National Affairs: The Hardrock Club

Franklin Roosevelt had his “Cuff Links Club,” made up of secretaries and newsmen who had been with him on his unsuccessful vice-presidential campaign in 1920. Last week Harry Truman officially organized his “Hardrock Club.” Its membership: White House aides and newsmen who had accompanied him on his successful vice-presidential campaign tour last year and on the trip to Potsdam. The name refers to the time Harry Truman and the newsmen went down a Montana copper mine last year. The club pin: a golden miner’s pick.

After the Army-Navy game, where onetime Artillery Captain Truman was officially neutral but personally rooting for the Army, the President took the club members on the first trip of his new yacht Williamsburg. They cruised overnight, ate wild rice and curry, came back next day under sunny skies.