The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
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a invited an Arab chief to review the ath Arny's muscles quentin Reynolds, war correspondent, was invited into the reviewing group alongside Montgomery and the tri- bal chief.
 A column of sherman tanks thundered by and the delighted ohieftain cried out: Them good, very strongl" .. Then, turning to Monty, he inquired: "Englisee?"
 Nope" interrupted quentin. American Lend-Leeseel"
 The. pool of darkness separating Russians and Americans constitutes Q grave danger to your future. A lack of knowledg about each other inspires the perilous fear which comes in the wake of ignorance. :. Anyone who could bridge this gulf would deserve 0 hundred Nobel Peace Prizes Wendell Willkie was aware of this fact, After he returned from Russia, correspondent Richard Lauterbach informed him that he was assigned to cover Mos. COW for Q newsmag and requested his counsel,
 Willkie replied: My advice to you is to get to know the people, Too many reporters know all about now the Moscow subway loows - and NOTHING apout the people who ride in It."
 File thls In your mind: The N. Y. Times London boy-Herbert l.. Matthews-.points out: gwen with an Anglo-American alliance there is no escaping the fact that the so- yiet Union IS . European and Asl- atic power and is stronger in Eu- rope and Asia than Britain, even If backed by the United States"
 It s no secret that Stalin and Churchill quarreled during the war, After the TeherRp confab this anec- date was popular in Moscow: The shah of Persia made @ gift of an ii-year old girl to Churchill Some of Stalins advisors were shocked bythe oriental custom and urged him to do something about 1t But with @ twinkle in his eyes Stalin said: Don't worry, But the time Churchill makes up his mind-she will be an old woman!"
 Harold Macmillan, former mem- Der of the Churchill government helped open a full dress debate on foreign policy in Commons with an expression of concern about prob- lens of the Big 3 The Con- servative diplomat urged that rru- man, Attlee and stalin get to- gether, but real soon.
 "What for?" said another M. P sarcastically. "They haven't finished NOT living Up to the agreements made at Potsdam!"
 There were giggles in the House Gallery when Rep. Fulton (Pa) proposed putting Mrs. Truman on the govt payroll at $l0,000 Q year flor running the White House, at- tending functions, etc."
 But Cong. Glare Hoffman (of all boresD put a halt to the chuckles You can laugh all you want to, he parked, "but the wife of the President has to take a lot oi abuSe!"
 At that rate" muttered @ spec tator, Congress ought to vote belated million dollars owed tC Eleanor Roosevelt"
 An ad agency exec called ur Henry Luce'S newsmag and ob. jected to some references in the current issue .. A staffer gave the Indignant One a series of stock answers, which don't satisfy him.
 "Lemme speak to Clare LuceP he demanded.
 Sorry" replied the staffer, "nc one by that name in the editorial department"
 Pat Henning, comedian, now al the Paramount, pulled a new switch on that "big splash" taglint gag the other day. He was telling Hazel Scott, the pianist, and hel husband, Congressman Powell, how great 1t would be if gent as large as 1000 men had an axe as large as 1000 axes to chop down a tree as large as 1000 trees on an island surrounded by 1000 lakes.
 T know 1t would cause a heck uva splash" anticipated Hazel.
 Sure would gagged Pat, If the tree fell on Rankin"
 It probably didn't happen, but we wouldn't bet that 1t didn't The wife of one of our younger Con- gressmen was telling their young ster a bedtime tale "One love- ly Spring day." mother began, Little Red Riding Hood was walking fir the woods when she came to 6 sharp turn-and whom do you think ] she saw standing there-With A row