The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1948-02-12
DISTURBANCE CLEARED Up

A skipper. completing q trip
across the Atlantic the other day,
reported 40-foot waves rising from a
smooth sea, with no wind. storm OF
whitecaps. There were no under.
standable explanations. The ship
Was tossed all over the lot in a dead
calm. something never before no.
ticed in his IS years at sea.
81 went to work on the mystery
promptly" said DR.. Elmer Twitch.
ell, the distinguished scientist. ma
rine authority and gin rummy
expert. land considered the violent
disturbance on a calm sea from all
angles. A number Of things could
have caused 1t.
az figured that possibly Harry Tru-
man, General Graham and Ed Pau
ley had been out on the presidential
yacht debating the broad subject Of
ethics, but there was nothing in that.
'"There was the possibility that
the disturbance could have been
caused by somebody discovering
eggs at go cents a dozen along the
seaboard. Another fellow thought
that 40-foot waves could be caused
by a man ordering an auto and get
ting 1t Immediately with no bonus.
-
~ considered the possibility that
President Truman had allowed him
self to be photographed in a grave
moment without smiling. This led
to q theory that this tremendous dis
turbance at sea could have been the
result Of Margaret Truman tackling
an opera role too deep for her in the
first place. That proved untrue.
-
81 considered the idea that Lujack
had missed a forward pass. that a
day had passed with no marital
news among the Topping boys and
that Henry Wallace had said I don't
know to some complicated interna-
tional problem.
'aThen II dawned on me. l put
searchers to sea and they came In
with the evidence in the form of a
bottle tossed overheard. In it was
the latest Pravda editorial. That did
It."
Father and Son Dialogue
Pepper. is 80 billion dollars
much?"
SIT always has been, but I
wouldn't want to be quoted on Il
today, son."
Teacher says the President pro-
poses to spend that much in one
year and that it's a staggering
sum-"
"Your teacher staggers easily.
But at that my opinion wouldn't be
any good. I got all mixed up about
the value Of money back In Roose-
velt's first term and have never
been able to figure things out SINCE"
Can a country really spend that
much money in one year, popper?"
at amt easy, my boy, but we
can do it."
Pepper, why must we send so
many billions to Europe?"
"We must help all countries to
get out of a big hole"
81 thought, W. fought the war to
get them out of a big hole"
"There is no telling about holes
these days, son."
Pepper, our side won the war to
save Europe. didn't it? Then what
happened that we have got to rescue
it all over again."
1--WE forgot to save boxtops or
sumpin'."
when you win a war don't you
come out ahead?"
"Who said so?"
Napoleon"
"What did he know about war?
He didn't even have lend-lease,
Quebec conference or ERP."
but he was an expert on war"
"Phooey. He didn't even know
about interim aid, U. N. or what is
called q deteriorating situation"
Pepper, when we won the war
at Trenton from the British didn't
that settle everything? Did we have
to lend billions to the British and
Hessians to make it good?"
"We have progressed, my son. To-
day we have got things to a point
where nothing turns out according
to the book. Civilization has reached
a state where II we win a war we
lose and il we lose we are almost
as bad off,"
"But, pepper ...".