The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
sRoP TALK. ETC.

WAAWE AdAAaAl mA0N
 RlAywvaght Maxwell Anderson, whose newest play, ''Truokllne Cafe" 1" was blaekhalled by the critics, add cd his opinions of them In . paid ad yesterday The producer and the director attacked the "incom- petont" critics Q few days earlier As we pointed out yesterday, MT, Anderson didn't consider them irresponsible when the N, Y, Critics circle awarded him their blue rih- bon twice flor the best play of tho year" We witnessed the first two stAn9aS ofb '"rruckllne Cafe" and found 1t Q pale reprint of Saroyan's '"Time Of Your Life" and similar boreS,
 But what we started out to re. mind all concerned was the agelesS anecdote about the snowman who failing to appreciate his play. To which the critic replied; Look, mis- ter. I am not c hen and I cannot lay and egg, but I certainly know Q rotten one when I smell itr'
 MT. Anderson should paste this in his hat: The guest, and not the cook, is the sole judge of c din- nerl"
 Tho reporter (ltke the doctor, lawyer, priest and pSychlatrist) tries to keep sources of his news con- fldential On one occasion the veraeity of Q story written by a reliable reporter was questioned, D, When he insisted that the tale was entirely true, the doubterS pressured him for his source.
 T got It." he grinned, from an unimpeachable leakl"
 Churchill, the reporters noted, re- fused to tell the correspondents what he discussed with President Truman when he was at the White House Some newSMen guessed that they might have talked about the loan to Britain-others thought the private confab could have been about Russia But no newspa- peTman filed Q report that was not based on carefully documented data,
 One of the White House StafferS,, however, confided that the weary and fed-up President probably asked Churchill; "Just what did you have to do--to become an ex-Prime Min ister?"
 zn Miami Beach, they would have you believe Churchill received call from his King, asking how he was enjoying his stay,
 Very much" said Churchill, Last night I dined with one of the Kuhn-Loeb banking family, The night before I spent a delightful evening with MT. Moscowitz-one of the most charitable citizens here, Tomorrow I am going fishing with one of the Warner Bros"
 And" asked His Majesty, "when are you coming home?"
 Directly ahftah PahsSovahl" was the retort.
 Reporter Inca Robb'S Shrewd tip to journalistic neophytes: Tt Is irn- possible. apparently, to strip the newspaper professional of that cheap two-bit by-product: Glamor. There Is no glanor in sweat. And though no one will believe me, in this profession one does a lot of sweat ing before nc earns the right to perSpire,"
 District Attorney Hogan once lost his temper over an item in "The Lyons Den" and stormed into the newspaper office to sock Leonard The editor and the columnist sat down with the d. a., who cooled off and became his affable self. ,.. ''Mr. Lyons assures me-" said the editor, that his source is relia- ble. Tell me, MT. Hogan, would you demand Q retraction from Win chell2"
 Hell, mol" said Hogan. "A friend of mine once got @ retraction from that guy-and it was worse than the originall"
 Richard Harding Davis adored his wife. They were inseparable until one assignment hastened him to interview people in several States, aA40 MIS- OaflS WAS COO HI tO SO along Veteran scribes relate that he loved Mrs. Davis so much that when he dined alone in res- taurants or hotel rooms-he always had a place set for her.
 A yarn newSpapermen enjoy re- calling concerns the reporter who covered a trial involving Commun- ists in the Midwest. The reporter trapped the Commys in his daily stories, but the copyreader in his office wrote new leads, whittled the prejudice and gave both sides a square deal. After the trial the reporter was praised for his objec- tive reporting. His publisher gave him a bonus. The reporter accept cd the acclaim modestly. He even addressed a school of journalism on he principles and practices of ob- ective reporting.