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...gilt-trimmed ballroom, the cheers and applause were unrestrained. There were even a few joyous rebel yells as Harry Truman appeared in the doorway, flanked by Mrs. Truman (in green) and Daughter Margaret (in pale blue). Harry Truman grinned and waved happily to the 2,000-odd Jefferson Day diners.* He could well remember the dismal days last fall, when all that Democrat bigwigs wanted of him was to keep out of sight...
...Easter Sunday, at the Government-sponsored unveiling of a plaque in Strasbourg Cathedral to the American dead in Alsace, De Gaulle appeared as hero. Thousands jammed the rainswept streets to cry "De Gaulle au pouvoir!" (De Gaulle to power!). In the presence of U.S. Ambassador Jefferson Caffery, De Gaulle said: "If a new tyranny should ever menace all or part of the world, we may be certain that the U.S. and France would be together to oppose...
Harry S. Truman (Sat. 10:30 p.m., all networks). A Jefferson Day speech...
Hours and locations announced for polling by the School's 2000 students were: Graduate School Dining Hall 11:45 to 1:30 o'clock; Jefferson Laboratory, Room 352, 10 to 12:15 o'clock; Widener Library 10 to 5 o'clock; and Agassiz Hall 11 to 2 o'clock...
Even in Editor Agar's abridged form, however, it is hardly light reading. Adams made an exhaustive study of Jefferson's two terms and the amazing Burr conspiracy, of Madison's two terms and the War of 1812, of the struggles of the young democracy against enemies at home & abroad. Started when Adams was still in his 40's-long before he became the cackling old cynic convinced that the world was going to pot-the work was his scholarly masterpiece and occupied what were probably his best years...