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Truman TelBs off Attempted EDoublecross By Byrnes for Vice President Selection Editor', note: The followinr di-1 'c paten is based on tne inira instaumeni . of former President Truman's mem oirs published in Life magazine. Washington U.R) Former President Truman struck a new blow in his bitter feud with James F. Brynes today by telling his "inside story" of their rivalry for the 1944 Democratic vice presidential nomination. . He said that although he (Mr. Truman) was the late President Roosevelt's choice for the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket, Byrnes telephoned just before the convention and "told me that President Roosevelt had de cided on him as the new nominee for vice-president, and asked me if I would nominate him at the convention." Byrnes Silent "I believe," Mr. Truman said, "that Byrnes knew that the Pres ident had named me at the time he called me." Byrnes told the United Press at Columbia, S. C, that he had no comment "at this time . about 'any statement Mr. Truman makes about me ..." Mr. Truman's version of one , of the most sharply-disputed chapters in American politics was contained in the third in- stallment of his memoirs pub- lished by Life magazine. 0 Byrnes, who was to become Mr. Truman's secretary of state and later governor of South Car olina, was the late President Roosevelt's top White House as sistant in 1944. Mr. Truman was a Missouri senator who had won national renown as head of the Senate War Investigating Com mittee. With : Vice - President Henry A. Wallace and Supreme Cgrt Justice William O. Doug las, they were leading prospects for the second spot on FDR's fourth-term ticket a job that was fated to lead to the presi dency upon Roosevelt's death in 1945. Mr. Truman Preferred Mr. Truman said that unbe known to him, FDR met with Democratic party leaders "far in advance" of the 1944 party convention, and tdld them that "he preferred Truman over Wal lace, Douglas or Byrnes." At the meeting, Mr. Truman said, the President wrote a longhand note to Democratic national chairman Robert Hannegan saying "Bob, it's Truman, FDR." "At the same meeting," Mr. Truman said, "heG(FDR) instruct ed Postmaster General Frank Walker to notify Byrnes of the decision." - Just before " the convention met, Mr. Truman said, Byrnes telephoned him and "told me that President Roosevelt had de cided on him as the new nom inee for vice-president, and ask ed me if I would nominate him at the convention." "I believe," said Mr. Truman, "that Byrnes knew that the Pres ident had named me at the time he called me." No Idea of Choice - Mr. Truman said he had no idea at that time that FDR had tapped him, and on the basis of Byrnes' phone call he "took it for granted" that Byrnes was the choice. Mr. Truman said he told Byrnes he would be glad to place his name in nomination "if the President wanted him for a run ning mate." He said he stuck by his pledge and tried to line q up support for Byrnes at the con vention, even after Hannegan, labor union leaders and others "put pressure on me," to seek the post. He said he "continued to re sist" until FDR, in a telephone call to Hannegan which Mr. Tru man cwld overhear, asserted that Mr. Truman would "break up the Democratic party in the by General . The WEATHERON o Hears in Winter o Cools in Summer As Shown On TV For Further Information Call Marine Marvair Appliance 220 W. Main, Medford Truman's Mother Refused To Sleep In Lincoln's Bed ' Washington (U.R) Former President Truman's mother was an "unrecom trueied reb el" who refuted to slaap in a White Housa room with Lin coln's bad in it. In the third installment of his memoirs, published in J.ifo magasine, Mr. Truman recall ed that his mother came to Washington to visit him short ly after ha became President. His brother, Vivian, had told her the only available room in the Whita House was the Lin coln room, and she would have to sleep in a bed in which the famed Republican Civil War President slept "My mother said to Vivian. 'You tell Harry if ha puts me in the room with Lincoln's bed in it, I'll sleep on the floor'." the former President recount ed. Actually the President's mother was assigned to the Rose Room, a guest room in which "all the queens who had ever visited the White House had slept," Mr. Truman said. middle , of a war" if he turned down the nomination. . "I was completely stunned," said Mr. Truman. "I sat for a minute or two and then got up and began walking around the room. 'Well,' I said finally, "if that is the situation, I'll have to say yes, but why -the hell didn't he tell me in the first place'?" Other highlights of the third installment of the Truman memoirs: . 1. In May, 1945, soon after he became President, he sent Harry Hopkins to Moscow with in structions to use "a baseball bat" if necessary to persuade So viet Premier Josef Stalin to bring Russian forces into the war against Japan at "as early a date as possible." This was after the Yalta conference at which Russia had promised to enter the Far East war in return for con cessions in Manchuria." ' 2. He estimates that the Sen ate War Investigating Commit tee, which he headed, saved the American taxpayers $15,000, 000,000 and saved countless lives in the armed forces by exposing waste, inefficiency and "cheat ing" on specifications in produc tion of arms. , : 3. The important functions of congressional investigating com mittees have "suffered violence" at some hands since his day as an investigator, and "too often, in recent times, the committees have been used for publicity." His own committee worked "without fanfare." By contrast, he said, the methods of the House un-American Activities Committee at one time were "the most un-American thing in America." 4. In a letter to his mother, telling of a forthcoming social engagement with the general who then commanded - Allied forces in Europe, Mr. Truman said: "Monday I entertain Eisen hower, a real man." ' Red China, Burmese Friendship Established Tokyo (U.R) Peiping radio today quoted a Burmese mili tary leader as saying - "founda tions of friendship" had been established between Red Chi nese and Burmese military forces. . The Chinese Communist broadcast said the statement was made by Burmese Lt. Gen. Ne Win, head of a goodwill mili tary mission now visiting Pei ping. Electric Phone 2-4922 Three Cars Involved In Highway Accident Three cars were involved in an accident at about 7:35 a.m. today on Highway 99 north of Talent, according to state police. There were no injuries. Drivers of the vehicles were Gerald Leon Pawlowski, 23, of route 1, box 6, Jacksonville; Donald Dean Babbitt, 19, of 156Vz Ashland st.,' Ashland, and Sturmon E. Peterson, Ft. Lewis, Wash. Investigating officers said Pawlowski and Peterson were southbound. Pawlowksi swerved to miss a car which stopped sud denly in front of him, and Pet erson was forced to swerve to miss Pawlowski's car. The Peterson car sideswiped Babbitt's ' vehicle, which was northbound, and bounced into Pawlowski's car, police said. The Babbitt car was towed away by a wrecker, and damage to the other two vehicles was listed as minor. ROAD CLOSED Portland (U.R) The Breiten bush road over the Mt. Hood Loop highway was closed today until Sunday while bridge re pairs are completed. 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