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When the Washington Post's Music Critic Paul Hume got back to his office from Constitution Hall one night last week, he addressed himself to an uncomfortable chore-criticizing the President's daughter. He had just heard Margaret Truman's Washington concert. In a sense, it had been a triumphal occasion: the hall had been packed with Washington bigwigs, including both her father and Clement Attlee; Soprano Truman had looked radiant on the stage and had drawn waves of friendly applause...
...Paul Hume, a well-grounded student of music, had come to the widely shared conclusion that Margaret just "cannot sing very well." He wrote: "Miss Truman is a unique American phenomenon with a pleasant voice of little size and fair quality. She is extremely attractive on the stage. Yet . . . there are few moments during her recital when one can relax and feel confident that she will make her goal, which is the end of the song...
Beefsteak for Black Eyes. The day after the review appeared, 34-year-old Critic Hume got a letter, written in longhand on White House stationery, that made his eyes pop. It read...
...Hume...
...True. Hume hurried in to show the letter to Managing Editor James Russell Wiggins. They decided to send it back to the White House with a mild reply. But word of the letter spread, and the next afternoon it turned up on Page One of the tabloid Washington News...