Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-04
TRUMAN
-Ex-President Returns to Congress
To Oppose Bon on Third Term

that he won his upset victory
over Thomas Z. Dewey In 1913
BY denouncing the s0th as the
worst Congress since the first.
AT another point Mr.. Truman
indicated a nostalgia desire 10
be back In the Senate. The
reason ! like the Senate and
wish I was In It." he said. is
because It has unlimited de-
bate"
Although President Eisen-
hover came out In January
for repeal Of the two-term
limitation. Republican leaders
in Congress have not shown
much interest In the repeal
movement.
Senate Republican Leader
Dirksen Of Illinois. q subcom-
mittee member, told Mr.. Tru-
man his mail does not disclose
very much public interest in
repeal. He asked the former
President what reaction he
found in his travels.
Mr.. Truman replied he found
the people very much inter-
ested" and need only to be
educated on the subject.
introduced by Hennings
The former President was
introduced by Senator Hen
nings, Democrat Of Missouri,
who revealed that he conferred
with Mr.. Truman before spon-
soring the repeal amendment.
Subcommittee Chairman Ke-
fauver, Democrat of Tennessee,
also went on record in favor
Of repeal.
Mr.. Truman was accompa-
MED to the hearing by Mai.
Gen. Harry Vaughn, who was
his military aide in the White
House.
After the hearing Mr.. Tru-
man had lunch with some of
his old friends in Congress as
guest of Senate Sergeant-at-
Arms Joseph c. Duke. Among
those present we're Speaker
Rayburn, House Democratic
Leader Mccormack of Massa-
chusetts and Senators Hayden
of Arizona. Russell of Georgia,
Hill Of Alabama. Magnuson of
Washington, Anderson of New
Mexico, Pastore of Rhode Is
land, Monroney Of Oklahoma,
Kennedy of Massachusetts,,
Mansfield OF Montana. O'Ma-
honey of Wyoming, Clark of
Pennsylvania and Hennings.
Mr.. Truman spent a busy day
here yesterday. Amid the pomp
and splendor of a military pag-
cant, he dedicated the Ma
tional Guards sparkling new 81
million white marble memorial
building a / Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
A former Guardsman who
worked his way through the
ranks to captain of a World
War I field artillery battery.
Mr.. Truman took the occasion
to lambaste the Russians.
He warned his sun-5renched
audience of nearly 5000 that
any nation wishing to make
peace with the Communists
must have a fist strong enough
to make all agreements stick.
The Missouri Democrat said,
Russians make agreements
only to break them. = If you're
going to make peace with
those birds known as Commu-
nistS, you've got to have a fist
strong enough to make them
stand by their agreements"
Surprise for Truman
Before his talk, the Guard
gave Mr.. Truman a surprise.
The former Presidents face lit
up when a color guard marched
before the speakers stand
erected on the front steps of
the marble structure.
He grinned and called down.
you guys show UP in the
darnedest places" He then
posed with the quartet. four
World War I buddies from his
old outfit. Battery D, 129th
Field Artillery, Missouri Ma
tional Guard.
After the ceremonies, Mr..
Truman visited Walter Reed
Army Medical Center. He
called on Gen. George C. Mar
shall, who served as his Secre-
tary of State, and John Foster
Dulles, Secretary of State for
his successor, President EiSen-
hover.
Congratulated by Amvets
Earlier yesterday Mr.. Tru-
man was congratulated by the
AMVETS on his 18th birthday.
In turn he gave the World
War II-Korea veterans a bit
of advice on how to grow old
gracefully.
I'm very grateful to you for
remembering me since I have
become a has-been," Mr.. Tru-
man said. I'm going to advise
you to let the old body have its
necessary rest. 1t took me a
long time to find that out.
But don't be like me-" he
told the AMVETS national ex-
ecutive committee delegates
holding a 10 am. closing ses-
sion at the Mayfiower Hotel.
The cheapest thing in the
world is free advice. I'd VEN
ture to say not a person in the
United States has been offered
more free advice than I have
and has accepted so little of it"