Evening star., 1942-10-12

0enIs "eAemoEs. Inere are Ln0u"
sands in the same position. But. we
do know little about how the public
feels, and all this pickering and
bantering and shouting and bowling
among responsible parties is getting
John j. American more than .
little mixed In the head.
or John J. is. beginning to wonder
If any one, anywhere. knows any
thing for sure, and If this global
war isn't SO vast that galloping
confusion with complications) has
set in, in the minds Of the worlds
taIest thinkers, and this dizziness
in John Us head isn't calculated
to make him more capable or more
willing to put his shoulders to the
wheel and keep them there.
What is citizen, who must come
to his conclusions by what he reads
In the papers and hears over the
air and without access to secret
papers or conferences, to think Of
the recent goings on In regard to
Wendell WILKES super Cooks tour7
Mr.. Willkie went of rather quietly,
as a personal representative OF the
President. With each stop of his
magic carpet CMr. WILKES happy
description Of his airplane) he got
noisier and noisier. Finally you
could hear him on quiet nights
from as Tar of as Moscow and
Chungking.
What's Status Now?
What now is the relation between
the President and his personal rep
resentative? When Mr.. Willkie re-
turns, all bronzed from exposure to
sun and wind and hashlight bulbs,
will the President see him, or leave
him alone with his memories OF far
of places and tho $4,000 900 votes
he polled in 1910?
On the surface, It's q peculiar
setup. Perhaps If the citizen knew
all the behind-the- scenes business
1T wouldn't seem 50 odd, but he
never gets that.
John j. American also is puzzled
over Joseph Stains letter to a news.
paperman, demanding aid for Rus
sia. and quick. What he can't help
wondering about is the relations
between this Nation and its. tre-
mendous United Nations ally that
impelled Stain to issue his urgent
message through a newspaperman.
That is not the normal procedure.
Why. didn't he put it straight to
the leaders Of the United States or
Great Britain? Could It be that
Stain feared censorship and felt
his plea would never see the light
OF day, or was it purely because he
likes the newspaperman and wanted
to give him a big story, which it
was?
John j., too, is slightly dizzy try
ing to figure out how many times
world leaders have to fly all over
creation to confer with one another
on a subject.
Lots Of Travel-for What?
He thought matters were coming
to a head when Mr.. Churchill tray-
eled to Moscow to see Stain. He
felt the same way when Harry
Hopkins took of in a bomber and
visited both Churchill and Stain.
Then when Mr.. Molotoff took off
for a visit to Churchill and Mr..
Roosevelt, he began to wonder
whether the boys were travelling for
business or pleasure. Then Mr..
Willkie took off, and now Admiral
STANDBY is coming from Russia to
make his report to Washington.
John ]. thinks 1t grand that tho
United Nations are able to put so
many airplanes in the air, but he
also wishes that they were carrying
something more formidable than
gold braid, top hats and brief cases
loaded with reports.
He hopes, too, that something
definite will come out Of 1t all be-
fore the split front, the one the
Axis wants us to open most OF all,
becomes q reality.
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