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(The following account of the return of President Roosevelt's body to the
White House and the comment on President Trumnn was written l,y the editor
of the Bulletin now in Washington on business. In an nceompiinyitiK note ho
Says that though the writing was, as indicated, began ImmedisU-ly after witnesM
. ing the procession from the station various interruptions forced a delay in the
completion until some hours later, (It is now 1:16 a.m.) and account for the
v broken nature of the piece.!
Washington, D. C, April 14, 1945. I have Just come in after
watching the procession of military and naval units escorting the
body of Franklin Roosevelt from the Union Station to the White
House. The funeral Is to be this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Tonight the
late president will leave the White House for the last time and the
body will be taken to Hyde Park where the burial service will be
held.
According to the local papers President Truman and other of
ficials will accompany the body to Hyde Park. Returning to Wash
ington the new president will move from his present second floor
seven room apartment on Connecticut Avenue to Blair House re
maining there until the Roosevelt family have completed moving
from the residence they have occupied since March 4, 1933..
Blair House is an old time residence not lar irom ine wnne i-iouse
and taken over by the government several years ago to provide a
place where visiting dignitaries might stay when In Washington.
President Truman Is to address the Congress on Monday noon and
his speech will be broadcast. He Is to broadcast to the armed forces
all over the world on Tuesday. Then he will settle down to the job
so suddenly thrust on him a job that he did not want and one that
hp undertakes with crtat humility.
A detailed description of the procession Is not necessary. Though
1 nave neard no radio lor aays except lor snort snaicni-s in caus
as I went from one office to another I understand that there has
been almost nothing on the air since Thursday night but programs
devoted to Mr. Roosevelt. And so It undoubtedly was this morning
with observers announcers commentators stationed along the
route of the parade and telling in detail of each unit as It appeared
and passed the given point. You heard the story as the procession
passed '
Along the parade route soldiers were spaced at about 30 foot in-
tervals. The sidewalks were lined six and seven deep with spectators.
Though business was suspended for the morning in all departments
of the government the public buildings along the way had been
opened to employees and they were clustered In groups on roofs and
porticos and window sills. Other vantage points were crowded.
It was only when the casket, flag covered and hound to Its carry
ing caisson by two heavy leather straps, had passed that the military
aspect of the procession changed to the civilian. There had been two
bands and company after company of blue Jackets, marines, infantry
(one colored), Wacs and Waves, military vehicles. Then came the
horse drawn caisson followed by color bearers with the only flags in
the procession, and then began the long line of black limousines.
President Truman was in the first car behind the flag, or at least so
I heard nearby onlookers say. I did not recognize him though I had
seen him, trim, spruce, trig, high colored and smiling, as he presided
in the Senate for the last time Thursday afternoon.. ,
No emotion was displayed In the crowd where I stood. There was
perfect quiet on the part of every person In my vicinity, with the
' silence broken only by the dirges and hymns played by the two bands,
the shuffle of marching feet, the- low geared motors of the vehicles
and the roar of the two squadrons of planes that passed overhead
three times as the parade went up 15th street by the Treasury
building. , , , ,
It is natural enough that President Roosevelt's death, shocking
as it was to the whole nation, should be most keenly felt here in
Washington. Here is the scat of government. Here are gathered In
one community more persons immediately concerned with public
affairs than anywhere else In the country. Here are more persons
than anywhere else whose fortunes are dependent in greater or loss
degree, on the administration in power at the moment. And so the
news of late Thursday afternoon was doubly shocking here. And so,
too, I think It correct to say once the surprise and shock had
begun to wear away everywhere there began the asking of ques
tions, "What will happen now?" and "What Is Truman like?",
"What will Truman do?", and so on.
I have said that Truman has entered on the presidency with great
humility. Hardly more than a week before President Roosevelt's
death Truman, in a short talk before a Congressional group spoke of
himself as an uneducated man. He said he had not wanted the vice
presidency and had accepted the nomination only because he was "a
good party man" and did what his parly wanted of him. lie did not
know that he would make a good vice-president. Had he the choice
to make, he said, he would be back on ihe senate floor with his one
time colleagues. On Friday, with the first 24 hours of the new office
yet to be finished he went to the Senate and, meeting the men whose
company he had so recently left, he told them that he wanted their
advice and wanted to feel free to ask it. That one idea of wanting
advice seems to have run through most of the new president's public
utterances since he was sworn in Thursday evening.
