The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-14
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 sanction relations Wath Franco spain" Tho spokesman for the students replied: Why, n ou. ol l2 of ue wired the government Co break of relations with spain"
 Ehrenburg then asked. What \ wrong wtth the twelfthp"
 Maritime union leader Joe Curran now denies that the planned strike has any political implications. But month ago his union issued a statement proclalmlna that It was striking against the foreign poll. cies of "reactionafteS" incl. dentally after an interview with Curran last week, one newspaper. man said I'm getting Ted up with union leaders who look down on the public"
 That's because" replied a col- league. they haven't the spunk to look the public right in the eye
 Washington correspondent Charles Van Dcvander relayed tliis one. Bilbo has been dipping mud at the war record Of Commander Nelson T. Levings. one of his political op. ponents Levings was on the battleship Mississippi when 1t steamed into Tokyo Bay at the time of the Japanese surrender but Bilbo expressed doubt that he had ever sfnelled any powder unless it was talcum powder" The ex.Navy man shot back this classic retort:
 "lf half Of what I hear is true, Bilbo has smelled more talcum DOW. der. and at closer range. than any other man in the State of Miss slssippi, and most of it was pretty cheap grade"
 Some Of us were discussing the crllsades of various dailies against the XXX. Such exposes have ale ways stopped the KiuxerS. One re. porter offered this interesting fact: The exposes that have won the most Pulitzer Prizes have been crusades against the Kleagles.
 A . Memorial Day ceremony. a | veteran told a buddy: "I understand | that some of the Brass and sev- eral politicians placed wreaths on the tomb Of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington"
 "Yeh." was the response. Do you think they'll ever get around to properly honoring the KNOWN sol- diere"
 Some of the nations leaders were RuSsia's renewal of dip- lomatic relations with Argentina. An isolationiSt seized the opportun. Ity to damn it as another instance of Russias unworthineSs.
 Maybe" sarcaHnd a diplomat. its Russia's way of showing us 'hes finally getting into line with )ur State Department.
 A Washington newBpaperman, vho had echoed editorially the SeaeN ONlSnA ttAiNtsN AOtAtJ dAiA teaTie handling Of Franco and aeron. was called away from his typewriter just after he'd ordered 'offee and sandwich. In his lnxiety to leave he spilled sugar 'ver the desk The rewrite man filing in at his typewriter looked loosely at the scattered sugar.
 "Whered the sugar come from?" le Tipped. His typewriter?' A correspondent just returned ( rom the Palestine front told his [ publishers the reason for his copy eing heavily censored 'The British aren't afraid of a [ evolution in Arabia" he reported. [ What they're afraid of Is a reve. q ation in America" q The pro.Nazi Grand Multi of | Is as much a war crim- q nal as 0oering. Yet the British nd French governments provided ts transportation to Syria, where e will address the Arab League nd whip up more hatred Why i'd Britain and France help this Iazi? It's strictly 6 power politics itch to win the support of Arabs { y appeasing them.
 The slckening event inspired a 1reign correspondents grim com- ient: This is another Munich. I low that the war is over the Bri. tt sh and French are beating their S, words into umbrellas!'
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