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By FRANK JENKINS
BUTTER 111 Uit-iie acarclty dayi
li wlirra yim find It and
when. It will show up In placet
you (Inn'l expect to find It. and
will bo nilanlng in other plucca
where yim think It certainly
ought to be.
Tha hotsy-tolHy spots have no
edge. In (net. It's a more or lra
(ori'Kiino ciincluiilon that the
ritzier the pluro the acarcrr tno
butler. CvmIc'H cxnluin It thla
way: The bin. well-known placet
dnn'l dare to monkey with the
li lurk niurkcl buzz auw.
There are rumors everywhere
nf reglima where the butler aup
ply la huh. Thla wrlter'a advice
i to take 'em with a handful of
null. Rumors are acrewbull af
fair, ciinrernluil themnelvea ex
tensively will) thinita that aren't
true.
In a quick const-to-coost-and-back
Jump, thla acrlbe hna aecn
butter In abundunce nowhere.
IN the Eal, Jam la the prevail
ing butter luhatituto. In touth
rrn California, they're be KinntnK
to experiment extensively with
a nft cheese mixture. It Isn't bad.
If you hut your cyea, ypu can
nlmoit kid yourself into thinking
IH edible.
THE Loa Anuelra Tiinea carried
a little eye-cntcher tory the
other day to the effect that Parla
hna Juit shipped in 800 loin of
butter from Argentina.
(Trying to visualize BOO tona
of butter ia a little like trying
to Imagine a trillion. Which,
oddly enough, calla to mind the
fuel thut tlio national debt of the
United S Intel la now a little In
exceaa of a quarter of a trillion
dollars.)
The apend -with -both -handa
boyt havo finally nil me jncxpoi.
They have pushed the national
.,..,. 1.. tl... rnftlma it tt.trn.
V n...nlul fiintr. whurn trvintf to
1 . I 1, I- ..I..I..I.W, (
t jiilioervunu n i ,..
Aorm a mental picture o( dla-
r tancea meaaured In million! oi
A light-ycara.
When more bllllona of govern
ment exDcndlturo are propoacd,
we taxpayera Juat ahrug our
ahouldora and mutter: "Aw, what
tho heck.
BUT to get back to the Timet"
atory of the shipment of Ar
gentine butter to Parla. The
correspondent simulated the rait
ing of a gentle eyebrow by re
marking that it aeemcd a trifle
odd to be shipping butler from
the Argentine when Normandy,
only a atone'a throw awny, at
atonc-throwing goea In Europe,
ia practically flouting In dairy
products. He ended up by aug
gestlng Hint the black marketeers
might be able to throw light on
tho oddity if they were willing
to talk (which they nuturally
are not.)
A GREAT many GIs have aecn
Normandy. They will re
member it as a (at land, liberally
sprinkled with cows, and will
recall that only a part of it wat
devastated in the fighting.
Everv now and then a shell
would fall on a cow which waa
a pily, for when a shell falls on
a cow disgustingly little good
meat Is left In the vicinity, I ho
written records are hazy on the
point, but word of mouth talcs
were loose in Europe last year
to tho effect that from time to
time Normandy cows were killed
by the accidental discharge of
American weapons. (By a strange
coincidence, weapons teemed to
be more Uablo to the phenom
enon of accidental dlscnurge un
der the conditions prevailing
when fut cows and hungry Gla
were odjuccnt to each other.)
All thla, of course, is mere
source muterliil which if sifted
carefully by meticulous research
ers might yield nuggets of (act.
It would bo chnritublo to pre
sume that the cows of Normandy
were so depleted In numbers by
(ailing shells and bombs and the
accidental discharges of weapons
already referred to that they are
no longer capable of supplying
nearby Paris with butter.
yHESE sumo GIs, however, will
also recall that the people of
Normandy thought no more of a
franc than you or I would think
of a quarter-section of good land.
So it tuny bo that they have been
tempted by evil black marketeers
and arc selling their good butter
at fantastically high black mar
ket prices instead of disposing of
it lit ruinous rationed prices.
It Is deplorable what war and
its hund-mnldcns, scarcity and
Inflation, can accomplish in tho
wny of debusing public morals,
Let us hope that tho noble Ideal
ists who are socking to lend us
along the bright and shining
paths of a regimented economy
do not hear of it. It might shock
their simple, trusting faith In
the goodness of human nature.
