Before he became President, Harry Truman indulged in many a window-shopping ramble through Washington's streets. Confined to the White House, he soon developed jowls and trouble buttoning his suits. At 179 Ibs., he was 12 Ibs. over his best fighting weight.
Ever since the President returned from Christmas in Missouri, his personal physician, Colonel Wallace Graham of Kansas City, has kept him on a rigid reducing program. As soon after 5 p.m. as possible, the President pops into a sweatbox beside the White House pool, stews for a few minutes. Then he is let out to face a long, canvas-covered...
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