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Truman Adds Beer and Makes Hit
With ounded at Blair House Teas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP)
vitation with his name inscribed
-Fifty hospitalized service men
in script.
looked forward today to receiv-
Although the White House
billed the parties as "teas," the
ing Mrs. Truman's personal invi-
service men-mostly wounded
tation to a Blair House "tea"
Korean war veterans-also were
they attended yesterday.
treated to beer. That was Presi-
The late afternoon party was
dent Truman's idea. He played
the last of four "teas" given this
host at the first party when Mrs.
month. by Mrs. Truman for pa-
Truman was in bed with a bad
tients at the Army's Walter Reed
cold. The Chief Executive heard
Hospital and the Bethesda Naval
about the "tea" and ordered up
Hospital. For these parties, the
beer.
Blair House doors were open to
"-Only very mild beer," ex-
any patient well enough to go, SO
plained Mrs. James M. Helm,
there were no written invitations.
White House social secretary.
But Mrs. Truman, aware that
The G.I.s were grateful to the
many of the men would treasure
President for his beer idea. As
formal invitations as souvenirs,
one of them commented: "What
has arranged to send each of
would my old buddies say if they
them this week a gold-crested in-
knew I was going to a tea?"
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