Civilian Fliers
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Civilian (liars are today reinstated on the old municipal taction of the air station and con
ducting the aviation butlnata at utual after Mayor Ed Oatendori yaattrday tigned and turned
over to the navy an Interim permit allowing the fllert to use the field. The fliers themtelvet are
putting up the money to operate the port until the city takea over. Left to right above, are Mar
shall Cornett. owner of a civilian plane; Lt. Cmdr. 8. A. Congdon. who received the aigned permit
from the mayor) Ottendorf, and Lt. Cmdr. J. F. Flttgerald of the naval air atation.
Mayor Faces Angry Council
In Another Stormy Session
Over Conduct Of Meter Row
Dissension between the mayor
and the city council which waa
touched off Monday night con
tinued hot and heavy when the
council met In siwciiil session
with Mayor Ed pstendorf Tues
day afternoon to Iron out their
differences.
The council Indicated a strong
reluctance to open the meeting
at long aa the preaa, which waa
present by the mayor's invita
tion, was represented, but since
the mayor had given his ap
proval, newspaper and radio rep
resentative! remained.
The councilmcn, rebellious at
the mayor's action in publicizing
city affairs before the council
hu(l been consulted, stated their
General Raps
Allied Policy
BERLIN, May 8 Ml Gen.
Joseph T. McNarney said today
that allied failure to achieve
a common policy on the treat
ment of Germany as a political
unit has permitted German po
litical and trade union leaders
to make political capital, play
ing off one occupying power
against another.
Tho American military gover
nor pointed out this situation
In his monthly report on occu
pation affairs. McNarney also
warned that the German food
crisis threatens to upset care
fully laid plans in all phases of
the allied occupation.
The U. S. commander's re
port said that "in general there
has been little progress toward
tho treatment of Germany as
an economic unlV." Ho attribut
ed this chiefly to French oppo
sition, which insists that there
be prior consideration of west
ern boundaries.
McNarney also warned
against the peril of onc-pnrty
or dictatorship rule In tho mer
ger of communist and social
democrat parties, which was ef
fected in the Russian zone of
occupation.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
SHE
St, Louis 13 0
New York 8 7 2
Zoldak and Mancuso; Chand
ler and Dickey.
Cleveland 5 7 0
Philadelphia 2 6 4
Feller and Lollar; Kncrr, Sav
age (5), Brown (8) and Rosar,
Dcsnullcls (8).
Chicago .'. 10 17 2
Boston : 14 17 4
Hnynes, Grovo (3), Popish (4),
Cadwell (7) and Tresh, Fcrnan
des (6); Harris, Fcrriss (0) and
Wagner.
NATIONAL
Boston 8 9 3
Chicago 10 14 1
Juvory, Singleton (3), Rcld
(fl), Wright (8) and Nasi, Poland
(7); Wyso and Livingston.
New York 18 0
Pittsburgh 0 8 0
Koslo and Lombard!; Ostcr
muollcr and Baker.
Allowed
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case with particular reference
to the previous evening when the
question of the Installation of
parking meters was brought to
the council by the public and
the original recommendation
from the traffic safety council
had not been presented on Die
council agenda.
Demanding to know why the
recommendation was not on the
council peg, the councilmcn were
told by the mayor that it had
been misplaced. At this, Paul
Landry accused the mayor of
purposely planning the meeting
so that he would not be there
and the recommendation would
not be available to the council.
Mayor Answers
"You had a copy of the recom
mendation. You could have in
troduced it," said the mayor,
speaking to Councilman Landry,
who was acting mayor the night
before in Ostendorf's absence.
Holding that it was a matter
of principle, Landry replied that
he did not feel that lt would be
right for him to present the
recommendation when it should
come from the mayor. Backing
Landry up, Councilman Rollln
Cnntrull said, "Any one of us
would have done the same thing
had we been in Paul's place."
"Troublemaklng" Charged
Directing his comments to Can
trull, the mayor accused him of
always being the one to start
trouble. Contrail, angered by
the accusation, answered that the
mayor had a personal grudge
against him, adding, "When I
ask a question at our meetings,
the mayor hardly gives me a
civil answer. You can tell Just
by looking at his face."
