Evening star., 1943-07-26

Henry McfmOre. t e u n t e q
States is doing in this war, or are
they SNUG about having won the
Battle of Britain and feel that we
came in after the tide had turned?
The answer is no, a thousand
times no. The English will tell
you that our food saved them
from starvation, to begin with. Ard
they are as high in their praise
of our soldiers, flyers, sailors and
armament as they are of their
own.
Actually, how do our soldiers get
along with the English troops?
In spite of all the handbooks
that have been printed on both
sides telling the boys how to get
along with one another, they are
remarkably friendly. You see them
! buddying around together, sight
seeing together, dating together.
drinking together and generally
| behaving As if they hadn't been
advised that they we're likely not
to get along at all. OF course,
there have been some fair country
fights up and down the United King
dom between the boys Of the two
countries, but not any more than
there have been between our own
troops scrapping it out among
themselves.
Citizens Impressed.
How Go the English citizens feel
| about our soldiers?
They are tremendously impressed
by them. If the American fighting
men abroad today aren't the best
behaved eXpeditionary force that
ever went anywhere, then I have
been badly miSinformed. The
English people are impressed by
their good manners, their cleanIi-
ness and neatness, and they all
agree that the average C. I. Joe
! is a better behaved person than
the average tourist who went to
England in prewar times.
What is the feeling toward PresI-
dent Roosevelt?
If our next election could be held
in England, all the votes cast against
F. D. r. could be sent home in a
thimble.
What about the social life in Eng
land?
If by social life is meant what
the people do for pleasure, it Is
remarkably unchanged. The the
aters and the movies are going full
blast, with the only difference being
that the last performances start
around s pm. so every one will be
out and home before the blackout.
London and all the other major
cities have night clubs. They aren't
very lavish. but there is dancing
and as much work around the bar
as the skimpy liquor rations will
allow.
Sports Still Operate.
There is horse racing at one or
more of the major tracks one day a
week, most of the golf clubs are
managing to keep open, the dogs
run at IS or 16 tracks in and about
Lodon and the resorts which are
not IL the restricted areas get
heavy play over the week ends.
Do YOU see many wounded men
on the streets?
Very few when you remember how
long England has been fighting.
How long do the people over there
think it will take to finish off Ger
many?
Opinion varies as much as it docs
In this country. For every person
who thinks the conquest Of Ger
| many Is matter Of months away,
there is one who feels it will take
years. Id say that the general
feeling is that Hitler won't be done
in before some time in 1945.
Do you see many women in uni
| form?
Know Stake in Pacific.
You scarcely see anything else.
All women between 18 and 41 are
conscripted and deferment is ss
tough as it Is with the men.
How do the English feel about the
japanese? We know that Prime
Minister Churchill said all Eng
lands resources would be thrown
against the JapS when the Nazis
were licked, but is the talk in the
street in agreement with that?
Yes. Not only do the people know
how much England has at stake in
the Pacific, but they want to make
real cleanup Of the war before
they put down their arms.
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