decided that the White House
needed to be renovated?
Mr.. Truman: Yes. My study a
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Where He Spends His Time

passing through the library
the announcer paused to examine
the crowded bookshelves.)
Announcer-Mr. President, q
rather personal question. Do you
really spend much time here ir
the library of the public part OF
the Office? I know you have a
study upstairs.
Mr.. Truman-No, I spend all my
time at the desk upstairs, and
have more books upstairs than
there are in this library.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
The Chandeliers

Announcer: Is there anything
about this chandelier up here
Mr.. President?
Mr.. Truman: No, I don't know
Iof anything. These chandeliers
nearly all have been presented
Some of them since we've beer
here. Some of them before. Some
of the most beautiful chandelier:
in the White. House were taker
down to the Capitol Building anc
they are still there. I've triet
to get them back and they woulc
not let me have them.
Evening star., 1952-05-04

right over this and I had a tray
brought to me for luncheon one
day. I was here by myself. The
family was home. And the floor
bounced up and down and 1 had
an engineer and an architect come
in and they moved me out.
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Dining Room OvermonteI

lIn Jne STATE Dining ROOm.)
Mr.. Truman: This is the over
mantel which King George vi
sent us by the hand of Princess
Elizabeth. The candelabra 60
with it. It's lovely thing, and
we decided it was too beautiful
to put anywhere out of sight so
we put it on the north wall of the
State Dining Room where every
body can see it. She presented
it to me down in the Rose Garden
Evening star., 1952-05-04
Polling Places Are Listed
For MARYLAND Primaries

Sixty three polling places in Montgomery
Prince Georges will be open from
Maryland primaries.
A list of the polling places n each county follows:
Evening star., 1952-05-04

SenotorioI Roees Get Top Billing ia
Maryland Primories. Poae Cd
Evening star., 1952-05-04

He and his wife were welcomed
by. the South Baltimore High
School band.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17

Polio: Mr.. n. Walter Coins Jr.
1929 f. Co. Rd. d. was taken 10
Ancker hospital, Monday, Oct. IS
suffering with polio. He is show
ing some improvement. Mrs.
Coins parents, DIR. and Mrs. AL
bert Turner of Durham, N C.,
arrived in st. Paul Wednes-
day, Oct. IS and Pfc. Charles
William (Billy) Coins. brother
of N. Walter, will arrive from his
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH

Last sunday keV. FlOyu Massey
Jr., spoke to a near capacity con-
gregation. His sermon topic,
when We Worship" The title of
the Childrens Story. The Disap-
pOintment of Columbus" the sub
jeCt in keeping with Columbus
Day which was Oct. 18th.
Rev. Massey stated that the do
nation from the First National
Bank as a memorial to our late
member. S. Vincent Owens, would
be used to support the Boy Scout
Troop of Pilgrim Baptist church.
In the near future the Men S
Group will sponsor a get-together
dinner at revive the Boy Scout
Troop. Scout Master Milton
Combs left a few weeks ago to
enter the Berkeley Baptist Divinity
School at Berkeley, California.
Our prayers wishing our mem
bers Mr.. and Mrs. William Hol-
loman and children. who are leav-
ing for California where Mr.. Hol-
loman is stationed with the Air
Force and Mrs. Anna Ruth Raine,
a vi lllC CIlOli WIN
will return to Chicago to make
her home, Gods speed. All were
faithful members of Pilgrim Bap-
fist church.
During the Invitation the
spiritual Steal Away To Jesus"
was sung, with Mrs. Thelma
Thomas and Mr.. James Murray
taking the solo parts. Miss Nina
Black of 2S3 N. St. Adams united
with the church. Miss Black was
formerly of Kansas City Mo.
The evening worship hour at 8
p. m, Rev. Massey spoke from
the topic. Back To The First
Love" Special music rendered by
the Choral Group and a group of
young men from the St. Paul
Bible Institute
Our entire church is in prayer
for Mrs. Isabelle Simpson at st.
Josephs Hospital and Trustee
Walter Coins. Jr., at Ancker Hos
pital. Both critically i'll at the
time of this writing.
Visitors who registered last
Sunday were Mrs. Esther Griffin
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17