Councilman Angus Newton In-
ICantltiurd on rg t, Clumn S)
Iranians Battle
Kurd Tribesmen
TEHERAN, May 8 ) The
newspaper Arman Mllll reported
today an outbreak of fighting be
tween the Iranian army and Kur
dish tribesmen in Kurdistan and
snid Snu-Jbulngh, capital of
Ghuzl Mohammed's "Indepen
dent Kurdish republic," had been
bombed.
- "Heavy casualties" were re
ported at the city.
The report said Iranian forces
under Gen. Jehanbanl, (rom Sar
dnsht and Suqqlz, had been
"beaten back" by the tribesmen
and had lost 100 officers and
men.
Red Cross Assists
Underwood Homeless
WHITE SALMON, Wash., May
8 W) Tho 30 families left home
less Sunday by a fire which
wiped out the tiny town of Un
derwood were receiving Red
Cross aid today.
A Red Cross representative
from San Francisco came to help
disaster victims. A truckloud of
clothing and food was shipped
by the Troutdnle community,
and White Salmon residents con
tributed more supplies.
Tho homeless families are liv
ing In houses in the region
thrown open for the fire vic
tims. Indians whose small shacks
burned left (or The Dalles, leav
ing salvaged possessions in small
piles guarded by mongrel dogs.
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Strikers Firm
As Idle Zoom
By The Aatoclaied Preta
The number idle because of
the 38-day toft coal strike zoomed
past 800,000 today at the na
tion's Industries, railroads and
utilities strangled for lack of
fuel. .. .... .. j"
Meanwhile, the government i
failed In an informal attempt to
get 400,000 of the idle coal min
er back to work aa the AFL
Unlted Mine Workers policy com
mittee announced it stood back
of John L. Lewis' demands for
a health and welfare fund and
other concessions.
The snowballing effects of the
prolonged stoppage leveled a
blow at the nation's reconver
sion program that combined the
impacts of both the recent steel
and automotive strikes.
These were the main develop
ments: Automobiles The Ford Motor
Co. announced it was suspending
"virtually all operations" indef
initely tonight because of "the
coal strike, shortage of parts and
railroad transportation." The
company said 110,000 workers
will be affected. General Motors
Corp. closed its electromotive
plant at La Grange, 111. Chrysler
Corp. spokesmen reported the
company's assembly line and
body plant operations might sus
pend next week.
Railroads The Association of
American Railroads estimated
51,000 railroad men have been
laid off because of the strike and
that another 100,000 will be laid
off after May IS. Industries
serviced by the railroads have
laid off an estimated 250,000, the
association said. .
Parade Tonight!
The V-E Day parade, spon
sored by the Veterans of For
eign Wara, will be held to
night, atarting at 7 p. m.
The parade will atart from
the armory, go down Main to
Third, and down Klamath to
Fourth.
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Sailors Face Naval Court
In Jap Cruiser Sabotage
PEARL HARBOR. May 8 UP)
Court-martial specifications were
prepared today against five U. S.
navy crewmen accused of sabo
taging the Japanese cruiser Sa
kawa en route to Bikini, and
thereby endangering the lives of
their shipmates. .
Cmdr. L, W. McConnnughay,
director of discipline for the 14th
naval district here, announced
the preparation of charges but
said he was not yet ready to re
port their exact nature. The five
men were held meanwhile as
prisoncrs-at-largee.
Lt. David Merrill, Hartford,
Conn., chief engineer aboard the
Sakuwa as she made her hazard
ous 40-day. cruise to Bikini to
become an atomic bomb target,
said sabotage occurred on April
5, 6 and 7 at Enlwetok.
Fuel System Smashed
Crewmen, he said, knocked
out the ship's fuel system,
smashed instruments and valves,
No Peace,
But No War
On V-E Day
WASHINGTON, May 8 OP)
The world observed the first
anniversary of victory in Europe
today without war anywhere
but also without peace.
in fact, the best estimate of
diplomatic authorities here is it
may be several years before real
conditions of peace are restored
among nations. The prospects
even for this, they say, have been
darkened by the evident fail
ure of the foreign ministers' con
ference in Paris to make prog
ress on European peace settle
ments. The situation in Europe It
matched in Asia by the dispute
between the Chinese communists
and the central government; and
in the Middle East by the ten
sions over the war-born Pales
tine crisis revolving around pro
posals for the admittance of 100,
000 Jewish refugees to the Holy
Land.
