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RECORDER PHONE 1709 EVENING RECORDER. AMSTERDAM. N. Y., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1952 1st Methodists Hear Reports, Elect Officers Annual reports were presented by church organizations, officers and the pastor, the Rev< Daniel D. Brox, and officers were elected at the quarterly conference of First Methodist Church last night. Dr. Frank W. Bevan, superin- tendent of the Albany District of the Troy Conference of the church, presided. The meeting followed a supper in Assembly Hall. Dr. Bevan spoke of outstanding points in the work of the church, stressing particularly that which had been done by youth and coun- sellors and by laymen of the church in remodeling the'parson- age kitchen. He also stressed the fact that the Methodist Church has for the last four years made a special of- fering of 51 million on one Sunday during the Lenten season for over- seas relief, work with servicemen and extension of the mission pro- gram of the church. H. M. Stanton, John L. Bebb and Arthur Hagar were re-elected trustees of the church for three year terms. Maurice Richardson was elected to fill the unexpired term as a trustee of Elnathan J. Moore who had resigned. Thanks were extended to Moore, "who had also served as communion steward of the church, and to Earle Kliest. treasurer, whose successor is Elbert G. Varney. The following were elected stew- ards: Fred Abert, Fred Aldich. Mrs. Fred Aldrich, Leslie Armer, De- BARGAIN NBAHRMHi TO NEW YORK $400 ROUND TRIP (Plus Tax); EVERY SUNDAY THROUGH APRIL 6th Children under 12. half fart; under 5, free! Sandwiches, coffee, Ice cream, soda for sale on board. — SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAIN QOIMQ LT. II. Flat* tiU A. it. LT. rone* ; SUOA. M. LT. Amsterdam «:57 A. M. 7«I1 A.M. LT. Troy 7:18 A.M. LT. Albany 7:50 A.M. LT. Hndion 8:10 A. 11, Ax. New York 10:40 A. M. (Grand Central Terminal) BETUK.NINO LT. New York S:« P. M. Ar. Hndion 10:60 P.M. Ar. Albany , 11:UP.M. Ar. Troy .11:56 P.M. 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Arthur Hagar was elected sec- retary, Howard Hall, communion steward, Mrs. Ralph Smeallie, fi- nancial secretary, Elbert Varney, church treasurer, Paul Girardin, treasurer of benevolences, Clar- ence Schoonmaker, lay leader. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Checks- field were approved as members of the conference by virtue of their office as presidents of the Young Adult organization. .The following-committees were nominated and elected: Board of missions and church extension, Mrs. Fred Aldrich, Mrs. Beatrice Delamater, Miss Lela Kroeger, Arthur Hagar, Mrs. Ward Hinkle, James McCausland. Paul Girardin; membership and evangelism, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hagar, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Merry, Mr. and Mrs. Warren_Sny- der. Mrrand Mrs. John'ClUieT Finance committee, Austin C. Gode, Maurice Richardson, Roy Droege. Fred Holzer, Earle Kliest, Ward Hinkle, Arthur Hagar, Hor- ace Hagar, Howard Hall, Ray Johnson, Fred C. Aber, Eldon Richards, John Cline, Ernest Rob- inson, James McCausland, Colvin Jennings, Elbert Varney; pastoral relations, Dr. L. E. Moore, Haskell -Stantoiv Arthur Hagar, James cGausiand, Maurice Richardson, Austin Gode, C. S. Schoonmaker. Christian stewardship, Ward J. Hinkle and presidents of societies; nominations, Lloyal Miller, Fred Aldrich, James McCausland, Ward Hinkle, Edward Checksfield, Wil- son F. Delamater, C. S.- Schoon- maker, Mrs. Harry Gerling; audit, George Oberist, Foster Heaxt, John Cline, Lauren Hughes, Er- nest Robinson. Records and history, the Rev. W. H. Kroeger, Mrs. Arthur Ha- gar, Mrs. James McCausland, Miss Ethel Gordon; hospitals and homes, Mrs. L. E. Moore, Mrs. Evan Evans, Mrs. Paul Garcia; co-operation, C. S. Schoonmaker, Arthur M. Hagar, Maurice Rich- ardson. Music, Mrs. Gladys Brunson, George Oberist, John Bebb, Earle Kliest, Eldon Richards, Ward Hinkle, Mrs. L. E. Mopre; parson- jjage, chairman of building com- mittee of trustees and committee from the W. S. C. S.;'courtesies and memorials, Earle Kliest, Aus- tin Gode, George Oberist, Paul Girardin: Planning, TV T. F Hoofe, C. S. Schoonmaker, Mau- rice Richardson>DeWitt Benjamin, Mrs. Arthur Hagar, Mrs. L. E. Moore and the president of the W. S. C. S. Ushers, Arthur Hagar, Fred Holzer, Harry DeVoe, Roy