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
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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
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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
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After Visit in Korea
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Retired
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, war
time commander of the U.S. 8th
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Van Fleet, now honorary
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ident Syngman Rhee, inspected
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the major address Tuesday at
the graduation of Korea's first
military academy class.
SCHOOL BOND LOSES
Boise (U.R) A $2,100,000
bond issue for a new high school
in Boise failed to get the re
quired two-thirds majority in
yesterday's special election. The
final unofficial count showed
4525 in favor of the proposal and
3172 against about 606 votes
short. It was the heaviest vote
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