Some Progress Made
Estimates of the condition In
which the world finds itself on
today's V-E anniversary leave
little doubt that the allied pow
ers have made considerable prog
ress toward organizing machin
ery to preserve peace once they
establish it. But It is the process
of establishing the peace that
presents the toughest going.
Almost the only major problem
In Europe on which the United
States, Britain, Russia and
France seem to find a common
denominator of agreement at the
moment is the one presented
by the Franco government in
Spain. They don't like Franco.
But in the major political dis-
flutes concerning Russia's rights
n the Balkans, the (uture of
Germany, British domination in
the Mediterranean on these
there is no basic agreement. And
officials here hold little hope of
early settlements.
School Parade
Flouts Snell
PORTLAND, May 8 (JF)
Commerce high school students
paraded around school grounds
today with banners reading
"Down With Snell," "We Want
Sports" and "Shrike."
Similar action was reported
brewing at Lincoln high school.
and the student body president
at Washington urged students
there to stay out of the demon
stration. Governor Snell's refusal to
call a special legislative session
to legalize a Portland school
tax levy election and his charge
that school officials' statements
were political, prompted the ac
tion. School . Supt. Willard B.
Spalding said he had spent the
morning attempting to head off
student leaders.
Two plans were reported
getting widespread student sup
port one for parades and pick
et lines and we otner lor a
caravan to Salem to protest to
the governor.
Joint Food Board
To Be Continued
WASHINGTON, May 8 (JP)
President Truman and the Brit'
ish and Canadian prime min
isters announced today the conv
bined food board will be coa
tinued until next December 31.
In a joint statement, they said
this was essential "because of
the deterioration that has oc
curred In the world food situa
tion in recent months and the
need to continue to control the
distribution of many foods with
a view of preventing widespread
suffering ana starvation.
and cut high pressure steam
lines, so that "if anyone had
walked in front of that leak, it
could have cut them in two."
The Sukawa's voyage from
Japan was a 40-day tale of woe.
Pearl Harbor stuff officers re
lated; they termed it "a remark
able exhibition of seamanship
that she reached Bikini.
Merrill said the odor aboard
the filthy ship was "horrible";
that falling refrigeration afford
ed only a 12-day supply of
perishable - foods for the trip;
that the cruiser exhausted her
fuel before reaching Eniwetok,
and that, after being towed in.
the crew had only one small boat
for bringing fresh supplies
aboard as well as affording the
crew recreation ashore.
The Japanese battleship Na
gato, making the same trip, took
44 days to reach Bikini. She,
too, ran out of fuel, her electric
power failed and eight of her
Doner blew out.
V-E Dayl At 9 o'clock (eaatern war time) on the tenae morn
ing of May 8, 1945, the newa bacame official. President Truman
and Brltain'a Prime Miniater Churchill broadcast aimultaneoualy
the nawa that the war in Europe wat over. Late that afternoon,
the documenta were ratified in Berlin. Hostilitiea ended, with the
exception of iaolatad pockets in Cxechoalovakia. at 6:01 p. m..
eaatern war time. That night, one year ago today, there waa
world-wide joy, dancing in the atzeeta restrained only by knowl
edge that there waa still a war in the Far Eaat.
Messenger Caught Fremont
On This Day in May, 1846
On May 8, 1846, John C. Fremont and his small force of white
men and Delaware Indian scouts made their way along the west
ern shore of Upper Klamath lake, through rough country familiar
to most Klamath people.
They had camped the night of May 7 on Cherry creek (or
possibly Seven Mile creek). Today's 100th anniversary account
of Fremont's story continues, ending with the first episode of
an event that was of profound significance in the history of the
west Fremont's receipt of a message with information that
turned him back into California to take part in winning mai men
Mexican province for the United States.
