The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-14
Washington Report
BY HELEN ESSARY


Distinguished Citizens are pretty annoyed
Mrs. ENalyn Walsh Mclean won't come
home. She won't come home and give a
party. A big party with dinner and every
thing
Mrs. Mclean has been gone for weeks now.
1t was very inconsderate of her in the first
place to take herself out of Washington to
Hollywood or wherever it is she went. In the
second place, it is very inconsiderate of her
to stay so long. For with the capitals lead
ing hostess away, how in the world are you
going to see anybody! It's an awful nuisance
to give a party yourself. Such trouble to
call people up. Nobody's ever home. And
then rationing is a fearful bother. And serv-
ants are difficult, excessively difficult 1t
much simpler and far pleasanter last
winter and spring to let Evalyn Mclean do
your entertaining for you.
She'd collect all the Right People at Friend
ship, her place in Georgetown, at one of her
regular dinners. You could find almost ev-
erybody of any importance there in the most
agreeable setting. Outdoors, moon over the
sunken gardens. Indoors, fat sofas and bright
lights, good food and movies, music and so on.
You know, for example, if there was a little
matter you wanted to take up with certain
cabinet member or war effort prirna donna
you knew ahead of time that you needn t
bother trying to find a Big Personality in his
office. You'd be certain to see him at Eva
lyn's'' some Sunday soon. Useful institution,
Friendship.
But those were the happy days before Mrs.
Mclean decided to go off to that dreadful
west Her Washington friends said it was
fine for Evalyn to be on the receiving end
instead of the giving end for a change. But
there is no point in OVERRIDING this vacation
Washington idea.
The swimming pool at Friendship still is
available to friends of Mrs. Mclean Quite
crowd has been going there on hot after
moons to splash about and gossip. But it's
been Like going to call at deserted mansion.
Mrs Mclean should really come home. This
nonsense has lasted long enough. That's the
consensus OF capital opinion.
Certain cynics think it time we changed our
national symbol from Uncle Sam to Don
Quixote.
Uncle Sam of a generation or two ago was
sharp trader He's lately grown into a
swashbuckling knight who charges at wind
mills. A reckless fellow who believes he can
turn the tide of despotism with his own lance.
Swish swash! goes Uncle Sam Quixote!
Charging along the hills and dales of the
entire planet.
The sentiment of America, so the second
kind of cynics declare is as shreWd trade
mark as the dollar sign. Why squlrm at the
suggestion BE like the BTltlSH-IedllSuc !!
The United States has gone right far on SEN
timent, hasn't it? 1t has most OF the money
of the world in its vaults, and don't forget
those billions of other nations dollars on de-
post in this country, waiting the chance to
be spent here after the war.
Another thing, don't worry too much about
how the United States will get on with Europe,
Asia and Africa and the people thereof come
the postwar world Smart Washington opin-
ion predicts that Russia. Britain, China, South
America and even the enemy countries will
be too busy Strengthening out their own affairs
once the peace treaty is signed to be of any
immediate trouble to each other or u.s.
The dangerous postwar problem of t h e
United States will be domestic problem
That old bogey-unemployment. The war mo-
mentarly has put the problem Of unemplov-
nent out OF mind. The war training camp
mas sorted fed and trained millions of pre-
war unemployed War industry plants have
made other millions prosperous
AFTER the war, however, in the let-down of
suooen peace, what is to be done with the
hordes who will be looking for jobs in the
cola gray dawn of the morning after?
caR11a4 won't be able to handle this unero-