I have said that I have heard no radio since I have been here. One
friend who has been listening tells me that it seems to him thai
an effort is being made to build up Truman in the public mind.
Doubts of his capacity seem to he current and the propagandists have
taken on the job of reassuring the country; so It is said.
As I see it and weighing all that I have heard (and Washington,
let me say, is a remarkable place to hear rumors, reports, gossip,
guesses stories, news) Truman's qualities and his strength and his
weakness are found In what he had said of himself that he is a good
party man and that he wants advice, '
The big, and as yet unanswered, question is, "Where will he get
his advice?
Now to Get Them to Eat From the Same Dhh
T
"If you will hold yourself in
readiness." . "
"But, of course,"
"Anything I can do,
Eric said.
He looked
Truman, one senator told me, aged 10 years In one night. His
remark to a reporter yesterday is being often quoted. "Did you ever
have a load of hay fall on you?" he asked. "Well, last night the stars
and moon fell on me." (That, I hasten to note, is not a verified
Quotation). Observlnc how Truman aned and sobei'ed In 24 hours
(Ho was the picture of health and vitality In the Senate Thursday , back at me. "Nicholas, you must
aflernoon) thoughts have naturally turned to the next In the line of take care of Yourself.".
succession, secretary ot aiate siemnius, out an tne nopes are mat
Truman will stay well and make good.
Mostly I find agreement that these events have dashed any hope
that Henry Wallace might have for. the, presidential nomination in
1948. Truman is expected to want the nomination. If he makes good
he can have it without doubt and that, incidentally is another
reason why he will want to make good and that leaves Wallace
out. Wallace cannot play for the nomination while remaining in Tru
man's cabinet and he cannot, in good grace, resign from the cabinet
to make the play. So cross out Henry Wallace.
One final note. Obviously, Admiral Mclntire had no intimation
whatever that President Roosevelt was about to be struck down. I
had a 15 minute Interview with the admiral In his office Thursday
forenoon and I am sure one does not get an interview with the presi
dent's physician if the physician has the president's health on his
mind.
' R. W. S.
Bend's Yesterdays
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO ....
(April 18, 1930)
(From The Bulletin Files)
Discovery that gasoline sells for
eight cents more in Bend than it
does in Portland causes the Bend
chamber of commerce to draft a
resolution to wholesalers com
plaining about the difference in
cost. ...
A cleanup drive in Bend results
in the shipment of two carloads of
old cars for scrap metal, and tons
of Junk are collected in the O'Don
nell field where city firemen de
posit their collections after mak
ing trips with a truck donated by
Walter G. Coombs of the Bend
Garage company.
Mrs. Maud Catlow arrives in
Bend from a trip to Western Ore
gon and reports that she came
over the Wapinitia cutoff in five
hours and 20 minutes, thus giving
the information that the new road
is open to travel.
In contests at Redmond, Grace
Gingrich of Bend and William
Hall of Prineville, win in the dis
trict finals, and will compete in
the state-wide oratorical contests
In Corvallis later this month.
In a cooking school conducted
at the Hippodrome theater, Mrs.
Walifer G. Coombs wins first place
in the cake-baking contest, and
Mrs. J. H. Rosenberg takes second
spot.
Mrs. Lew Franks of Redmond,
spends the day in Bend shopping.
Mrs. H. C. Ellis returns from
Portland where she visited her
husband, who is a patient in the
Emanuel hospital.
HORNED OWL TOUGH
Kennebunkport, Me. (iw Ken
neth Roberts, the widely-known
novelist, hunted several days for
one of the traps he had set for
horned owls which attacked his
ducks. He found the trap on the
leg of an owl which had been
caught in another trap.
La pine
Laplne, April 18 (Special)
Al Larson of Bend, the new man
ager of Powells Highway center,
came to Lapine Sunday evening
and began work Monday morn
ing. Mr. and Mrs. Burr Lester and
Marsha, of Bend visited friends
in Lapine Sunday. - The Lesters
formerly uvea nere.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coffman,!
Joyce and Jackey Coffman of
Shevlin spent Sunday in Lapine
visiting friends.
