The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-07
YOUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT
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flation tareats and money losing its current
value. Oh" he ohd, "let prices seek
their w levels, and things will right them
selves again.. Look who's talkin. He dimes
at the beet places on the cuff! . Repeat
warning: Your dollar has one foot in the
same grave where OPA is buried. . When
Congress killed the NOPA Gas it should be
named it marked the first time Congress
voted for a depression. . . ]. Elinson says
what this country needs is a Congress that
can figger out what this country needs.
This reporter respects the N. Y. Times edi-
torialists. But it's attacks against the OPA
and it's claims that everything will be hunky-
dory without price controls don't convince us.
=. The Times opinion boys have been
wrong before. Several days after Germany
attacked Russia, for instance, the gazette edi-
torially opposed sending military aid to Rus
STA because 'the government Of the Soviet
Union is VIGOROUSLY incompetent
A citizen dropped into the office Of a small
town gazette. Il see,' he remarked,
you've hired a bodyguard."
Admitted the editor: I'VE decided tina We
needed one"
What happened?" euizzed the visitor.
"Well," explained the ed embarrassedly. "a
wild-eyed Teller stormed in the other day with
a shotgun in one hand and an axe in the
other and demanded to see the guy who's
been writing articles on how it's possible to
support a family of five on 81, 300 a year."
One Senator named O'Daniel planned to
block reconsideration of the OPA bill via a
filibusteT. Ont Congressman named Wolcott
stopped reconsideration of the bill in the
House by his objection-because unanimous
consent is needed. But public opinion polls
reveal that about IS percent Of Americans
favor a strong OPA.
Yet Americans blast Russia because one
man named Gromyko blocks the will OF the
majority!
Hey, Senator! Have an initiation note: In
June 1899 the Hungarian pengo was worth
1912 cents. Today 1t is worth less than LOO
Of a penny. In other wordage an American
dollar is worth 100 quadrillion pengos.
The Senate has mixed plans to probe Bilbo's
attempt to deprive citizens of their civil rights.
Senators announced with a straight face that
such a probe would be an insult to the
Bilbo's record is an odious insult to the citi-
zens of Mississippi. And the refusal of the
Senate to do something about Bi1bo is an in
suit to the citizens Of the other At States.
Why this namby-pa-l by attitude toward Bill
DO? Some time ago the Senate refused to
seat a Senator from Illinois because OF a cor
rupt election.
Those who are using the Bikini experiment
to pooh-pooh the power of the atom bomb
should rush to the nearest a%lienist. It is the
most dangerous oStrichfn0 of all. Remern-
Der it took two A-bombs to knock Japan out
OF the War-something all our other weapons
couldn't accomplish in four years.
Thousands Of words were penned describing
the atomic explosion at Bikini. Every adjec-
tive in the dictionary was left gasping. Do
you know how long the explosion lasted?
Exactly one-tenth of a millionth of a second!
1t isn't the atomic bomb that can ruin
civilization-but the men who misuse it. 1t
must never be forgotten that wars are made
by meE-and can be stopped by them. J.. .
Other scientific achievements have also
caused a crepe-hanging spree. After Madame
Curie discovered radium, famed philosopher
Henry Adams wrote: The man Of science
must have been sleepy indeed who did not
jump like a scared dog when Madame Curie
threw on his desk the metaphysical bomb
called 1adium. There remained no hole to
hide in
The ginlme-gangs VINO just heaved an eco
monte hean-ball at Uncle Sam are the same
goons who invited the last depression. And
when they were down TO their last million bux
these jittery chumps scurried to the White
House ard pleaded with FDR to save them.
Roosevelt informed one Of them: II am not
so much concerned that the rich should sleep
peacefully in their beds as that everyone
should have a bed in which to Sleep"
In our colyuming adventures we probably
have used this gag at least II times. 1T
usually pops up via press agents for actors.
It's the quip about the migrate W h o was
asked: How could you do that to me after
all I've done FOR your and the heels retort:
"Yeah. but what've you done for me lately?'
Whatever became Of that one, you wonder?
1t was just featured in an interesting maya
zine story on Chief Justice Vinson.
Our Girl Friday says this already ran here,
but we wanna read it again, so 80 away. :.
We got it from a Boston editor who reports
a KiWanis Club in Minneapolis was staging a
nylon luncheon. The club had $50 pairs of
nylons end distributed only one pair each to
members. AS the last pair was handed
out the man in charge said: And now we
want to remind you thai cards announcing
this event were also sent to your wives
To which a voice in the rear doomed out:
IF that's the case, l want to change my
pair from size 9 10 to 10 1-2!"
A minor State Dept official noted for his