dated December 13, 1950: Praise for India's initiative

Dr. Owen Lattimore, Johns Hopkins University expert on Far Eastern affairs, said in an interview in Washington on December 11, that the U.S. had committed an act of ``unsound diplomacy'' when shortly after the outbreak of the Korean war it rejected India's attempt to localise hostilities.

In a copyrighted interview in the U.S. News and World Report, Dr. Lattimore had said: ``I think a mistake was made in clapping down the Indian suggestion. I think that Indian move was somewhat misrepresented as an offer to mediate. My understanding was that the Indians were not offering to mediate but they were suggesting that while they supported resistance to aggression in Korea, they believed that diplomatic discussion should be opened up parallel to military action. In turning down the Indian proposal, we virtually cut off avail ourselves of the opportunity to talk but virtually cut off the channel of possible talk.''

President Truman's wrath:

Mr. Truman creates a sensation in the country by threatening to beat Paul Hume, the music critic of Washington Post, who berated the singing of Mr. Truman's daughter, Margaret.

The President's letter, which was published in newspapers all over the country read: ``I have just read a lousy review buried in the back pages. You sound like a frustrated old man who never made a success, an eight-ulcer man on a four-ulcer job and all the four ulcers working. I have never met you; but if I do, you will need a new nose and plenty of beefsteak and perhaps a supporter below.

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