ee Truman's Scorcher to Music Cfitic Gets Laughs and Jeers crack- ing letter to a.music critic who panned his daughter’s singing provoked chuckles and some sharp Republican comment today. In the free swinging style he sometimes uses in private conver- sations with friends, the president who of beefsteak por ‘tat a Tru- singing Tuesday night well last attended concert was) “flat a good deal of the ‘time.” Talks Like Irate Father : Hume professed just what Mr. the Washington the president vein like this: publicly Truman Daily in an knowing said. than But News quoted’ irate father I do plenty perhaps a sup- of temper,” can senator | often critical Truman’s administration, a of Mr. Sen. ‘said: ed hour the people States leadership president must the whom accept nasty of the Unitin. lieu malice Bernard of Critical Watkins oe told a “That is what you have to expect. This is in line with some of the comments the president has made before, when his guardians of a Baruch in a similar incident called a rude, uncouth, | ignorant man. Let us “I have just read your lousy -'review buried in the back. pages. pray.” reporter: quite identical.” . was inclined to excalled ‘‘an outburst at least. one Republiwasn’t quite so char- itable. Utah Senator news “It is a great tragedy that in this awful Some who said they had seen +parently assessed the incident as sort of reaction by a the letter described the _ presi- a: human proud papa whose daughter’s art dent’s language as even more wasn't appreciated as he thought earthy than the publicized verit should be. sion. Hume said the letter, written in longhand on White House Like Andrew Jackson stationery and signed “H. S. T.” Some of these chuckled and said was similar to the published ver- it was something that Andrew sion “but not While Hume cuse what he as a reflection on your Pegler Makes Reply In New York, Pegler, columnist Few. outside of the president and and gentleman compared to you. can take that as more of an insult Margaret and nose estbrook Pegler, a suttersnipe, is a You ancestry.” review: that a new job er below. in his a success, an on a four ulcer and all four uclers working. “I never met you but if you ‘11 need old‘ - frustrated never made eight ulcer man let go at Paul Hume, critic for the Washington Post. Hume had said man’s "Ons ww man a i is im Most not there Democrats to take care in congress of ap- Jackson might have done, his temper aroused under similar cir‘cumstances. . Some Republicans privately compared the outburst with Mr. Truman’s crack months ago that the United States aganda that The that On Miss of marines system Russia’s that Premier president later statement. a concert Truman had tour said a prop- ranked apologized in with Stalin. for tis th o knuckle like Set Truman’s sound You Uenrsousnae WASHINGTON, President —4 ke the south, yesterday in Nashville, Tenn., “Mr. Hume is a fine critic and has a perfect right to say whatever he thinks.” Pema Dec. 9 (AP) si