Charles Kohen, proprietor of an art and curio shop in Washington, shooed off ordinary customers one day last week. "The place is full of Secret Service men," he explained to one chance telephone caller, the New York Times's Reporter Paul Kennedy. "I've got a very important visitor coming." Thirty minutes later, accompanied by more Secret Service men, the important visitor slipped in the door: the President of the U.S. was hunting a nice picture to give his wife for their home back in Independence, Mo.
What did Mr. Truman have in mind? asked Kohen, who once sold Philatelist Franklin Roosevelt choice items...
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