Reading (rom Fremont's "Memoirs of My Life":
We continued our route over the same kind of ground, ren
dered difficult by obstructions which the wash of rain and snow,
and the fallen timber, the undisturbed accumulations of the
manv years, had placed in these forests. Crossing spurs of moun
tains and working around the bays or coves between the ridges,
or winding among the hills, it is" surprising how a long day s
march dwindles away to a few miles when it comes to be laid
down between the rigorous astronomical stations. We had trav
eled in this direction many such days when we camped in the
afternoon of the 8th of May.
; Unexplored ' '
" A oinnrs t mnuntaliis. which, are shown Sn tho view of
Mhe lake (the view that appeared
Newa Monday) gives some Idea or tne cnaracier oi mis unex
plored region. By unexplored, I wish to be understood to say
that it had never been explored or mapped, or in any way
brought into common knowledge, or rarely visited except by
strong parties of trappers, and by those at remote intervals,
doubtless never by trappers singly.
It was a true wilderness.
There was the great range of mountains behind the coast,
and behind it the lakes and rivers known to the trappers and
that was all ... All of this gave the country a charm for me.
It would have been dull work to plod over a safe country and
here and there to correct some old error ...
. . . Some 17 months before this time, in the December of '43,
in coming south from the Columbia, I had encamped on a large
savannah, or meadow-like lake ... I met there the Tlamath chief
and his wife . . . Where I encamped this night, I was only 2,0
miles in an airline from their village and I was promising my
self the pleasure of seeing them again. According to what the
Indians to the south end of the lake had told me, I had only to
travel eastward a short march and I would find a large village
at the inlet of the river (Williamson river.) . . .
His Plana
I wished to penetrate among the mountains of the Cascade
ranges ... I felt sure they were absolutely unknown . . . And
possibly, I thought, I should descend their western flanks and
some safe harbor might yet be found by careful search along
the interior through these mountains to the sea. I thought that
until the snow should go off the lower part of the mountains I
might occupy what remained of the spring, by a survey of the
Tlamath river to its heads, and make a good map of the country
along the base of the mountains ...
I felt sure there was game in the woods of these mountains
as well as in those more to the south. Traveling along the north
ern part of this range in 43, I had seen elk tracks in the snow,
and at an old Cayuse village in the pine forest at the foot of the
mountains, about 60 miles farther south, there were many deer
horns lying around.
. This showed me that we should probably find both elk and
deer, and bear, in the mountains . . . And I had not forgotten
how fascinated I had been with the winter beauty of the snowy
range farther north, when at sunrise and at sunset their rose
colored peaks stood up out of the dark pine forests into the clear
light of the sky.
VISITORS IN CAMP
How fate purtuea a man! Thinking and ruminating on
theae things, I waa atanding alone by my campfire, enjoying
iti warmth, for the night air of early apring ia chill under
the ahadowa of the high mountaina.
Suddenly, my eara caught the faint tound of hones' feet,
and while I wat watching and listening at the tounda, ao
atrange hereabouts, came nearer, there emerged (rom the .
darkneta into the circle of firelight two horiemen, riding
alowly aa though horae and man were fatigued by long trav
eling. In the foremoat, I recognised the familiar (ace of Neal,
with a companion whom I alao knew. They had ridden nearly
100 mllea in the latt two dayi. having been tent forward by
a United Statet officer who wat on my trail with dispatches
lor me; but Neal doubted if he would get through. After
their horaea had been turned into the band and they were
seated by my fire . . . Neal told me his atory.
The officer who waa trying to overtake me waa named
Gillespie. He had been sent to California by the government
and had letters for delivery to me. Neal knew the great
danger from Indiana in thia country, and hia party becoming
alarmed and my trail being fresh, Gillespie had tent forward
Neal and Sigler upon their beat horiet to overtake me and
inform me of the tituation . . .
When they parted from him they had not reached the lake,
and for greater safety had not kept my trail quite to the outlet,
but crossed to the right bank of the river, striking my trail
again on the lake shore. They had discovered Indians on my
trail after they left Gillespie, and on the upper part of the lake
the Indians had tried to cut them off, and they had escaped only
by the speed and strength of their horses, which Neal had brought
from his own rancho (In California). He said that in his opinion,
I could not reach Gillespie in time to save him, as he had with
him only three men and was traveling slow.