| George Lund, William Cratic and
L. Howard Bennett.
J. Nathaniel Smith acted as
POSTMASTER at the banquet and
Rev. Floyd Massey, pastor of Pill
grim Baptist Church delivered the
invocation.
Mrs. Ermine Hall Allen and
James Murray sang soloes at the
banquet. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Harriet Bell Smith who
later played a duet with Mrs. Ar
lee Hallowell
Following the governors vel
coming Of Current. a moment Of
silent tribute was paid TO Dr..
Louis Wright, president Of the ma
tional board Of the NAACP who
died suddenly last week Of heart
attack.
BenediCtion was given by Rev.
Max Karl
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Twin City
. Church NeIUs

of Greensboro, n. c., Mrs. Esther
w Hancock of Harvey, III, Mrs.
Parnell and Mrs. Carrie B. Van
Dorf and Mr. A X Van Dorf of
st. Paul.
Friday October II, the Youth
Activities Group put on a Veget-
table Wedding
Coming Events: Rev. Massey's
sermon topic for Sunday. OctO-
Der 10, at IL a. m. will be In
What Direction Shall We Move ?"
At 8 p. m. Missionary Service at
which time reports will be given
on the Chicago meeting of the
National Baptist Convention, Sun
day. Oct. 20. the 18th Fellowship
Units Drive Day.
You are always welcome at
Pilgrim, the Church of Lofty
Friendship.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Twin City
CAMPHOR CHURCH NEWS

False Accusations" was the
theme chosen by Rev. Jerome Del
Pine last Sunday morning Taking
Acts 2:6-13 as the basis of this
theme, he preached a highly illus
trious sermon, pointing out how
idle rumors grow into Islander and
the dire results that follow.
Visitors from out of town, were.
r. J Simmons of Duluth, Mrs. Lii
Ian Carter from Los Angeles,
Mrs. ]. B. Bishop of Chicago; Mrs.
J. Magee, Kansas City Mrs. Anna
Judd, Indianapolis and Mr.. Cecil
Schofield of Minneapolis. Mrs.
Anna Mae Hanlon and Mr.. Ro-
bert Baker of st Paul.
Mr.. w. Simmons of Los An
geles united with the church
Calendar of Coming Events
Plans for Laymen's Day have
been completed: Sunday Oct. 10
is Laymen's Day and in the morn
ing service we will have the OPP
portunity to hear Mr.. Orville
Freeman, candidate for governor
as our guest speaker. Following
the service, the Wesleyan Service
Guild will serve a buffet dinner
in the interest of the Protestant
Laymen, Mr.. James Rideaux, our
own Lay-leader will bring the
closing message Sunday evening
The Tina Thomas Circle will
meet Friday 4tonightD evening at
the home of Mrs. DuCie Neal
There are only two weeks until
the end Of our great annual drive
You can not afford to fail your
church by not making complete
reports of all funds raised or held
by individuals or organizations.
Every loyal member is expected
to do his or her duty. God never
fails us so let us not fail to take
care of His work here while we
can.
eliminating our day of wor-
ship, Mr. Charles Wesley Jordan,
son of one of our former pastors,
was the speaker There was a
goOdly number who came to hear
this young man who is studying
for the ministry make his initial
attempt to speak before a congre-
cation. Better Relations Between
Youth and Adults" was the sub
ject of his address. His Delivery
was excellent as well as inter-
esting and Informative, giving one
the idea that here is young man
who will be a great man some
day.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
NixonS Sign
Biased Deed

Washington, d. c. - T h e
October 4 AFRO-AMERICAN
eastern newspaper chain I'M
covered the fact that COP.
Vice Presidential candidate
Richard Nixon signed a re
Strictive covenant agreement
when he purchased his now
celebrated $4,000 Washington
home here shortly after his
election to the Senate.
Under the covenant signed
by the COP vice-presidential
nominee and his wife they
agreed never TO sell or rent
the premises to any person of
Negro, Jewish, Armenian. Per
sian or Syrian blood.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Former ST. Paul
Attorney Signed To
Appear In Movie
by Harry Levette

