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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ DECEMBER 12, 1941 Washington, D. C. BRITISH DIPLOMACY , The British barring of Russian Ambassador Litvinoff from an air plane en route to the U.S.A. has in creased Washington whispers that it is about time the British did something to clean up their mori bund diplomatic service and cut out snubs to people who are trying to help them. It has long been the belief of Americans, too polite to mention it, that the British embassy in Wash ington can make more mistakes to the square inch even than Mr. Hull’s state department—and many of the state department’s mistakes come from trying so ardently to ape the British. For years the British embassy has sat on its hilltop, well removed from the bustle of Washington, and looked with slightly disdainful amusement upon the hoi polloi of congress. An invitation to the Brit ish embassy in those good old days was considered by the dowagers as better than an invitation to the White House. But those good old days, un fortunately both for the dowagers and the embassy, are gone, never to return. However, the embassy appears completely unaware of that fact. And its charming young men go their charming way, saying sometimes too audibly: “We must be nice to Americans”; while the real work of defending Britain takes place in the British Purchasing com mission, largely under the direc tion of hard-boiled Canadians and Australians. Viscount Halifax is one of the most delightful and genteel persons ever to grace the embassy. He tries hard. But hard as he tries, he cannot overcome the bubbling Charles Peake, who minces around him as if his lordship still were viceroy of India with white and crimson-costumed Sikhs mounted on black chargers outside his pal ace, in Calcutta, instead of being in a city where politics are very earthy and where the congress man’s wife from Keokuk has a lot more influence than the pink tea protocol experts usually seen at the British embassy. * * * WASHINGTON SOCIETY Washington is a city where de bate may rage furiously on the floor of the senate, but simmer down to friendly story-telling in the ante room or around the dinner table afterward. This is not always the case, however, and sometimes Washington society becomes so aroused that it is dangerous to in vite certain strong-minded people to dinner. This was true during the fight over Roosevelt’s Supreme court bill; and during the Roosevelt-Willkie elec tion campaign; and it is somewhat true during the neutrality controver sies today. Old hands at the game of controversy, however, manage to keep their tempers. For instance, seated near each other at dinner the other night were Sen. Burt Wheeler, than whom there is no more ener getic isolationist, and Undersecre tary of the Navy Forrestal, just as energetically interventionist. Wheeler was talking about the re cent neutrality debate, telling how Roosevelt forces influenced votes by promising jobs and dishing out pa tronage. Interrupted Undersecretary Forrestal: “Senator, did the neutrality fight reach the depths of your fight to pass the Wheeler-Rayburn act?” (The Holding Corporation act.) “No,” shot back Senator Wheeler, “I didn’t have the patronage.” The two men continued a good- natured discussion of neutrality, Wheeler maintaining that time would prove that his anti-war stand was right. After the war, he con tended, history would reverse the present tide of war sentiment and there would be a revulsion of feel ing if not a virtual French revolu tion. “And when the guillotine ax be gins to fall, senator,” said Forrest al as he departed, "will you be my attorney?” • • • FINNS VS. NAZIS Intelligence reports from Europe for the first time indicate friction between German and Finnish troops on the eastern fronts. The Finns are sore because the Nazis have been living off the country and have not been at all scrupulous in paying Finnish peasants for pigs, cows and chickens. On top of this, the Nazis recently ousted Finnish children from an orphanage at Rovaninemi and used it for the general staff. This made the Finns boil with anger. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF The government is paying out more money than ever before in his tory for use of the wires and ether. Even with reduced rates for official messages, the tolls for telegraph, telephone, cable and radio are tre mendous. Every tune a government official picks up -he telephone to make an outside call. Uncle Sam pays three cents, the wholesale rate. In tele graph messages the government gets a 40 per cent discount, though there is a minimum charge of 20 cents. IF THAT TAX-DEDUCTION FROM PAY ENVELOPES IDEA GOES FURTHER Boss—You say you might take a job with us? Applicant—I think so. What is the pay? Boss—It’s fifty minus. Applicant—Minus What? Boss—Minus what the government doesn’t take out of your envelope. • • * Applicant—I’d have to get more money than that. Boss—More money than what? Applicant — More than there wouldn’t be left out of what I don’t get. • • • Boss—Let’s be practical. How much money do you want? Applicant—Well, on my last jeb I got $55 if. Boss—If what? Applicant — If the government didn’t get there first. And I know right now where I can go to work on a salary of sixty provided. Boss—Provided? Applicant—Yes, provided not too much is