The Washington-Merry-Go-Round —
Secretary of Army Royall Won’t Be
Much Around If Truman Is Reelected
By DREW PEARSON
Dollar-an-Hour Man
When and if Harry Truman
leaves the White House, he
will have saved—up until IMS
—just about $4,000 a year out
of the total $75,000 annual
salary which the people of the
United States pay their presi
dents. In the year 1948, thanks
to a Republican tax cut, Mr
Truman will save more.
The President sat down with
paper and pencil the other day
and iigured that his job as
president had paid him only $1
an hour—up until the GOP tax
cut He estimated that, get
ting up early in the morning
as he always does, he had av
eraged 4.200 hours a year on
the job. After taxes and other
heavy expenses of entertaining
and travel, he saved $4,000 the
first year and $4,200 the second
.—or about one dollar an hour.
However, in 1948. thanks
' to the Republican tax cut
his net income will be $12.
000. "And I vetoed that
bill chuckled the President.
Today Mr. Truman is out on
the hustings trying to break
through his usual wall of body
guards, servants and secretar
lies in order to show the peo
ple his human side. The truth
is, that despite the steady
stream ot callers Truman re
ceives daily and the reams
written about him, only a few
close friends know the real
man inside the White House
Actually, he is a lonesome
man.
Not many people know, for
instance, that Truman keeps
i two large anthologies of poems
on a desk by his bedside and,
before dropping off to sleep
at night, likes to prop himself
up in bed and read from the
classics.
His tavorites are Shelley and
, Keats, but he can also recite
at length from “Alice in Won
derland.” One passage the
President likes to quote is the
Red Queen’s remark to Alice:
"Now here, you see, it takes
all the running you can do to
keep in the same place.”
Truman also likes to read his
tory—especially the biograph
ies and autobiographies of his
predecessors—because, he told
a friend, “It is men who make
history.”
• • •
Historian Truman
Truman’s secret ambition is
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to write the history of his own
administration, but it will have
to wait until his term is fin
ished.
"There are times when I
make up my mind I am go
ing to do it and I start as
sembling my thoughts." he
confided to a friend. "Then
the preasure of work force*
me to drop it. There just
aren't enough hours in the
day."
He complained that the pub
lic never knows the true his
tory of a period until long af
ter it is past and sometimes
forgotten.
"The trouble,” he grumbled,
‘‘is that people have to depend
on Drew Pearson and the Al
sop brothers for their infor
mation."
As a boy the President us
ed to crawl out of bed at 5 a.
m. to practice on the piano for
, two hours, and he still gets up
| early. He has more import
ant things to do now.
• * •
Presidential Peeve
President Truman's pet peeve
j is the way Senator Ferguson,
I of Michigan, has handled the
' former war investigating com
mittee.
"I built that committee into
one of the finest on the hill,”
the president complained bit
terly to an associate. “Since
Ferguson has taken over, he
made it into a garbage com
pany.”
• • *
Merry-Go-Round
George Allen, ex-White
House jester, is reported pul
ling back-stage wires to block
the sale of the government’s
Cleveland blast furnace to
Henry Kaiser. George, a direc
tor of Republic Steel, perform
ed one of the greatest political
favors for Truman. He per
suaded Eisenhower not to run
for president . . . Joe Jacobs, a
career man, will be new U. S.
ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
. . . The Republican national
committee has hired Fred Me-!
Laughlin, high-powered Bos
ton, Mass., public-relations
I man, to make a political sur
vey in the socalled border
states. . . CIO officials be
| lievc that Communist-control
led and left-wing CIO unions
j will split off from the nation
! al organization by the end of
j 1948 and form an all-left-wing
third party labor movement.
Under the Dome
Down-to-earth Army Chief
of Staff Omar Bradley isn’t
the kind who will pull his rank
—even on an enlisted man.
Not long ago a sergeant was
assigned to help Bradley move
some belongings to his new
quarters. Instead of turning
the job over entirely to the
sergeant, General Bradley
pitched in and helped haul the
baggage himself. In fact, Brad
ley made eight trips, the ser
geant only seven. . . . Presi
dent Truman has told intim
ates that if he’s reelected Sec
retary of the Army Roy a 11
won’t be around much.
Visitors from New York
State — '••"***
REDBIRD—David Clark, and
wife and children, of Harri
man, N. Y., arrived Sunday,
September 26, by train to visit
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Luedtke
and family for several days.
Mrs. Clark is a sister of Mrs.
Luedtke.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Saw
yer, of Inman, were Sunday
September 26, guests at the
Elmer Luedtke home.
Other Redbird News
Chancie Hull returned from
the West coast Saturday, Sep
tember 25, where he had been
visiting his sister and brother
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured ex*
plorer, Chris*
topher -
7 Type of
garment
8 Ireland
10 Greater
quantity
11 Arabic letter
13 Mother
14 Half «n em
15 Lieutenant
(abbr.)
16 Near
18 Skill
20 Indian
21 Dogma
24 Meditated
26 Artificial
language
27 Indian
mulberry
28 Proofreaders'
marks
32 Jeers
36 Constellation
37 Except as oth
erwise herein
provided
(abbr.)