A quick eye and a good horse mean life to a man in the
Indian country. Neal had both. He was a lover of horses and
knew a good one ... He had been sent forward by the messen
ger to let me know that he was in danger of being cut off by the
Indians.
The trail back along the shore at the foot of the mountains
was so nearly impassable at night that nothing could be gained
by attempting it, but everything was made ready for an early
start in the morning. ... .
(Continued tomorrow).
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on page 1 of The Herald and
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Russ Envoy
Won't Face
Iran Issue
NEW YORK, May 8 W) An.
drei A. Gromvko, Soviet dele
gate, boycotted the 40th aeaslon
of the United Natipru Security
council, which was called today
to receive reports on the evacua
tion of Iran by Red army troops
The Soviet delegate thus in
dicated that he would atand by
his previous assertion to tha
council members that he would
not discuss the Iranian case fur
ther in the council.
As he left hia hotel thia morn
ing, he was asked, "Are you
going to the security council'
meeting today?"
"I don't think so," he replied.
"Has your government filed
a report on the Iranian matter?"
was the next question.
"I know of no such report,"
he answered.
Axerbaijan Situation Clouded
Hussein Ala, Iranian ambas
sador here for the council meet
ing, said this morning he had no
further information from his
government in Teheran beyond
his statement made Monday
night that the Russians have
withdrawn from four provinces
but that the situation in tha
fifth province in question, Azer
baijan, could not be clarified.
The British delegation was ex-
Sected to take the position that
! no further reports are forth
coming immediately, the Iranian
case should be kept on the agen
da. Some delegations indicated
that Russia could wipe the slat
clean with a simple declaration
that the evacuations were either
completed or virtually finished,
but Russia has not complied with
the council's request for a re
port by May 6.
Railways Face
Fresh Menace
. By The Asaociated Preaa
A new strike threat against
the nation's railroads was re
ported today.
E. Jones, general chairman ot
the Brotherhood of Maintenance)
of Way of the Missouri-Kansas
Texas railroad, said at Denison.
Texas, that the 14 non-operating
brotherhoods of American rail
roads woum take a strike vote)
between May 20 and June 15.
The Brotherhoods of Railroad
Trainmen and Locomotive En
gineers have set a strike against
the carriers for May 18. The
other operating brotherhoods,
representing conductors, switch
men and locomotive firemen and
enginemen, notified the roadi
May 3 they would take a strike
vote unless they were granted
wage increases of $1.20 a day in
addition to the boost of $1.28
daily ordered by an arbitration
board in April.
Nearly 1,500,000 employed
are represented by the various
operating and non-operating
railroad unions.
Wage increases averaging 16
cents hourly have been granted
or recommended for all the em
ployes. This was slightly mora
than half of their wage demands
which averaged S2.50 dailv.
Soviets Stall
Paris Parley
PARIS, May 8 () The for.
eign ministers conference ap
peared today to be breaking up
on the rocks of Soviet-western
discord.
American sources said U. S.
Secretary of State James F.
Byrnes, with a dramatic refer
ence to this first anniversary of
official V-E Day, proposed shift
ing the burden of drafting Eur
ope's peace treaties from the
shoulders of the four ministers
of Russia, Britain, France and
the United States to a 21-nation
peace conference to meet in Par
is June 15.
"At Moscow," the secretary
was reported to have said, "there
was a promise to the world that
we will have a peace conference.
We have got to carry out that
promise. That will be the best
celebration the world can have
on V-E Day."
American quarters said both
British Foreign Secretary Ern
est Bevin and French Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault fell in
with Byrnes', suggestion, but So
viet foreign minister, V. M. Mol
otov, asked for time to study
the idea.
Byrnes was quoted as saying
on behalf of his proposal that
"sometimes when we are con
fronted with problems like those
confronting us" it was best to
let "fresh minds" tackle the
questions.
President 62 Today
WASHINGTON, May 8 (P)
President Truman observed
hit 62nd birthday today by
potting a "butineta at utual'
notice at the White Houte.
If the family planned any
Earty, Mr. Truman hadn't
ten told about it. Neither
had While Houte official!.
Secretary Charlet G. Rota
said Mr. Truman told him it
would be "like any othtr day,
only more ao," and that if
there waa to be a birthday
cake It was being kept secret
from him.