extracted. • • • Boss—Come, come, exactly how much do you want to go to work for me? Applicant — I’ll take fifty-eight E.U. Boss—What’s E.U. stand for? Applicant—Envelope untouched! * * « Boss—I can’t do that. The best I can do is to put you on at a salary of fifty-seven S.F.A.W.K. Applicant—S.F. A. W.K.? Boss—Yeah. That stands for So- Far-As-We-Know. * * * Applicant—That means my salary is S.T.W.W.W. or Subject To Wash ington Weekly Whims. I can’t run my house according to whims. I’ve got to know how much I am going to get each week. Boss—You can solve that by buy ing groceries and paying rent on the Federal I.Y.H.A.L., or If-You-Have- Anything-Left plan. • • • Applicant—No. You see, what I want is to know how I stand at the end of each week. Boss—I have the same dream, mister. There’s nothing in it. Applicant—But ain’t a man enti tled to know from week to week how he stands financially? Boss—Don’t talk like a reaction ary! Listen, this is my last proposi tion. I’ll give you fifty-seven dollars and a half S.T.R. & M. Applicant—S.T.R. & M.? Boss—Subject to Roosevelt and Morgenthau. • • • Applicant — No, thanks. But I know a feller who might work for you. He’s a beginner. What do you pay a beginner? Boss—We pay ten dollars minus to begin with. At the end of a year if he makes good we advance him to fifteen dollars minus. Applicant—That leaves him owing both you and the government money. Boss—Yes. Applicant—I can see there’s no fu ture in working. Boss—Nonsense. One of our best men here started with us on one dollar a week and worked it up to a mere pittance. Applicant—That’s an exceptional case. Boss—Not at all. Look at me. When I began here I worked for nothing. Now my salary has grown to such proportions that everything I get goes to the government. Applicant—In other words, you still get nothing. Boss—Yes, but if I work hard I can double it. (Curtain with a thud.) • • • NOT BAD This department never knew Chief Justice Hughes was much of a wit until it read “Pulitzer,” which tells of the time when Mr. Hughes or dered lobster and got one with a claw missing. “Where’s the other claw?” he ciskcd “Well, I’ll tell you,” explained the waiter. “They are shipped alive in barrels and they get into fights. Now and then one loses a claw.” “All right. Take this one back,” replied Mr. Hughes, “and bring me a WINNER!” * * • TAKING NO CHANCES A vitamin in the B group known as “SPAB” will restore gray hair to its natural color, experiments have shown. The element is also used in making TNT, it is an nounced. We’d hate to get our hair back to a nice raven black and then have our whole face explode just as we were admiring ourself in the mirror. * * * VIEWPOINT The Windsors we wish very well; To love them more we couldn’t; But gala trips in times like these . ., Oh, how we wish they wouldn’t! • • * We know a man whose doctor says he must take a long rest, so he has planned to spend the winter in Wall Street. * * * “Italy Orders 10 O’clock Curfew.” —headline. Mussolini doesn’t want the folks to see things tuy darker. Atlantic Amphibious Force (A.A.F.) in Action * Eleanor Roosevelt DINNER WITH PRESIDENT Hitherto unsung are the members of the Atlantic Amphibious force, comprised chiefly of marines with a complement of U. S. army men. The A.A.F. is now in training at New River, N. C., where this picture was made. At left, members of the force are driving a K-jeep, trading a field piece, off a landing barge into shallow water. Right: A jeep, after being driven off a landing barge into the shallow water of the beach, is both driven and pushed up to dry land by members of the A.A.F. This jeep is being landed with adequate supplies. Men and Machines in Desert Role We had a very pleasant dinner party one night, consisting of my husband and myself! He ate milk toast and I ate one poached egg, which was good for our figures and permitted much conversation, since neither of us had to pay attention to our food. % I spent the evening wrapping Christmas presents and was joined by one of my friends, who arrived from the train. She remarked that she had not found me in such a carefree mood for a long time. There was no mail in sight and no interviews scheduled, just a deluge of Christmas wrapping paper, rib bons and cards. • • • PRIORITY PROBLEM One noon, I met a very charming young woman who, with her sister, has taken over her late husband’s business, the making of wire screen ing. Priorities affect this industry, especially where they use copper. It is not a very large industry and the amount of materials needed in it are not very great, but Mrs. John Ralston is here not only in the inter ests of her own plant or the indus try, but because of the danger she feels a shortage of screen wire will mean to the health of the nation. She points out that screens are of vital importance in our camps, and in all our defens: industry buildings. Without them,' we lay ourselves open to epidemics of all kinds which are spread by flies and mosquitoes. • • • HEALTH GROUP Talking of health, a most inter esting health co-operative came to my attention the other day. It is called the New York Volunteer Health co-operative. You have a certain freedom in the choice of doc tors. You pay $18 a year without hospitalization. You cannot belong if you earn more than $2,000 a year while single, or $3,000 a year when married. There are already over 