Evening star., 1942-10-16

at least one au-
Henry MeLemore. thoritative 5000
miles = removed from what is
going-on article, signed by Gen,
Col, Maj, Capt. It., Sergt, Pvt. or
Draftee What's His Name.
That these men are experts In
their field, and that their thoughts
on strategy are appreciated by the
high command, is proved by tho
fact that they are kept safely be-
hind the lines where there are no
shots and shells to disturb their
mental processes, and they are not,
asked to run the dangers Of the,
working commanders. In other
words, they are too valuable to the
General Staff to be placed in
jeopardy.
I prepared for my new feature
very carefully. The first thing
did was to buy globe of the world
Not an ordinary one. but one with,
an electric light bulb in it, which
enables me to study any shift in
conditions even during blackout or
in the dead of night. Then I read
Gen. Grants Memoirs" See Here,
Private Hargrove," Tolstoy's "War
and Peace" an unexpurgated copy
of the Boy Scout Manual, and THE
Sheik," the last just to freshen up
on desert warfare. i,
After this went to see Sergeant
York" three times hand-running.
purchased an expensive second. +.
hand swivel chair. and had pho
tographer take picture of us smok- :
ing pipe and looking pretty solemn.
Papers wanting this picture to &C
company the war feature may have
it free of charge. 1t will dress the ,
feature up bit, and fool some OF the r.
readers into thinking that I know :,
what am talking about.
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In two or three weeks will be
available for lectures. I will be
handled by the well-known H. Nc
Lemore Lecture Bureau, and my fee
will be bus fare, place to shave and :
change my clothes in, and a square /.
meal. BY the way, if any of you
plan to book me and are wondering
what sort of a meal to give me, let !.
me tell you this: III 60 for anything
but aspic salad and those bright, :
green string beans which look as :
If they had been shined by a l5-
cent bootblack.
Now for today's first authoritative
statement on what is going on In all -.
theaters of war:
Dakar pronounced "day-car" as
differentiated from Sleeper is q
key city in this global war. It is
directly across the ocean from a
mess of other key cities. We would
recommend that it be seized, and at
once, were 1t not for the delicate
relationships with Vichy France.
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But are the delicate relationships
with Vichy France more important
than possession of Dakar? That's
whale of a question, and if you
think your military expert is 60
Ing out on the limb on it, you're
crazy! After all, Messrs. Hull and
| Welles are not just paid to dress up
down there in Washington.
Yet, I must point out this fact:
II Dakar were seized, headlines
would read, "Dakar Seized!" The
fact that headlines have never
shouted "Dakar NOT Seized!" would
indicate that the seizure is more i'm
portant than the seizure. Are
you following me, or have you
turned over to another part of the
newspaper?
Is the battleship doomed? am
not speaking of the S. S. Doomed.
itself, any more than I am speak.
ing OF the battleship North Caro-.
lima or the battleship Washington.
But is the battleship, as such. I'm.
ished as the backbone of our fleet?
would say yes and no.
Some of them have been proved
vulnerable, to be sure, but the fact
that many of them are still afloat
would tend to prove that they are
not completely vulnerable. I would
say that this is a pretty poser, and
good for complete lecture at some
later date. Remember, now: The
H. McLemore agency books "A hours
a day, and only asks, mo aspic
salad or green string beans"
The Caucasus-well, there is a
spot that does need clarifying. It
Is nothing like a Republican or
Democratic caucus. No, indeedyl
If you knew what I knew about the
Caucasus you'd do just what I am
going to do, which is to quit right
here.
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