Harry Truman, who chafes at the confinement of the White House, had a week of busy escape. In his special railroad car, he took off for Fulton, Mo. (to introduce Speechmaker Winston Churchill) and for a return-trip stopover for a speech of his own in Columbus, Ohio.
Before leaving Washington, the President had bustled pleasantly through an unusual list of social engagements. He invited himself to a lunch given by Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle, ate three bowls of chile. He spent an hour at a cocktail party thrown by Commodore James K....
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