Laurel outlook., 1950-05-17
LETTERS FOR
SPECIAL DELIVERY

You r getting jeers and ridicul'
But with me you rate somethin
better. AS an ex-bombardier VIII
didn't drop anything, hurry bac
to the old routines and adopt
whats the use?" attitude you ar
a standout. 1 don't string with yo'
in r%enouncing your American cit
zenship, but even in that step yo
were motivated by a conviction yo'
could sell your global idea better
you were a citizen of the world
You are a one-man U.N. In you
way you are an economy-size Eas
river peace flesh-and-blood sky
scraper.
Son Of a famous orchestra
leader, you could have been q
fancy tooter in a world Of music
and dancing, but you heard diff
ferent music, savage, and
threatening. There was no sing
er in your act; just the sobs Of
mothers, the shrieks Of the
shell-torn, and the sound of
hammers on the posts of wood
en- crosses. BasicaIly, yeu are
a guy who can't forget, a vet
who heard a distant bugle sum-
moning you to a tough task.
You have answered it, not car
ing if you looked silly. Why
the jeering? You flew many
bombing missions. You saw the
bloodshed and havoc closeup
and it got you. You couldn't
wash up and let nature take its
usual Ourse You had to go and
get idealism. You not only
hitched your discharge papers
to a star, but tied your "for the
Duration pledges to the moon
and began listening to reveille
calls from rainbows. Is that
bad? Not when a guy Is SO
sincere he will pass up a car
eer, a soft life, a coy home and
the old "as-you-were" routines.
You were chased, pummeled and
oinched all over France as you
sounded off for one world in brother
rood and sanity. 1t was no fun.
and no movie stunt. Not even the
lewsreel shots were good. I wrote
/ book Private Purkey's Peace"
he year the war ended. In it Pfc.
Oscar Purkey crashed the peace
MISSIONS with his buddies, talked
to the diplomats and drew
Up his own blueprint for world
,eace. In it he demanded:
IA realization the world
cannot exist half man and half
rat.
Am approach to all prob
lens in the spirit of David and
not of Mickey Mouse.
3.-The creation of a world
organization that never mis-
takes a double chin for muscle.
I think Purkey had a swell idea,
nd not as nutty as some folks
hink hollywood decided the idea
vas too farfetched!!! In my book,
oscar and his pals stirred public
Imagination and New York gave
one of those Broadway parades
nd everything. I guess I went too
ar, eh? Anyhow, good luck to a guy
Tho is willing to get crucified for
idea.
Sincerely,
H. l.. P.
Jamaica, Jamaica, to play a poor
bunch;
Home again, home again, apples
for lunch!
Bushman, ChlcagO'S gorilla, is
n years old. He is gentle up to
the point where somebody looks
at him and says, "He is almost
human" Gorillas are touchy
about that these days.
The case of Dolly, the circus ele-
1ant executed for one vicious act
ter years of gentleness, deserves
udy. Could it be that during the
inter she had seen some television
,ime programs?
Dablyn Crymes, the detective,
inks that mystery submarine off
e Pacific coast is easily ex-
aimed. Some Hollywood movie
oducer making sure he wouldn't
to view his own releases" he
US.
The federal trade commission
argos that several big cigarette
akers are making false claims.
lie commission insists that no one
can keep step in a tele-
zion parade better than another.
The government Is developing ,
! new potato packed with vita ,
min C. 1t thinks that with
enough vitamins it will be able
o destroy a crop faster for the 6
'ame money. =