1,000 members. There is much I should like to find out about this organization. For instance, just what are the services rendered if hospitalization is not in cluded? I suppose if there is only a limited choice of doctors, there will be the same complaint about the doctor-patient relationship. Peo ple in this salary range do need more access to good and inexpen sive medical care. In the picture at top streamlined Martin Marylahds are shown somewhere in the desert sands of the Middle East, where they are playing a vital part in the battle of Libya. Below: The British empire forces de fending Tobruk fortress spend much of their time in dugouts, shelters dug from solid rock. Some of the de fenders are pictured before a typiqal Tobruk “mansion.” Youth of France Band Together Last of U.S.S. Lehigh A view of the opening of the congress of the “youth of France and overseas,” during the address of Roger de Saivres, member of Mar shal Petain’s cabinet, at Nice, France. The slogan which appears on the wall at the left reads “Frenchmen, you are not sold, nor abused, nor aban doned.” t This striking series of photo graphs of the sinking of the U. S. S. Lehigh was made by Samuel Ha- kam, its radio operator. An un seen submarine fired a torpedo into the ship near Freetown, Sierra Le one, Africa. Noth U. S. flag paint ed on her side. Gen. M-U-D in Action New Indian Boss This photograph which arrived from London via clipper plane shows how heavy rains in northern Russia have hampered activities of the Royal Air force wing serving there with the Reds. The improvised land ing field is waterlogged. However, the planes do get into the air. Three Hurricanes roar in for a landing, while another stands on the muddy field. Louis Boudreau, 24, regular Cleve land Indian shortstop for the past two seasons, who was appointed player-manager of the club, suc ceeding Roger Peckinpaugh. • • • FULL SCHEDULE Here was my schedule on one busy day: Beginning with a meeting in the morning at nine o’clock at the of fice of civilian defense, I had no free minutes until I was back at the White House at 12:15 to meet and be photographed with Miss Margaret Hamma, the world’s champion typist. Then I went to the Women’s National Press club lunch eon. In spite of my membership in this club, I rarely manage to get there for lunch. Tuesdays come and go and there always seems to be some thing desperately necessary to be done at home. At 2:30 I went to the sale for United China relief, received a group of 10 people at the White House a little after three, and made a four o’clock plane for New York city. This was followed by a speech that night at Hunter college. • * • WAR NEWS I find it increasingly difficult to feel either elated or depressed by the news which comes to us from the actual theaters of war. When I read one dispatch, the Nazis claim continuing victories. When I read another, the other side has moved forward without any setbacks. I now just pray that I can believe the things which I want to believe, and try to forget the rest. • • • MUSIC AND DEFENSE One morning there came to my of fice in Civilian Defense headquar ters, three women representing the National Federation of Music Clubs. They told me of the work they are doing for defense, and what they have accomplished is really astound ing. Through their state and na tional organizations, they have al ready given phonographs to every camp. They provide records and their members volunteer to teach choral singing, to play for entertain ments and to give concerts in vari ous camps and nearby places where the boys congregate on leave. Here is an organization which really has something to offer in the way of entertainment and has quiet ly gone about its work and already accomplished a great deal. • • • •UNEMPLOYABLES’ I received an interesting little folder the other day sent out by the Community Service society in New York city. It describes their em ployment service, which is largely devoted to placing people who, for one reason or another, have lost confidence in their own ability to hold a job. This is a difficult serv ice because it is hard to find the right conditions and the right peo ple to work together, so that the person to be rehabilitated will finally feel capable of standing alone. Pattern 2969. DE SMART!' Crochet these mit- ■*-* tens for that outooor girl. The one laced up the back is “tops” in red, white and blue.. The other is worked in one piece. * • • • • Pattern 2960 contains instructions for. making mittens in small, medium and large sizes; illustrations of them and stitches; materials required; photograph •ol pattern stitches. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Nee diet raft’Dept. 82 Eighth Ave. New York Enclose IS cents in coins lor Pat tern No Name A Address MUSCULAR I RHEUMATIC PAIN MUSterM Valuable Polonium Polonium, a material extracted from radium ore and costing about $2,000,000 an ounce, is now used in a certain spark-plug alloy. The price is not considered pro hibitive, however, because of the “minute tiaces” required. A Vegetable [Laxative For Headache, Biliousness, and Dizziness when caused by Consti pation. Use as directed on labeL 15 doses for only 10 cents. Dr. Hitchcock's LAXATIVE POWDER Self-Denial The more a man denies himself, the more he shall receive from heaven. 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