Droege, Ernest Robinson, Colvin Jennings, Milton Hugo, Theodore krown, Edward Checksfield, Ralph Lipe, Ward Hinkle, Warren Snyder, Ralph Armer, Benjamm Brunson Jr.; boys' work, Lauren Hughes, Fred Holzer, Colvin Jennings; Harry DeVoe, Ernest Robinson; literature, Alvin Gewinner, Ken- neth Merry, August Swenson. Truman Diary (Concluded From Page One) "A little pinheaded Congress- man from Iowa interested the Washington (Evening) Star, and the House beat the bill." Truman is quoted in the new book, "Mr. President." It adds: "We still have a red sandstone center to the capital of the great- est republic in the history of the world, and one of the three great domes of the world hanging in the air! "What an accomplishment for a pinheaded Congressman and a newspaper!" Today's Evening Star brings the controversy up to date. It re- ports an exchange of letters this month between the President and Star Editor Ben McKelway and reaches a conclusion as to the identity of the Iowa Congressman. McKelway wrote Truman March 5, saying his paper consistently supported the proposed architec- tural changes. He asked where the President got a contrary im- pression. In a March 8 reply from Key West, Fla., President Truman apologized "if an error was made." He added: "But I feel very strong- ly about that situation." The dome, he said, is "a foot or two out of plumb and one of these days it will probably come crash- ing down, which will be a pity." His proposed renovation should have been carried out, he insisted, and would have been but for-"the little Congressman ,* * * and the propaganda_whieh-was put nut hy Washington newspapers The Star concluded the Con- gressman was former Rep. Otha D. Wearin, Iowa Democrat who fought the proposed changes in House committee and testimony on the Senate side. The Star said Wearin wanted to leave the capi- tol as it is and build a new na- tional capitol in Iowa, a move it regarded with "some suspicion." In Pes Moines. Wearin gave out j committal references to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. After World War II, Truman praised Eisenhower to the skies and promised to help him get any- thing he wanted—including the presidency in 1948.' t Now, in-1952, Eisenhower is in the running for the Republican presidential nomination although not personally an active candidate. Ike Unmentioned And Truman, in the new book, does not mention Eisenhower on his list of the "greatest generals" while saying Gen. Omar N. Brad- ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, "tops them alj." Similarly, Truman has nothing significant to say about Eisen- hower's chief rival for this year's G. O. P. nomination, Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio. Truman makes no bones of the fact that he was sponsored in politics by the Pendergast organi- zation. But he says the Kansas City machine never Influenced him as a public official. . "There is nothing I detest so much as a crooked politician or corrupt government official," he says. And he adds, speaking of the corruption charges made against his own administration: "But the type of businessman who is a fixer is ey.en lower in my estimation." The Truman-Hiilman book will be read avidly for, among other things, the President's frequently uninhibited comments on other public figures and his "accounts of his dealings with them. He blasts John L Lewis as "a demogogue in action" whcT"cannot face the music when the tune is not to his liking." • «—_ He makes public the 1948 letter which precipitated his break with Financier Bernard Baruch—a letter implying Baruch was un- grateful for favors he and his family received. Truman records that he has had to fire some of his tOD aides be- cause they got "too big for" their feared a new world war was im-i minent. 'On the first of these occasions, after a meeting with the late Secretary of Defense Forrestal and other leaders, he reported "a terrible feeling" that the nation was "very close to war."