The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1950, Page 7

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1950 Capital Speculates As Truman Hits At Byrnes Bi EDWARD H. SIMS, The Citizen's Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C.—Of all the political maneuverings in Washington, of late, no doubt the juiciest was the release of a book by Jonathan Daniels, ex-White House aide: The book tore} — into James F. Byrnes’ reputation with a vengeance seldom dis- played. It would certainly end national respect and _ affection for little Jimmy Bymes if believed by the majority of the people. Behind the release of the Daniels book lies a story, in- volving the President. The people of the country are more in- terested in the President's role than in Daniels’. Before coming to @ny conclusion, a look at the facts are in order. James F. returned from Moscow after that now-famous session with Communist chiefs, and tendered his resignation. dlmost a year before he actually resigned. When he did resign, President Truman sent him a letter congratulating him on the service he had done his country. At that time everyone assumed the President was sigcere. happened to change this national opinion until after James Brynes made a speech in June of 1949. At that time he warmed that some of the administration's programs threatened to make the average citizen a galley slave, with an oar, on the great ship of state. a ie Certainly, Truman did not like that nor can anyone . blame him| Today’s Anniversaries for resenting it to a degree. Then when Byrnes announced his can. didacy for governorship of his} ; native state, Truman made his| 1710—Jonathan Trumbull, long-| jtime Connecticut go-ernor, the} }famous “Brother Jonathan” of| great help to Gen. George Wash- ington, born at “Lebanon, Conn} |Died Aug. 17, 1785. | | 1775—Lyman - Beecher, noted} Presbyterian preacher, father of} famous children, born in New/ than most of the others at the} Haven, Conn. Died Jan. 10, 1863.| White House that day. No such! 1840—Helen Modjeska, famous! remark had been anticipated.|merican-Polish actress, who} even though the political philoso-| migrated here for more freedom, phies of the two men had been/born. Died in Los Angeles, April ®eparated for some months at/8, 1909. the time. | 1844—Charles King, soldier, tnovelist and historian, born Al-/ first public bitter remark about Byrnies—the man he worked for at the 1944 Democratic conven- tion. Byrnes was a free agent and could do as he pleased. This reporter asked for the com- ment, but was more stuAned Truman’s bitterness toward|March 18, 1933. we? catia “ic Byrnes, but nothing much more| 1844—George W. Cable, New happened for a while. Byrnes;Orleans and Northampton, Mass, was meanwhile nominated by the|H0velist, philanthropist and” re- Democrats for the governorship|former, born in New Orleans. f his native state. That meant {Died Jan. 31, 1925, be was elected, The next cot 1855—Wilberforce -Eames, i si ~|famous New York Public Library} sode came late in S mber, M4 1950, When the Jonathan Dan.|Dibliographer, born in Newark, iels book was published, report-|N- J- Died Dec. 6, 1997 ers couldn't wait to get at Tr man to see of the remarks attrit | Serve leftover thin slices of See - - jham with grilled bananas) th The In-} i thie a Bheah oan and a cheese sauce. This makesjland wz difficult} es bows fz aes £ sical (2 fine Sunday night supper dish | lowed. TI m without get- Byrnes wi a Seate, € his! when accompanied. by a green|teer crop ble is all these Sieg Tunning out on him, etc.,| iad, hot crusty buttered rolls! as though it e- ind lots of coffee. ‘of the three Most of the reporters wee a = | Double Ended |Fountain Pen PRAGUE—i?) The remark showed President|bany, N. Y. Died in Milwaukee,|in two colors with a foun | jiust developed in Cz says the flewspaper ne the other end _|Perennial Crop? DELB cha Pe ae ee THE KEY WEST CITIZEN And Now It's Prexy Gordon Gray (®) Photo GORDON GRAY (above) added another charter to a very full life by becoming president of the Greater University of North Carolina in inauguration ceremony at Chapel Hill. Back in the days of World War II the wealthy publisher of the Winston- Salem (N-.C.} Journal and Sentinel began his military career as @ private in fhe army. He ended up as Secretary of the Army. a Post he resigned to become president of the university. In the background is University Chancellor Robert B. House. 3 Bother Indian mu Can n.—{).— Vivid worn by wo- rthern town shock- Pher ". One end h: if they had cut URNE, Alta— & Truman didn't few short years” ago- them thought their chief execu-} tive did not feel this way the day | Byrnes left Washington and the State Department. Most of them} actually thought Truman began} to feel this way only after the} June, 1949, Byrnes speech. S they asked the President—is tt book accurate? Truman said the book spoke for itself. Thus he backed up the savage attack on/ Byrnes” reputation. feel this way a[ ‘Mast’ < of} What the Am complishments. There has been| much talk that he will be a} spokesman for Democrats are arrayed against the Pr dent, but there is little eviden of any such plot. Surely he too old to consider a presidential | nomination, even if he could get | it, which he could not. President! Truman will probably services, and if not, would face the same foes he} faced in 1944—organized labor} and the Roman Catpolic church,} to some extent he} Certainly cannot. get a Democrati nom-| imation with the hostility of the} ene and the coolness of strong| forces in the other | So President Tr have known Byrnes was finish- ed asa political rival. & only; fear was that Byrnes might} rally allies round him, in op-/} position to the administration If so, did the Pr | ately set out to former Secreta: an must} was the Pre involved in| the campaign tely | smear General Eisenhower a} year or two ago? | One wonders about these charges, but some are frank to} make them. Even a_liberal,| generally pro-a istration pa-| per, like the W speculated editoriz man has attem to sm ar SOUTHERN DAIRIES SEALTEST +eethe Ice Cream with NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS! 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