40 Cabin
41 Negative
42 Type of
dwelling place
48 Per
47 He discovered
the New ——
49 Requirements
51 Flower
52 Walking stick
53 Mockers
VERTICAL
1 Concern
2 Not closed
3 French article
Previous Puxsle , 23 Small child
24 Male
25 Rubber tree
28 la able
2* in a line
30 Sun god
31 Dispatcher
32 Pantry (Scot)
33 Exclamation
34 Chafes with
friction
35 Pig pen
38 Whirlwind
.a* , . 39His Majesty
4 Exist 10 Female horse (abbr.)
5 Russian 12 Lot 42 Course of
mountain 13 Entangle action
6 Sedimentary 17 Scatter for 43 Otherwise
material drying 44 close to
7 Company 19 Symbol for 45 Five plus five
(abbr.) thoron < (Dn
9 Symbol for 20 We 48 Either
nickel 22 Before 50 From
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James
Smith, of Yakima, Wash., for
several weeks
Otto Ruzicka, and son, of
near Dorsey, were at Redbird
Saturday, September 25.
Elmer Luedtke and family
were in Redbird Saturday,
September 25.
Mrs. Albert Carson and
children visited at Redbird on
Sunday, September 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mellor
and Delores were Sunday eve
ning, September 26, callers in
Redbird.
Mrs. Alice Whitham, of Nio
brara, visited home folks, Mr.
and Mrs. William Hartland, on
Sunday, September 26.
Bus Green of Lynch was in
Redbird Monday, September
27.
Peter Spencer and Michael
Hull visited at Bill Stauffer’s,
west of Lynch, Saturday, Sep
tember 25.
Dale Spencer of Spencer vis
ited in Redbird, September 26.
Harry Truax visited home
folks Sunday, September 26.
H. V. Rosenkrans of Dorsey
was a caller at Redbird Sep
tember 27.
William Podany was in Red
bird Monday, September 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Scholl -
meyer, of Scottville, visited at
Pete Moore’s September 27.
Clifford Wells was here on
business Tuesday, September
28.
Ray Wilson was in Redbird
Tuesday, September 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Barta
drove to Yankton, S D., Tues
day, September 28.
Bernard Raabe, of Spencer,
called at the Fred Truax home
Tuesday evening, September
28.
Miss Margaret Howard, of
O’Neill, was a caller at Red
bird September 28.
Harry Traux autoed to
Lynch Wednesday, September
29.
David Clark and family and
Elmer Luedtke and wife drove
to O’Neill Wednesday, Sep
tember 29.
Frank Spinar and family and
I Elvin Spinar and family visit
ed at the Wm. Hartland home
Wednesday evening, Septem
ber 29.
Michael Hull visited with
Pete More Wednesday, Sep
tember 29.
Mrs. Harvey Krugman and
Mrs. Freda More autoed to O’
Neill on business Wednesday,
September 29.
Mr- and Mrs. Claude Pick
ering were in Redbird Thusr
day, September 29.
Beryle Bessert was in Red
bird Thursday, September 30.
Mr. and Mi's. Gordon Barta
were callers in Redbird Thurs
day, September 30.
Mr. and Mrs. William Po
dany drove to Lynch on busi
ness Friday morning, October
Edward Carson and family
were in Redbird Friday, Oc
tober 1.
William Conard and family
visited at Mrs. Floyd Phelps’
home Saturday, October 2.
Goes to Illinois—
CHAMBERS — Mrs. Clyde
Kiltz left Wednesday for a
short visit with her sister and
brother at Elgin, 111.
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Due to heavy receipts of cattle, we are holding our auc
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We sell ALL classes and kinds on both days but will
give special attention to the sale of Calves on Monday.
Hogs will be sold only on Tuesday.
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ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET
ATKINSON, NEBRASKA
Mr. and Mrs Janies Finley
and daughter, Sheila, spent
j Sunday visiting at the home of
! Mrs. Finley’s mother, Mrs.
j Earl Closson.
Mrs. Earl Closson received
word from her son, Pfc. Ray
I mond Closson, who has been
j stationed at Ft. Francis E. War
ren, Wyo., that he has been
j transferred to Ft. Ollaman,
Alamogardo, N. M Raymond
‘ is in the air force.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ludwig
and son, Donald, visited at the
Neil Clark home last Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Clos
son. of Ewing, spent a week
with their son, Anson, and
1 family in North O’Neill.
Charles and James Froelich
and their sister, Mary Ellen,
returned Monday from Chi
cago, 111., where they had vis
ited their sister, Miss Nancy,
who is a student at Barat col'
! leee. at nearbv I.nke Forest
Mrs. Francis Shaw, of Bas
sett, spent the weekend with
! her sister-in-lw, Mrs. D. H.
Clausen, and Mr Clausen and
with her son, S. D. Shaw, and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wald
ron, of Amelia, entertained as
their weekend guests, Mrs.
Emmett Carr and children,
Karen and Charles.
Earl Bauld, jr., left Sunday
for Vancouver, Wash., where
he will Ibe employed.
Friday guests at the D. A.
i Baker home were Mr. and Mrs.
| Gene Cromwell and family, of
| Creighton.
Robert Clements spent the
weekend with his parents. He
j attends school in Norfolk.
G. C. DeBacker returned on
I Sunday from Minneapolis
Minn., where he had attended
! a business meeting. He was
gone for almost a week. Mrs.
DeBacker drove to Neligh to
1 bring him home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Reis, of
Atkinson, were guests Saturday
at the Ivan J. Cone home.
The Raymond Eby family
were dinner guests Sunday at
! the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lor
i
enz Nissen Also present wm%
Mr a.nd Mrs Anton Nisaea
and Dale.
Mr and Mrs. D. D. DeBolt
were in Sioux City Sunday on
business.
MERRY MATRONS
AMELIA — The Merry Ma
trons club met Thursday, Sep
tember 23, with Mrs. John
Mohr, jr., and Mrs. Thelma
Dulitz was cohostess. There
were 13 members present.
After a dinner, Mrs. Edith
Andersen and Mrs. Mary Kan
zelmeyer presented the lesson
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Alice Prewitt in October
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