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'Needed To Talk With A Good Democrat' ■ ' j ^. I Social Worker Floyd Hunter Talks With Harry Truman 1 (EDITOR'S NOTE: Floyd Hunter, associate professor in University s School of Social Work, this summer is conduct ing research in a project on the processes of national policy de velopment. Author of "Com munity Power Structure,!'' Mr. Hunter js presently interviewing people who have influence over individuals in the community. He plans to write, a book on his findings when his research tour ends this month. Recently, Mr. Hunter interviewed former President Harry Truman in Kansas City, Missouri. Following is first installment of a letter to his wife, Esther, on the inter view. The second portion of the letter will bo published on Thursday.) By FLOYD HUNTER This morning I had a very pro- duclivc interview with Ilari-y S. 'Truman on Ihe study of national policy development. I had arrang ed yesterday, through ids secre tary, for an api)ointnK‘nt witii him this morning. When 1 called hi.s office this morning and was put through to Mr. 'Truman, I I'cminded him of the type of study I’m making and told him that I had been talking with an awful lot of Republicans lately and needed to talk with a good Democrat. Mr. Truman laughed and asked where I was and when I told him the name of the hotel, he said, “Well, you’re only about six or eight blocks away from our building (the Fed- ei'al Reserve Bank Building in Kansas City); come on over and we’ll talk.” When I arrived, Mr. Truman had a pile of mimeographed sheets before him — the manu- j script that will soon appear in | Life and later to be published in I book form by Doubleday. He j said that he had been working very hard on the data. It was more of a job than he had bar gained for. Thei'e was a mass of materials to go through, of course, and his first task was to sort and edit the dictation had to be checked with the record for facts.” “I had to change some things, of course, “said Mr. Truman, “But my memory was a lot better than I thought it wa.s.” He went on to say that his oper ation last year has set him back ■ about four months in his work, ! and like any other author that has had to cut a manuscript to meet an editor’s requirements, he groaned at the thought of having had to cut his million words down to 300,000. “It’s hard for a man to judge his own actions,” he said, referring to the work, and added, “It’s also hard for a current generation to judge a man, too.” I sugge.sted that he had a lot of criticism during his administra tion. He replied, “Only one or two other presidents have had more, perhaps. Lincoln had a lot, but Johnson probably had more than any. I had a set of policies and stuck by them and refused to pay attention to the critics.” I had the them. He had (iictated from rncm- j feeling that the critics still needed i ory about a million words. “All j him. ! EXCHANGEITES MOVING DIRT—Members of the Exchange Club got together Saturday afternoon lo haul a number of truckloads of much-needed dirt from Charlie StancelTs home-building site on the Raleigh Road out to the Glenwood School yard where it was used to level off the play area at the c,-k„«i 1 * ui ~ . _ ... News Leader Photo ^ school. Left to right are Ben Bost, Red Tyler, Pat Pope, and Doug Yates. 'Wilderness Road,' In Berea, Kentucky: Green-Selden Play Liked Sam Sehhm and Paul Green botii of Chapel Hill, have joined takmls lo ])roiluce “Wildcimess Road,” wliicb is winning praise from drama critics fiom through out the United Stales. 'The outdoor symphonic drama is being staged this summer at Bu- rea, Kentucky, in connection with j the eenlennial of Berea College, j Mr. Selden is professor of dra- malic art at the University and tli- ' rector id' the Caredina Playmakers. | Mr. Green is a former UNC pro-! le.ssor who has written a number i ' of outdoor s.\ injihonic dramas, the ' best-known one being “The Lost | ttolony,” which is now in its loth ' season at Itoanoke Island. Following are qmdations from reviews appearing in a number ol newspapei's: New York Herald 'Tribune--- “.American drama reached tor and ' found a new dimension .... the toui ing America public .... will ; be mo\ (hI !)>■ it , Itoad” is first rate the e>e and ear. . . ■ . i.s rich and dances make one wish for more." ! Tlie Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky)- "'The best thing that ' has happened to Kentucky since I that first horse race .... a gripping ' chunk of Kentucky history . . . .is j likely lo become as much id' an institution as Keeueland, the Her- ■ by, Ihe Mountain Laurel Festival j 01 Mammoth Cave . . . .the over-all i effect is one of power and integri-; He (Mr. Selden) directs \\ith ! great imagination." ; 'Tlu' Ciiicinnatti Knquirer—". . . . : a kaleidoscopic delight of color and movement .... The acting is ex ccllent. Characterization is solid ' .... good major theater well w orth a trip to see.” ' The la'xingtoii I .eader “Don't | iniss Wildcriiey. lload ... a imwer ; ^iil moving play. ),ighting effects | 'arc unbelievable realistic." . . "Wilderness . . . exciting to . . the singing right .... the AT 'WILDERNESS ROAD'—Samuel Selden of the University drama faculty (left), director of "Wilderness Road", new historical drama written by Paul Green and new being well received in Berea, Kentucky, is shown with Fairfax Proudfit Walkup (center), costumer for the show, and Kermit Hunter (third), also of Chapel Hill, author of "Horn In The West". Photo by Mattson Studio PERSONAL MENTION Sam Cornwell was cxpectcil to arrive in Chapel Hill this noon, but he wired that he could nol get out of Boston by plane, so he will arrive this evening b,\- train. He will then return to Boston with his wife. He has a leave until Tuesday, Ml-, and .Mrs, John Khle ha\e returned to Cameron .\\'eiuie after a beach trip. W. Lee Y'iley has returned from a stay in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Lenoir Chambers were in town over the weekend on Iheir wav h.iek lo Norlolk after a \-isi| in Georgia. 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