Evening star., 1962-04-29
CIA
Expert Numbers
And Hes Abound
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the cafeteria and wasn't it nice
that visitors could come in for
lunch.
He said yes, then added, but
you can't get any further than
that, I'm afraid"
Inside was a blast Of air
conditioned coolness and a
handsome cafeteria. The room
had wooden paneling. man.
moth floor-to-ceiling windows
and the CIA fraternity, all with
their necklace badges.
I'm just visiting and this is
a lovely cafeteria" I said to a
woman in line.
"Oh yes. but it's confusing,
isn't it? I mean not having
everything in a row."
She was referring to the way
| in which the food counters are
separated from one another. At
the right was a counter for en-
trees and vegetables. At an
other counter you could get
hambergers, hot dogs and soup,
and at another, beverages and
appetizers. Some efficiency ex-
pert figured that this way peo-
| pie would not have to stand
endlessly in line but the woman
said, ''it doesn't help a bit if
you don't know what you want
when you first walk in"
I settled for almost a dol
lars worth of food-hamburg-
er, salad, milk, pie and then
sat down in this hotbed of in
telligence. It became most ap-
parent that as long as you had
a mouthful of food you could
play I Spy on the CIA without
being disturbed. No one no.
ticed me.
Expert Number
Not that it did any good. It
appears they have all taken
Hand Over Mouth 101 and the
advanced course in Mumbling.
Several groups of men all
seemed to be talking the same
way. VIII It her it was from
WEAKNESS Of the mornings &C
tivity or a precautionary mea-
sure was difficult to tell, but
they had a manner of resting
their elbows on a table, then
putting the hand on the chin
or cheek. This did an admirable
job of obscuring a full view Of
the mouth as they discussed
such things as "it certainly is
much warmer this time of year
than it was last year." or "and
then I had to have the master
cylinder head fixed On my car"
A man, no doubt a superior
Sleuth. said in measured tones
that someone still showed the
general lassitude that had first
accompanied his illness"
There were only two names
dropped, Drew Pearson and
Allen Dulles. and those weren't
even dropped at the same table.
One woman said, "and she
said Allen Dulles and I asked
how I could get a copy Of. it
and humble, humble, num-
BILE. :"
One man said, "or, on the
other hand. Drew Pearson who
humble, humble, humble"
A Lot Of "He's"
1t seemed interesting when
another man said something
which sounded like Foreign
news" But then he added,
"They consider foreign news
something that happens in the
next county" and indicated
he was merely talking about
some small-town newspaper.
An awful lot Of people were
simply named He.
HE was in the other day."
"He WASP"
1--WE seldom Gee him in our
office"
II was in his office last
week"
And so he said to me :"
1t was all rather quiet. In
fact it was all rather dull. They
talked in soft tones; there were
no undergraduate belly laughs.
And after a few mouthfuls it
was ascertained that CIA food
doesn't taste any different from
any other cafeteria food.
End Of the Road
To the right, outside the
cafeteria, are two double doors
and one guard. Also a sign
that said badges must be worn