The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1949-04-14

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PURKEY ON ATLANTIC PACT
Ex-PFc Oscar Purkey. veteran
Of the last war. feels better after
reading the Atlantic pact, but he
still thinks it's smart to keep moth.
balls in his uniform and not swear
off canned eggs for life. at this
point.
"If the world was in its right
mind. in fair health and not so
jumpy, this Atlantic pack would be
okay," he writes, but you got to
remember that it is in the same
shape as Alcoholics ANONYMOUS
holding a s~treet-corner huddle when
a liquor truck turns turtle in full
view.
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cat first I think this Atlantic
pack Is not serious on account
Of It Is not accompanied by no
news that six blocks along First
avenue, New York, is to be torn
down to make way for . head
quarters" his letter continues,
"but / find II Is on the level and
the matter Of . official address
will be took up later.
1.-THE swell thing about getting
eight out Of a dozen nations together
like this is that at least It ends the
day when they would not 60 far
enough out on a limb to give each
other their right phone numbers.
They now agree not only to do this,
but each one promises to answer
the phone, no matter who is calling
or how hot is it.
II am sure the pack is-a good
thing on account Of Henry Wallace
and the Daily Worker and Russia
is giving it the old elbow. II Henry
was for it, l would be pretty sus.
picious. The way it shapes up to
me is that with England. France.
Canada, the United States. Bel
GUM and those other nations on my
side, I can afford to let Henry stay
on the bench.
4 can't quite figure out what
the Atlantic Pack does to the
UN. Everybody says it does
nothing serious, but my COM
mon sense tells me You can't
have two police departments on
the same job in the same spot
without some difficulties here
and there. I hope they work
okay together in this case, but
one of 'em will want the stars
dressing room maybe and there
is apt to be some professional
jealousy. If the friction don't
start a new war, ! win be salts
fled.
"All this Atlantic Pack does is to
provide an agreement that all the
nations outside the galvanized-iron
d%raperies will consult together If
any enemy starts playing rough.
Personally, when the shooting starts
I'd feel nervous if my side were
just to confer on the matter. In
the next global war, the sneak
puncher is going to have a awful
head-start on the boys who 60 into
a conference first. But I guess
side will find a way to perfect the
jet-propelled huddle so that there
will be only a few seconds of elapsed
time between the attack and the
answer.
1.-THE western nations in this Pack
may seem a little too gentlemanly
for comfort in a global crisis. but it
looks to me like this time they are
with Stonewall Webster or Kayo
Henry or whoever it was that said
have got to hang together or
wire the newsreels men to photo
graph us all hanging separately.
Anyhow, the news about this Allan
tic pack has done me some good. /
amt taking so many aspirin"
Cuff Stuff
Boys Wear Reported off This
Misunderstanding And the
girls seems to be OVERRIDING it a bit,
too.
Railroad trains are now being
made so glamorous and comforta-
BILE that it is pretty distressing. A
fellow is compelled to travel all the
way out of town and back without
getting a decent chance to develop