GUARD FOR MR TRUMAN

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26261, 4 November 1950, Page 7

GUARD FOR MR TRUMAN

EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TAKEN WASHINGTON. November t. President Truman took his usual early morning walk to-day through the streets which 17 hours earlier had echoed with the blasts of the wouldbe assassins' guns. Apparently unperturbed by the attack on his residence, by two Puerto Rican revolutionists, Mr Truman stepped briskly along the streets. Six Secret Service men fell in around him as he reached the spot where the police bullets dropped the gunmen yesterday. The President’s guard was the heaviest in the memory of the reporters who accompany him on his morning walks.

In addition to the guards walking with him, a big black limousine, loaded with additional Secret Service agents, kept pace with Mr Truman who set out at 7 a m. for a mile walk. Admiral William Leahy, the former Presidential Chief of Staff, who talked with Mr Truman later in the morning, said that the President seemed to be entirely unconcerned by any threat to his safety.

Admiral Leahy quoted the President, as saying: “The only thing to worry about Is having bad luck. I have never had bad luck.” Mr Charles Ross, the Presidential firess secretary, said he had no knowedge of any plans for Mr Truman to reduce his public appearances.