Hollywood Calf: - amp -
Famed lawyer-story teller-singer-
actor George Hamilton has been
signed for the role of the digni-
fled butler to Susan Hayward. her
screen husband, Whitfield Connor,
and her screen mother-in-law,
Margaret HyCherIy in goth Cen
tury-FOx' The Presidents Lady"
which Henry Levin is directing
for producer Sol c. Siegel
In the film, which is based on
Irving Stones best-selling novel
from script by John Patrick,
Hamilton poins a cast which CO.
stars Charlton Heston in the role
of Andrew Jackson, who became
the seventh president Of the
United States
Hamilton. born in Topeka, Kan,
has had a long and distinguished
four-way career. He attended the
University OF Minnesota, the
University Of Wisconsin, and his
LIB. from the University of Kan
sas, where he also majored in
drama, speech and music.
He was the first Negro TO make
the debating team of the Univer-
sity of Kansas (192122)
Prior to his U. of X. he attend
ed Emporia Normal college, where
the head of the English depart
ment, a Miss Porter, so admired
his voice and diction and drama
tic ability that she urged him TO
start on what proved a long car
GERS as children's story teller,
specializing in the Uncle Remus
stories.
At first, Hamilton. told them
non-professionally on his eve
nings off from his law practice.
He became so famous for them,
however. that he went on tour
for the University of Kansas ex-
tension division for three years,
telling the Uncle Remus stories.
giving dialect readings and sing
ing folk songs, He headed the
Children's Hour bedtime story
division of Stations KSTP and
WCCO in the Twin Cities while he
was practicing law in St Paul.
Paul NAACP in 1925.
The lawyer-story-teller inter
spersed his 2O-year legal career,
too, with considerable concert
singing, his baritone voice being
featured particularly with such
famed choral singers as the Hall
Johnson choir.
His stage work has been Confin-
ed almost entirely to the Chauta-
uqua-type rccitals at high schools,
Fairgrounds and private and pub
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
ST. JAMES A.M.E. CHURCH

Sunday being our first quarter
ly communion day of the new
church year, the morning message
was delivered by the presiding
elder Rev. Nelson Pryor, at the
afternoon communion service the
speaker was Rev. Henderson Red
dick, pastor of St James AM.E.
church of Minneapolis. Music was
rendered by his choir. Other min
listers assisting in the com
muniOn service were Rev. M. l..
Simmons, Rev. Nelson Pryor Pat
Lillian Parkinson of Allen Chapel
terson; Rev. S. F. Coleman; Rev.
and many of the Stewardesses of
the Minneapolis churches. Visitors
wOrshipping at the morning SER
vice were Mrs. S. f. Hatcher of
Mason Memorial, Kansas City,
Kansas: Pleasetta Bradley of
Camphor Methodist church; Etay
Davis of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs
William Miller, Mr.. VIM. H.
Walker of Minneapolis; Mary
Washington and Minnie Mont
gomery of Evanston, Ill. All
were welcomed by Rev. Dixon.
The meeting of the Youth
Council at $50 p. m. was indeed a
very fine one. DevOtiOns and
meditation were led by Inez
Smith, the theme for the month
being Conservation and the sub
ject of Inez Meditation being,
Know Ye Not That Must Be
About My Fathers Business"
Two very welcome visitors were
Mrs. Victor (Earline) Galloway
and Bruce Williams: both being
past presidents.
Sunday, October 10 will be
Church Loyalty Sunday at St
James with a special message,
Come Before Winter" by Rev.
Dixon; there will also be a short
meeting at the close of the morn
ing service, with another import
ant message by the pastor. All
members are urged to attend
both.
The usual invitation to friends
especially visitors to worship at
st. James. Bertha L. King