The high school gave a party in
the school gymnasium Friday
April 13. Guests were the seventh
and eighth grades, Uldean Bellav
ance, Jimmy Shelton, Gene
ITr.onr.hiB Mplvin Dunn Of Gil-
Christ, Milo Chamberlin and Jack
ey Coffman of Shevlin, Fern
Millsap, Virginia Rhoades, James
Sullivan and Helen acnnuui ui
Bend, Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Howard
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Millsap and Fern
of Bend spent the week end at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvln
Summers.
Dr. Kellems of Los Angeles was
in town last week looking after
his ranch and cattle. While in La
pine he was a guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Carey Stearns.
Mrs. Minnie Candle and Wllma
Sue spent the week end here visit
ing their relatives, Dr. Candle and
family and Don Candle and
family. ". . ' ;
Heart Balm Pay
Put at $54.50
Vancouver, Wash., April 18 IP(
Perhaps the jury members
should have furnished a bill of
particulars on how they arrived
at the damages awarded Miss
Ella Rathje in a "heart balm"
SUMiss Rathje asked for $8,500
for being jilted by Clarence Bart
man, an ex-soldier.
She got $54.50, with no expla
nation of the unusual sum.
Pepri-Cola Company, tong UUnA Cily.N.Ys
Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Bend.
THE IVORY ELEPHANT
XXVII i
Desperately Xavier took out his
gun. Ho pointed at my stomach.
I had a clear view of the small
black hole in the muzzle that
seemed to touch my flesh. Then
came a report so loua mat n
filled the room like the blast of ' Xavier's body.
Slmus called the policeman who
had nvir.aged to commandeer a
cruising cab and keep us in sight
until he lost the trail on the ave
nue by the docks. The gun-shot
brought him back on the scent
and not a half minute after Book
er's departure, he found me. And
Kl . nnrl Ki-nttHHll l-t-oU I, Mil H mj n S MI-SI Slil I (MllfMll WH!'
that he would carry out the Roosevelt policies. With the passing of j 1 o'r..cnt r
time, however, there will inevitably be changes. Truman has his own Lxnin this
his own and as these influences begin to" be felt policies will be re
vised and given the Truman slamp. Truman men win appi-ur m mr
cabinet. , , , , , , , ...
Truman's expressed desire to have the aid and advice of the
somtors is taken to mean that he wants to get along with the whole
Conb'-;as. In this is found the promise of an harmonious administra
tion wi j an end to the white house pressures so much ill use in the
past 12 years. There will be, It is hoped and believed, no more tin ning
on "the heat". Even before this attitude of the now president had
hemme known the minority conference of the Senate had adopted
and sent to him a statement of its faith in him and of its desire to
cooperate. The Democrats will certainly do so and thus the two sides
of the chamber and the two ends of the Avenue seem off to a good
S,dThis prospect of harmony and of President Truman's purpose to
restore to the Congress Its standing as an independent branch of the
government Is hopefully regarded. There is also hope in the fact that,
though his advisers are as yet unnamed, the first man he called to
his side was Mr. Byrnes, wise, trained In administration and of un
questioned honesty. At the very beginning the fact of Truman's
presentation of himself as "a good party man" raised fears lest, In
his adherence to his party, he might bring into the picture such men
as Kelly and Hague. One man has said to me that he feared another
Harding regime. The summons to Byrnes, however, lessens the doubt
If 1 nno not OOtirptV Pllf! it.
Optimism over the future of the new administration grows, too,
out of memory of Truman's conduct of the committee thai bore his
name The committee under his chairmanship did its work well. It
rJavorl no favorites in cither party. Its record is remembered and gives
i
h0PTl' i mmrmhrrKil inn. Hint the lawyer who served as the sec
tary of the committee and was behind-the-scenes man and the com
mittee's highly competent aide was chosen by Truman, i le is I high. A.
T-..,. h ic nviux'txri tn have n orominent place in ine iriiman
administration. Many believe that he will succeed Kiddle as attorney
.... n. u...,r..i 11,1,,,.., n,i i. limp Klile nt the Dlcture
Ail mese an? mi- in'i"1"1 1 , , ,
are Truman's many lacks lack of experience, lack of eduta ion
(his own words but used here in a broad sense) lack ot train ng.
' lack of background, lack of virtually all that Franklin Honsevelt had
n such abundance. In. his past there Is the record of his failure in
business and of going through bankruptcy. Thnif however. H evi
donee of the fact only that he was not a good business man. Hie
bankruptcy mark is more than wiped out by his payment in he end
Si every penny that lie owed. And, It U said, it took him years to do U.
a coast-defense gun.
