The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-22
NOTES or A NEW YORKER


 When Harry Hopkins went to England the first time as the Presi- dent,s emissary, MT. Churchill hon. bred him with . dinner to which were invited the key men in the British Cabinet Churchill gave b very elaborate speech in which he made the point clear that Britain was fighting for the forgotten man."
 Hopkins dumped in his chair looked Quizzically at the Prime Minister over his glasses-and said: well, MT. Prime Minister, neither the President nor I give a damn about what you've been saying. All we're interested in back in Wash sngton-is how we can beat that Gon-of-a-Boche in Berlin!"
 From that day Hopkins and Chur- Ehill have been friends.
 l Over at the Metropole Cafe, they were discussing President Truman. How will we know If he's to be great President?" asked & COP footer.
 'very. very simple" explained a Faithful one. "As soon as he is being attacked-by the same peo- pie who hated FDR!"
 l, Al Jolson, the bridegroom, walked into the Stork Club the other night, where someone remarked how well aested he appeared.
 ssyYYJ,,, xhnIl1Iy,'t ho9p intnnoS f0U E1fnson. Between proposing end singing Nanny he's spent enost of his career on his knees"
 One morning Eisenhower was wis., ettng, informally, small French town. AS he passed through one group-a captain -solicitous tor the Commander inadvertently brushed aside soldier-the small est in the group around the smil- sng five-star general.
 Shorty" was very popular with Ehe outfit but still very small. The General saw the boy being crowd cd back into the surrounding circle . He walked over, put his arm around him, summoned a photographer, and said: Boy, I'm going to have this I picture sent to your mother \ Eec'y Ickes has come out swing ing against the West Coast bullies who have been terrorizing loyal 2 Jap-Americans. Every good Ameri- i. can joins in his condemnation of ; these vicious poltroons Many ~s kLA Lot ct tfo 1n parents of Jap-American soldiers who are fighting and dying for America - which is something their attackers aren't doing If . those West Coast towards are , anxious to fight Japs-why don't 4 they enlist and shoulder gun at : Okinawa-instead of black lacking law abiding people?
 In Anthony Eden's personality there is & vein of iron. It shows only when he is deeply touched. Once MT. Eden was discussing (with members of the CabineD whether or not England should go to the aid of Greece-invaded by the Italians Some ministers em- phaSized the military risks in- s volved - the certainty that the Ger s. mans would reinforce the Italians 7 in Libya while the English diverted !, some of theier slender resources tc ' Greece Some warned of the Germans who were waiting in great strength in Yugoslavia.
 Eden heard them all and then ~~iA %,,taf1ry. NyIyon we are fighting this war for free dom. We must fight where free dom fights"
 A few weeks ago this reporter re- vealed that Hitlerooter Agnes Wa ters has been distributing hate stuff via Congressional franks. She 7 received the franked envelopes from 2 careless office workers who didn't t < inform the legislators that their ' franks had been sent out The \ lawmakers whose franks were used have asked the Justice Dept to take action against Mrs. Waters for vio- Hating the franking law How ever, Drew Pearson reports that the Justice Dept hasn't done anything about 1t Why? Why? What makes Mrs. Waters immune to laws that patriotic citizens must obey?
 Just one headline in America E most respected gazette debunks the chumps who are soft-peacing by repeating the whopper that Ameri- can war prisoners were not mis- treated by the Nazis: Arrival of Two War Prisoner Groups Provides Vivid Contrast" says the headline -Four Soldiers Bitter at Brutality z Enemy Plainly Well Treated" 7 That's all, bub.
 < Goering Is given handshake and ' . hearty meal by an American !. general. Moneybag Fritz Thyssen z who financed and supported Hitler : Is free from prison-where he was . put after quibbling with his part z ners in crime over sharing the loot 4. NaI generals are allowed tc pop off with soft-peace propaganda
 By the way-who won this war?
 Those magazine critics are slip ping on the banana peel of their words. Their lorgnette attitude
 toward Broadway" colyumists is as boorish as it is yawnish. The following illustrates our point: A [ news" weekly exec once stated that It's sister picture-weekly shows us , the Man-of-t Week his body z clothed and, if possible, nude. II ' exposes the loves, scandals, and per 2 sonal affairs of the plain and fancy scitizens and writes around them "a light, good-tempered 'colyumist review of these once private lives.'
 In other words, its most widely edfculated mag is just another of our
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