The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-09-09
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(Ey William Pickens for A. Mp
Before | Iult NeW YORK City on
August 10th, promised he Mesliea
Bureau and Norlh American Com
n1ittee, which Is rendering humani-
tartan aid to the Spanish Govern
ment, that | would 10 to Spain and
look at their work and talk to lead
ers, and see Tho Isogalist front and
try to understand Nhat Is going on
and be able to say intelligent
words about / all when get back
And to Spain / in gong unles
something stops iae
As write, am till in Paris, but
am planning e eave tomorrow
Sunday, 2lsi one week after pet
ting into l7rapce II 8 all at my own
expense, Int / an gaing to carry oil
that promise already have i boz
Of food Food 4 scarce and hard ii
get IN spain. oYen for one who is
guest q those ii authority T'hif
box II food Is to serve me, and to be
given away to others.
Bu8 nov does one get into SPAN
IN tGea crazy nationalist days
First, my passport Il marked no,
good for SPAN Therefore the BIZ.
leau mad I'D write tbe department ol
state il Washington to make III ex
ceplioa ii this Ne spofu The depal.
menes Woid did not come before &
left for the inns was short. There
fore The Bureau wrea me III pafi
that matter vas pending in Wash
ington, and suggested that ! see GER
tain people in Paris When we call
ed up the American Embassy, the
said chat they had word from Wash
ington TO restamp my passport an,
@. 4. me for Spain visit. | went Il
the embassy and it took them al
hour and ten minutes to do Wha
should be done III len minutes, Even
at that, they are much speedier tina
the French: when one goes To /;
Frenrh office i'll a passport matter
he has to leave the passport, and !
told to come back ut 2 on satul
day, as it il then Thursday, When
he goes at 2 on Saturday, expecting
to leave Sunday, he will be told
"Not ready Will be ready at 1886
OF 49,, lie will 90 at five minute
Of four, and be told in a few min
utes,' and about 4:30 the smiling
French clerk will demand rs Francs
and hand him his passport, all
marked up and yisaed for Spain.
But, wait minute. last Thursday he
was required TO pay several francs
for a mere blank form on which he
was to write his name and home.
nationality, etc, in application for
what was already applied for by the
American Embassy as noted in hi
passport. Everything costs some
thing, something direct, in France.
when you ride in a taxi tits very
cheap, you pay your fare and then
tip the driver; when you 60 to the
movies, you buy your ticket and
then tip the usher who shows you te
your sat, or to any seat; when yor
drink fresh lemonade, you are
brought the juice and the sugar ane
table-bottle Of water, and you sfH
up your own concoction, and Tip the
waiter. But in this way you get rea
lemon Juice in your lemonade,-
something that is often sabsent, o.
very very scarce in lemonade in thu
United States.
Now am I set for Spain? | have
the American O. K, the Paris Chiei
of Passports O. K, letters from ths
Paris Bureau, letters from the Pro
uaganda head of the Spanish head
quarters here; both the Bureau ant
She propaganda crowd have tele-
phoned to Barcelona, Spain, and e
perpienan, Frame, the border
place. An official car is to meet ~
at the French Border on Monday
and / should be in Barcelona q
Monday night Or Tuesday, 22nd, 9
23rd Of August But shall I? Their
Is still lot Of red tape to be cut q
the border. No more money mus
be taken into Spain than one VII
nse Therefor it is not likely tha
HE can be permitted to bring any out
such i the graft Of profiteers !
var: reonle tnke in cigarettes an
.r.sa,p.. l,,xuries. which sell for thei
sssght ID gold. and bring out Span