Xavler s pistol was pointed at
the floor. He tried to raise it. An
amazed look crossed his face and
the aun dropped from his fingers.
Then I heard Booker's voice.
"Xavier," ho said dully, "you
led with your right." The little
round man opened his mouth, put
his hands to his side, and slumped
gently to the floor. I saw a wisp
of smoke curling cellingward
from the muzzle of Booker's gun.
Booker looked at me sorrow
fully. Then he cocked an car. I
heard remote sounds. Someone
running over wood a dock or a
pier. A distant shout. Booker
ine orun oi nis nai.
m leaving. You can
better than I." He
paused at the door. nut i atan t
kill l'hlneas Hudson. Killing with
out reason is stupid."
And with this strange hit of
moral philosophy he left me.
, Booker had saved my life. But
It was the dogged devotion to
duty of Slmms that led to my dls-
I was taken to headquarters.
When Marks heard the story,
he ordered the detail doubled at
Louisburg square, and accom
panied me back to the house.
"You seem to be the focal
point," he said.
Eric Woolf was just coming
down the steps when we arrived.
He was all Homburg and pin
stripe respectability. 1
"But, Nicholas." He was very
facile. "I've Just been in to offer
condolences. Miss Pat was too ill
to see me."
"She's too 111 to see anybody,"
I said shortly.
"I understand." Eric looked at
Marks.
"This Is Inspector Marks," I
said. "Mr. Woolf. He was one of
the party at The Ledges.
"How do you do, Inspector?"
Eric looked at the scars on my
face. He smiled. "What hap
pened?" "Mr. Woolf," Marks said, "we've
! been looking for you."
"For me?" Eric's eyebrows
covery. The policeman had got his rose,
coffee from Simms in the kitchen.! Marks nodded.
Slmms hiul looked in on me to "wuestioning, no saio. c
found the library empty, gone to
the window and st-en Booker and
Xavier putting the limp form that
was Nicholas treni into a car.
With that he loft. Marks looked
after him narrowly. He said:
"So that Is Mr. Woolf."
"He hasn't by any chance a
record?" I asked hopefully. I
"Not a blemish," Marks replied. 1
"A man with so good a record
and so bad a face needs watch-i
ing."
We were back in Louisburg
square after the funeral. We had
stood in the cold and rain at the
little' burial ground in Sandy
Point where the first Hudsons
had ended their careers in the
India trade. I was not three yards .
from the tall granite monument
that marked the grave of every
Hudson who had died for the past
150 years. I remember looking at i
it and marking us ostentatious-,
ness. ' . ,
When it was all-over, we crept
away with willing reluctance, got
in the big black limousine, and :
drove home.
! - Pat had gone to her room. I j
at in the library with Elijah Hud- j
son, who looked disconcertingly i
like his dead brother. He had
just, shaken his head and said, ;
"Why on earth, should anybody i
want to kill Phlneas?" when Patj
reappeared. j
"Nick," she said, "I'd forgotten
something."
She held up a little ivory ele- j
phant. i
"I don't know how It could
have slipped my mind," she went
on. "At the time I thought I'd
never lorget it." j
"Forget what?" I asked.
"It was last Tuesday when I
had that talk with father. I was
not to think it odd or to be ;
alarmed, he said, and It was very ;
important." 1
"Yes?" I stared at the Ivory
elephant.
"He said if anything should
happen to him. If " Pat shook !
her head and closed her eyes, "ho :
should die, I was to place this '
in the family ' monument in thei
little crypt beneath the pillars.
"That doesn't sound like your;
father," I said. j
"Nothing that Phineas has said j
for the past few weeks has sound-1
cd like him," said Elijah Hudson, j
"I was to go there alone," Pat
said, "and to say nothing alout
it to anybody."
I,reached out and took the fig
ure from her. "You've already
had more than you can stand. I
can take it down and place it cx-
u u immothlniT about Mr. Hud-'actly as your father wished it.
son's death?" Eric asked. Were there any other directions?"
"We call it murder," Marks re-1 "No." Pat shook her head. "Ho
plied. "Where will you be at meerly said to be sure to say
n0on'" nothing about it to anyone."
Eric stared at him soberly. (To Be Continued)
i i I, i -i i
"At the Club," he said.
Marks nodded.
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