The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-18

PateP EdseM that could b
TO have Hitler bomb London more
frequently.
There Is more truth than whlmsy
/ In that sly bit .! typical British
humor, for the fact does seem TO he
that the moro the English suffer
the more we love them, When the
going gets good the American ten.
dency Is TO assess the British wa
effort more critically aid be Just O
little suspicious Of every move the
British make,
This International lulstrust OF the
cousins across the seas has been
bothetng pcopN In high places fos
some little time, Maybe the Eden
visit Is u result Of this concern,
maybe no., Either way, II Is possible
| 10 reveal that American and British
| officials In Washington and London
have been holding some very con.
ndential conversations TO see II they
couldn't find the causes Of this IL
will and then do something about
| them.
YANkS TOO RICH
While the U. s, ONCE OF War
Information makes much OF the fact
that there Is now O greater British
demand for news about the United
states, not so much has been re-
ported on the unkind things which
IRE being said. A British subject Is
killed by an American soldier, and
the word gets back TO the United
States that II Is unsafe for British
citizens 10 be out OF night II there
are American soldiers theroahouts.
From British sources come CON.
plants that the American soldiers
scattered about the British Empire
have too much money TO spend,
There being nothing In the stores
TO buy, the Yanks gamble away
their pay, spend II on too much
high living which acuses prices TO
rise and reduces quantities OF foods
left TO the British. Besides which,
as our movies show, all Americans
are rich gangsters, 80 It's only
natural that the u s, soldiers are
In general drunk and dlsoNlerly all
over the place, That kind Of stun,
All such stories arc Of course
base rumorS which Dr. doehbelS and
the Nad propaganda machine love
10 have spread as widely rs possible
but they do no good towards
cementing any bonds Of friendship
between the two English-Speaking
members Of the United Nations.
MUTUAL CRITICISM
On this side Of the picture, prac-
tlcally every one In the United
States knows oil the stock criticisms
which Americans have OF the Brit
ish-the British are great at having
other people fight their wars for
them, the British didn't pay their
war debts, the British are selling U.
s, war supplies, the British won't
free India, look what the British
have done TO ireland, the British
will dcuble-cross us at the peace
conferC nce--all that.
To get at the bottom OF this NIL
tual mistrust, British and American
information people some time ago
decided TO approach the question In
a scientific manner. Each side
would prepare O list OF oil the
things which tho people Of one
country held against the people Of
the other, They would conduct sur
veys, sample public opinion, write
reports, The British had no exper-
ience In this public opinion poll bus
mess, so the Americans were to
help them set UP the machinery.
The American $. o. b. list was
ready first and 1t was presented TO
the British. They looked 1t over
carefully, said "HmmmV and
Then they came to the item about
the U. s. fear that the British
would desert US at the peace con-
ference, May We point out" said
the British spokesman. that after
the last peace conference. 1t was
you who deserted us? Now we're
not offending you. are we2"
About this time, which was early
In March, the U. 8. once of War
Information was reorganized and the
intelligence bureau which was con.
Quoting this survey was abolished.
This would seem TO leave the
Americans with red faces and the
British UP to their pink cheeks In a
survey of British public opinion
about America. and nobody to tell 1t
TO. But the problem remains what
1t was. Maybe Mr.. Eden can do
something about 1t.