« • This was at the time of the showdown with the Russians over the blockade of Berlin. Again, after the Chinese Com- munists entered the Korean war, Truman made the gloomy nota- tion: ••• ' • It looks like World War HI is near. I hope not—but we must meet whatever •comes—and we will." Welcomed Dewey aa Koe Elsewhere in the book, Truman expresses satisfaction with the Republicans' choice of New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to oppose him in the 1948 election: "All he (Dewey) can do Is to make a Svarmed-over' approach to the situation with which the country is faced • • •." The Hlllman-Truman book passes off very briefly the roar- ing controversy surrounding the dismissal of Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur from all his Far East com- mands. The President does say. how- ever, in a, letter to an unnamed friend: "*. * • Under the circumstances I could do nothing else and still be President of the United States. Even the^Chiefs of Staff came to the conclusion that civilian control of the military was at stake • * *." Truman's casual comments, sprinkled through out the book, cover a great variety of subjects. He speaks, soon after taking of- fice, of the State Department's cautious manner of dealing with him. and adds: ' "Evidently, some of the State Department boys believe nobody, not, even the President of the United States. Ain't it awful? Must make changes." Edward .R. Stettinius Jr., was secretary of state at • that time. Hillman adds, "to limit the pub- lishing of any material from his diaries up to the end of 1949 — in order to meet any charge that the writer had biased his material and had been merely selective." Althought the material Hillman selected avoids presenting Truman in an unfavorably light, Hillman says the sole purpose of the book is to carry out Truman's wish: "I want the people to know the Presidency as I have experienced n ,M*tmm* •• PAGE.NTNB Towns, Villages ' Given-State Aid , For Youth Work CANAJOHARIE. March 18— State aid totaling $1,650 for youth recreation projects here has been allocated to the Villages of Pala- tine Bridge and Canajoharie and it and I want them to know nie as I th * Towns of Root and Canajo- 1 am." har "- I new or additional service* ^o trvu nicipalities in schools or elsewhere) to locate and help children who show gigns of probable delinquent .behavior. Services include child guidance clinics and school social workers. Youth bureaus co-ordinate and supplement youth serving activi- ties, which are devoted in whole or in part to the welfare and protec- tion of children. These bureaua are created by governmental units. "BACK HOME" Round-Trip* FROM Ntw York TOOI WHITE TOUR RELATIVES OB FRIENDS la New York, fir* than thcaa dtles that they can coma home far a Runday TIS'II—March 301a, April fib, or 20th. • SAME low round trip roach fares. Special Train learet New York Sunday BBomlajr, rets back by bedtime . . . with plenty of time Upstate for a real fat-together. 0 \n a hearty laugh when told of Tru- man's "pinhead" tag. The ex- Congressman, now a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Iowa, told reporters: "Oh, let's just let his judgment stand on that." Wearin ' said his proposal to move the capitol to Iowa came after he tirfcd of hearing Wash- ington leaders ask for more funds to run the city. (By ED CREAGH)- Called Lonely Man WASHINGTON. March 18— UP> —Harry S. Truman, in his own words, is a sentimental,- lonely man who sometimes feels the White House has turned him into a "two-headed calf*—a freak in the eyes of the American people. Truman believes "there is no indispensable man in a democra- cy." But is he willing to turn over to somebody else the job he regards as the hardest in the world? The President doesn't say, al- though he makes this comment op politicians in general—and he is prouji_Jo_calUhimself_a^politician: breeches," and he gives this ac- count of a 1945 talk with former President Hoover: ' "We discussed our prima donnas and wondered what makes them. Some of my boys who came in with me are having trouble with their dignity and prerogatives. It's hell when a man gets in- close as- sociation with the President. Something happens to him." Something happens to the Presi- dent, too, once the White House gates close behind him. Finds Life Dreary Truman records the dreariness of dining in 6tate alone: "What a life!" He speaks often of his enforced separations from his wife and their daughter—"Our Baby." he calls her, noting that Margaret doesn't like the term. And, wryly, he records that on public appearances the President is stared at as if he were "A two- headed calf" or "Jumbo, the Cardiff Giant- Truman says a President can't afford to be emotional—yet he ad- mits he sometimes "chokes up" r Birth Record st SIT New York Centra Born in the Amsterdam City Hospital March 17: Son to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walendziak, A Columbus Avenue. Son to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ratajczak, 283 Vrooman Avenue. Born in St. Mary's Hospital March 17: Son to Mr. and Mrs. John Moyce, 11 East Clinton Street, Johnstown. Son to Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Long, East Main Street Extension. Johnstown. Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Furman, 6 Morris Street. WEDNESDAY ONLY! — 1 GROUP GIRLS' DRESSES sizes 1 TO t i — 1 GROUP — GIRLS' SPORT > / / J^ACKE^TS Corduroy »Rd Wools— Sim 1 to 14 PRICE ALL SALES FINAL CABAYS 80 EAST MAIN STREET "They never get out until they die or are kicked out." A big $5 book full of these and thousands of other "unrehearsed private thoughts" of the 32nd President went on sale today. The title: "Mr. President." William Hillman, Mutual Broad- casting System commentator, is listed as the author. But some 65,- 000 of the 80,000 words are those of Harry Truman himself. They are from his leather-bound diaries, his private memoranda, his cor- respondence, his sometimes star- tllngly frank conversations. This unprecedented—if uncriti- cal—look into the mind and ac- tivities of a President still hv the White House discloses among oth- er things that: Twice, at least, since he took office. Truman has feared World War III was on the verge of break- ing out As early as January, 1946, Tru- man declared he was tired of "ba- bying the Soviets"—saying, so In a_ scorching memo that rapped the knuckles of James F. Byrnes, thpn Secretary of State, for keeping him in the dark on foreign policy developments. He welcomed the nomination of Thomas E. Dewey for President by the Republicans m 1948 be- cause he felt Dewcy__had__nothihg to offer the voters except a "warmed-over" platform. And he viewed one of his* own cabinet members—Henry A. Wal- lace, whom he fired—as a "dream- er" more dangerous to the country than the old German-American Bund. Wallace Angered (Wallace said at his home In South Salem, N. Y., that If the President ever admitted this was a reference to him "I*shall charge him with the same deliberate character assassination which he finds so despicable in others." (The name of the person men- Hohcd _ by 'lVuman is blacked out in the text and "Mr. X" is substi- tuted. The context clearly Indi- cates, however, that Wallace Is the man referred to. Asked spe- cifically by a reporter if "Mr. X" was Wallace, the President re- ^lled—'no-comment^ 1 ) This 253-page book, a best-seller even on the basis of pre-publica- tion orders, adds up to a campaign document that the Democrats can use whether Truman seeks re-elec- tion or not. For all it* wealth of personal information about Truman, before and after he went into politics at the behest of the Pendergast or- ganization in Kansas City, It is significant for what it leave* out as well as for what it contain!. Among the noteworthy omis- sions: There are only, fleeting and noa with sentiment—and calls himself "an old fool'' and "a damned sentimentalist" on one occasion. Often Truman talks of a favorite subject—his study of history—and he says: "If I couldn't have been a pianist (his first choice of a career) I think I would have done better as a professor of history." The Truman diary discloses that on two occasions—in September, 1948, and in December, 1950—he He soon was replaced by Byrnes. Again in 1951. Truman wrote in a letter: "Some of the generals and the' admirals and the career men in governrnent look upon the oc- cupant of the White House as only a temporary nuisance who will soon be succeeded by another temporary occupant * • *." Truman himself regards the presidency, he says, as a sort of super public relations job—with too much time devoted to "talking to people and kissing them on both cheeks trying to get them to do what they ought to do with- out getting kissed." On a more personal level, Tru- man says—also in a letter—that he has never voted "dry" in his life but that "some of the antics of the distillers almost make me feel like doing just that" And. • in a biographical sketch he wrote for Hillman, the Presi- dent recalls he was given Ipecac and whiskey when he had a "terrible case" of diphtheria as a boy. "I've hated^ the smell of both ever since," he says. Hillman, in a foreword to the book, says it began