European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. October. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 Truman papers say for had inflated ego Washington a Harry s. Truman in previously unpublished writings says Franklin i. Roosevelt had in inflated ego that sometimes led him into political Misiuda mints and motivated him to run for a third and fourth term. "1 guess that was his principal defect that growing ego of his. Which probably was t too minuscule to Start with though perhaps it was his Only flaw Truman says of Roosevelt the Man who made him president. Truman s reflections Are disclosed in a Book to be published in late october. Where the Buck slops the personal and private writings of Harry s. Truman edited by his Daugh Ter Margaret Truman contains materials that the 33rd president wrote on scraps of paper or dictated Over the years to secretaries and to his wife Bess and daughter after leaving office in 1953. Margaret Truman says her father asked that his candid views not be published until after he and his wife were dead. Truman writes that he was troubled by Roose velt s motives in seeking a third term in War clouded 1940. Even though he agreed with for s decision to shatter precedent and seek the third term in View of the threat to world peace. I thought there might have been a partially wrong reason involved that he was t doing it Only because he Felt it was Best to keep the same experienced Man in place but that he might also have Felt that he was the Only possible Man who could Lead our country l x Victory in the four years later. Truman was Roosevelt s Surprise Choice As running mate for a fourth term alter Roosevelt dumped Henry a. Wallace his third term vice president. Historians have written that Roosevelt had be come uneasy about Wallace s left Wing inclinations and turned to Truman a Compromise figure who. As a senator from Missouri had received favourable no Tice for his thoroughgoing investigation into waste in War contracts. Roosevelt came under intense criticism for his decision to break the two term precedent. Republicans said he was becoming dictatorial. But for won third and fourth terms by wide margins. In the Book Truman says he had tremendous admiration for Roosevelt. Because of Ilie Way Roosevelt rallied the country to fight the depression and the Axis Powers he says he came to think of him almost As a he was a very very pleasant Man and a great conversationalist he writes with marvelous flashes of humor in almost everything he said and he had a personality that made people feel close to but it was Roosevelt s ego Truman says that led him into the biggest political defeat of his presidency congressional rejection of his Effort in 1937 to enlarge the supreme court whose conservative justices had rejected Many new Deal programs frustrating his efforts to Rescue the Economy. Truman Sas he supported Roosevelt s court packing plan mindful i rum his own knowledge of history that the Sie of the supreme court had been changed a number of times Over the years by acts of Congress. I did t agree at All with Roosevelt s obvious feeling that he had become so popular and so Power Ful that he could go ahead and push through any thing even an unprecedented plan like that one without help and without bothering to try to con Vince people opposed to the plan that he was Truman writes. The United states lost a Bill that might have been very helpful to the american people because Roosevelt s ego misinformed him and made him believe he could win on his 4 crewmen turn up Safe 4 months after capsizing Blenheim new zealand a a 42-foot Sailboat missing since june washed ashore with All four crewmen Safe including an american a relative said monday. The three hulled Sailboat overturned in heavy seas four months ago and the four survived by collecting Rainwater and eating fish seaweed and apples said Malcolm tomes brother in Law of the boat s skip per. The missing boat the Rosc Noelle washed ashore on great Barrier Island about 60 Miles Northeast of Auckland late saturday. Tomes said. The boat left Pic Lon on the Northern coast of new zealand s South Island on j unc i. The Crew members planned a three week Pacific islands cruise that was to take them As far As Tonga. On Board was the boat s owner and skip per new zealand or John Glennie an experienced Sailor who designed the boat for Long distance cruising Phillip Hoffman and kick Hellrigel of new zealand and Jim Nalepka 38, of Minneapolis who was in the second of two years As caterer for the outward bound program in new zealand. A three Rose Noelle crewmen Lake a helicopter ride from great Barrier Island in Mon Day. They Are from left Phillip i Luffman Rick i Icil Rickl and Jim Nalepka. Glennie said monday that late on june 3, a Strong southerly wind grew to a 60-Knol Gale. About o clock in the morning there was a huge wave and it just flipped the upside said. The Rosc Noelle floated on its Cross beams with the Cabin top about 2 feel below water he said. The Craft was stable and would not sink unless broken apart. Glennie said. The boat was reported missing on june 24, after it failed to arrive in Tonga. The last radio Contact with the Crew came june 9 from near the Ker Madec islands about 620 Miles Northeast of new zealand. On saturday the four survivors who arc All in Good health spent their first night on land in almost four months. On sunday they broke into an empty Cabin on great harrier Island where they found warm clothes. John Dalmeida head of the outward bound school in an Akiwa. New zealand told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis that the four planned to go to an Auckland hos Pital for tests. 1,096 arrested As la. Police raid gang territories los Angeles a a police task Force trying to suppress gang violence arrested nearly 1,100 people during weekend sweeps of gang territories in los an Geles and the san Fernando Valley authorities said sunday. Hundreds of officers were deployed in both areas Friday night and saturday night watching for any of lenses and checking for warrants. Police made 472 arrests Friday night and 624 arrests saturday night. Of the total 345 were suspected gang members police said. Gang attacks continued despite the sweeps the lat est in a Long running series that police chief Daryl Gates Calls operation Hammer. A 15-year-old boy. Nelson r. Alas an alleged gang member was shot and killed Early sunday in Holly Wood said detective Bill Humphry. Alas and another youth were on a bicycle when they were confronted by a gang. Words were exchanged before the unidentified gang members shot alas to death Humphry said. The other youth was uninjured. A spate of drive by shootings a typical method Ofgang attack killed one Man Ana wounded seven people in greater los Angeles Between Friday evening an dearly saturday morning. A Honey of a Beeard and Makkah of Kuala Bumpur Malaysia who has been a Bee dealer for 15 years grows a thick crawly Beard to demonstrate that his Little friends won t Sling As Long As they re treated right. Monirah Sani Suri is helping him
