AMERICANS ABROAD: Give 'Em Hell, Harricum!

" 'A little touch of Harry in the night' worked wonders for British morale at Agincourt," said London's Daily Telegraph with Shakespearean whimsy. "The little touch of Harry S. Truman at his press conference yesterday was equally invigorating. It is no discourtesy to President Eisenhower to say that his former commander in chief, more than any other living American, embodies the sparkle and freshness, idealism and energy of the new world."

As glowed the Telegraph, so glowed Britain over Harry Truman, in London last week on the last leg of his seven-week swing through...

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