with a series of private interviews which the President granted him. Later, he says, Truman turned over to him "alk his diaries, his private papers and corre- spondence," with permission to publish anything in them that did not violate security, the public in- terest, or good taste. "The President thought it best," Truman adds, in a letter to Hill- man: "I expect there will be those who will constme this (the book) as a political act. You and I know better." Wallace Bitter SOUTH SALEM. N. Y, March 18—<JP>—Hen ry A. Wallace today indirectly accused President Tru- man of "character assassination." Wallace's charge was in reply to newly published Truman diary notes about a Sept. 18. 1946. con- versation with a "Mr. X." whom Mr. Truman called "dangerous" and a "pacitict." Wallace said Truman "knew the newspaper men would "conclude that Mr. X was I." The former Vice President re- leased him own diary notes about the meeting. In them, he quoted Truman as saying he thought he could do business with Russia, and James F. Byrnes was "giving me (Truman) hell." Wallace said his notes of the conversation recorded: "Truman said he had always liked Stalin and Stalin like him. and he thought he could do busi- ness face to face with Stalin, but unfortunately Stalin would not come to the United States. • • * "Truman said as soon as the peace treaties were signed, he was prepared to go to Congress and ask a loan for Russia, just as he had for Great Britain Wallace said Truman seemed in accord with him in seeking peace- ful Aj.ii.1! *.:iL « • —lift. The sum covers annual assis- tance for youth activities under the New York State Youth Com- mission's program of recreation projects, youth service projects and youth bureaus. Lee C. Dow ling, executive director, announced. The project for which the. grants were made will be operated jointly by the two villages and the two towns as well as the Vil- lage of Ames. Responsible for the program is the Community Youth Center, Inc.. of which Allen H. Saul is chairman and director of recreation. Grants were Village of Canajo- harie, $875: Palatine Bridge, $200: Town of Canajoharie, $400, and Town of Root. $175. No aid was listed for Ames by the state agen- cy. Recreation projects assist mu- nicipalities in providing worth- while leisure activities for youth. They include summer playground programs, community sport and athletic activities, youth social hobby centers as well as organized programs in hiking, camping, aquatics, art. music, hobbies and similar activities. Youth service projects provide Woman Minister Refuses To Pay Full Income Ta* SOUTH HARTFORD, N. Y., March 18— UP) —A woman pastor 5 says she has paid only one-fourth of her income tax because sh« couldn't "support a government in participation and preparation fop war." The Rev. Marion C. Frenyear of the Congregational Church ia this Washington County village said last night she had'notified the Bureau of Internal Revenue that she would pay 25 per cent ot her 1951 tax: She said she had paid only a quarter of her tax last year, too. Bureau officials, however, sub* sequently obtained a lien against her salary. The church paid the lien and deducted the amount from her salary, she said. "Taxes should be used to bring peace and disarmament to the world," she said. ... . * A new spirit duplicator, 'devel- oped by the army for'producing m'ulti-colorod-maps-in-the-fletdr-ia- hand operated and • able to print four colors. ful solutions with Russia. Wallace says his diary records that Mr. Truman said of the then Secre- tary of*State Byrnes: "Jimmy Byrnes has been giving me hell. • » • Jimmy says I am pulling the rug out from under him." Wallace added: "Jimmy had" blamed him (Truman) more than he had me (Wallace)." ' Wallace said that if Truman either admitted "Mr. X" was Wal- lace, or refused to comment on the identity, "I shall-charge him with the same deliberate charac- ter assassination which he finds so despicable in others." Wallace wired the President asking him to. confirm or denv that "Mr. X is I" and saying that "if the answer is no eomment, I shall take it that you mean me by Mr. X." Sunday afterhddn, Wal- lace said, he received a telegram from Presidential Secretary Jos- eph Short saying, in effect, the President "does not want to com- ment." new siitchtngg. 4 k new lines I ft new loveliness^! 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