The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
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 Tt is supposed to have happened during Churchill's last visit .. A youthful War Dept aide was rushed over to 1900 Pennsylvania Avenue one hot Sunday dawn with confidential news of military in- portance for the President .. Though the hour was terribly early, he was brought to FDR's bedside.
 The President listened and then ordered the young officer rushed to the Prime Minister.
 Breathlessly, f1e retold the news to Churchill, whose huge, round face was all he could see imbedded in four or five pillows. The cele- brated cigar smoldering in the seni- darkness The officer ended his message and stood at attention, waiting tensely for Churchill's an- swer .T The Britisher kept focused on the youth and then softly growled.
 "Are you the young man who took my daughter out last nightP"
 "Yes, sir" gulped thhe astonished fellow.
 "Id like you to understand" said Churchill, "that my daughter is not accustomed to staying out until 3 in the morning."
 And then, getting out of bed in his white sack-like nightgown, Eng lands Commander-in-Ch Chief, cigar between his teeth, strode off hur- riedly down the White House corri- dors in his nightie.
 Why expect John L. Lewis to get together with the A. r. of L. when he couldn't with the more important U. S. A.?
 Over at the British Embassy they enjoy telling the one about the pair of Gurkhas (noted as 1ndias brav- est tribe) who volunteered for the Indian Armys sky-troops. They asked the British officer: From what height are we supposed to jump?"
 Five hundred feet" they were ln- formed.
 Nothing doing" one complained, that's too high. Cahn't we try from 300 feet, old chep?"
 "No," said the officer, from such q low height there is great danger the parachute won't open in time" You mean" they exclaimed, that we get parachutesP"
 Were Mark Twain with us today he most likely would be castigated in the Cong. Record for these lines with winch he once started one of his smarticles: Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And now suppose you were 8 member of Congress. But repeat myself ."
 BeaverbrOOk's former editor on his London Standard is editing a one sheet newspaper for Mountbatten. =. His name is Frank Owen <. It has the best comic strip in Eng land, and Owen writes daily edi- torial called Good Morning .. Naval officers here on leave tell us Owens paper is so popular that Mouatbatten issued an order not to
  they first buy a copy of The India Times, which almost went out of business" because of Owens circu- lation.
 Cong. Dies resignation is no req son for Congress to pigeon-hole legislative probes of un-American activities. There is a great need for them, because Mir. Dies merely scratched the surface .. The new group should try to emulate the re- spected Truman Committee, which probes first and then gives the news to the headline writers The Mccormick -Dickstein Investi- gating Committee set a good ex- ample. It turned in a brilliant job of spotlie hting subversives and sus- poets . Look up their files. You'd be astounded by the fact that our Congress hasn't done anything about some of hte no-goods this Congress sional group eXposed-in 1934!!!
 Mir Dies explanation for lowing out is he is i'll A Philadelphia editorial page observes: We shall let others decide whether his exit is due to sore throat or sore constituents"
 Sick or not, Dies usSd the rabbit punch again. He whispered about "foreign-language" groups in the East, who oppose him.
 The N. Y. Post editorial page handled this very high fly grace fully by reminding Dies that East erners can't vote in Texas.
 days N. Y. Times, which reported
 The best squelcher was in Sum- that on May g Dies home county Democratic organization held meeting.
 And denounced him. Period.
 Free advice to all politicians: Never let your head get bigger than your headline.
 We presume your fists clenched when you read about the German family in town who told a judge they loathed America, loved Adolf and wanted to have their American citizenship cancelled. They boasted they'd be willing to aid Nazi sabo- teur if they had the chance Of course, they all belonged to the Bund They are to be interned,