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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1948.
Sefton Delmer's NEWSMAP
PARIS: "They say
Bevin is pleased to
see Bidault go...'
THE Berlin crisis
+
has
British firms with factories in Germany have so for appealcil in vain against the application of the order to them.
And this is not the only blow against British commercini Interests in Germany,,
T claimed its first political the cash rzsols of British Bams from
vlctim.
The currency reform has reduced
183,000,000 quarks to 10,500,000
sion, had their money
0
marks. The French have sacked
German firms have not suffered their Foreign Minister, Georges the same losses. For they. were Bidault. Which is all the more able to anticipate and counteract remarkable as M. Bidault had currency reform by converting their cash Into "goods, and thus escape come to be regarded as unsack-
devaluation. able. He has been France's
British firms, under a Nazi order Commis- Foreign Minister ever since the confirmed by the Control
frozen in liberation in September 1944.
Cabinets came and Cabinets went, blocked accounts which they were. but George Bidault stayed, He was not allowed to use.
Then there are the £30 millions Foreign Minister in them all,
advanced to Germany of credits
were during the twenties. They frozen by the Nazis. They arc still frozen by the Control Commis- would like sion. British creditors
buy con- to use this money to trolling Interests in German indus- trics a bound political move.
M. Schuman, the ex-Premier, who follows him, will not make any radical changes in France's policy The only over the Berila affair. modification expected is that he will seek an even closer co-ordination of France's policy with Mr Bevin's, He will support the more cautious polley of Britain against the less inhibited polley of the United States.
In Parls they even go so far na that Bidault has been dis- missed to please Bevin.
ta
They also say that M. Schuman can be counted on to take a firmer line with his diplomats and generals. He will not allow them to force a policy on him by their actions-the accusation now made against M. Bidault
One other point they pre
the in Paris about making
new French Cabinet is that the advent to power of Radical Socialist Pre- mier Marie should end the celipse of his great party.
of
Now that they are back in office the Radicals should be able to re- bulld their traditional system patronage und
their lost regain influence and votes, thus becoming a bulwark against te Gnulle.
I wonder.
FRANKFORT: Europe has 40 Red soldiers to every American..
H
ENE are some details, about the American armed strength la Europe and the United States. American ground forces in Ger- many consist of about 80,000 troops Of these fewer than 24,000 are combat troOJIS,
area
In dallion there аге about 30,000 highly mechanised constabu lary troops. In the Trieste there are 5,000 American soldiers, of whom about 3,100
combat troops.
are
The U.S. Air Force in Europe 13 disposed as follows: in Western Germany or the UK, three groups of B29 bombers (00 aircraft); one group of dated F47 Oghters (15 air- craft); two troop-carrier groups totalling 10 planes of the C47 type; 54 four-engined transports tem- porarily reinforcing the Berlin
air
lift; 49 et fighters (Ft)s), and the
The Control Commission will not heur of it. It would be unfair to the Germans, 11 says.
BELGRADE: It looks
as though someone must be fibbing
HO is devinting from whom? TANYUG, Tito's official news agency, reported on July 10:
WORLD'S NO. 1 PLAYGROUND
"MILLIONAIRE' BEACH
FOR THE MILLION and everything is free
By Evelyn Webber
of
it.
Jones Beach is the one thing
500 yards along the ocean's edge are lifeguards perched on towers, to watch and rescue reckless, swim- ITI CFB.
First the family runbathed on the
There WOB
UST 33 miles from Man- I went to Jones Beach with
hattan, on
the southern the Conways, a typical Ameri- white sands and on the sundeck shore of Long Island, lies can family. There was bank equipped with tree ocean-voyage Jones Beach State Park-37 clerk Mr Conway and his wife, lounge chairs. Just as Mr Con- equare miles.
suggested The and Melvyn and Valerio, six and way fell asleep someone Yugoslav students of the artillery greatest people's playground in eight. We went in Mr Con- some exercise.
way's car, along one of the
archery (national technical school in Leningrad have the world. addressed greetings to the Central
devoid of tournaments are played at Jones special speedways
Beach), putting table-tennis, Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. "On our part, they in the whole of capitalist stop-lights the whole 88 miles.
"paddle tennis” (played on a full- Bize court with perforated wooden e firmly convinced that
All the the policy pursued by our Central America that most surprises
Admission when we reached the racquets) and shuffleboard. Committee under the leadership of the visiting Russians. It is
Mr Conway air, floodlit at night. Marshal Tito is internationalistic equipped with everything you beach was 2s. 6d. For that we could games are by the sea, in the open use one of the parking fields, which paid sd. for them. Sixpence, too, for the millionaire cover 02 and based on
principles of could find at
acres-and on Sundays Marriam-Leninism, We are certain that the slanders upainst our glorious resorts, and it cost £3,750,000 hold 15,000 cars. If we had gone the outdoor roller-skating, including homeland and our party will be re- to build. Yet nearly every by bus or train admission would hire of the skates. moved, and that in future our coun- thing there for your enjoyment have cost nothing. try will enjoy still greater love and is free. trust of all progressive forces in the world!
say,
are
the
But this came from Moscow:— Two hundred and forty-six Yugo- slav Communis note studying in Soviet naval and military academies have signed as open letter to the Yugoslav Communist Congress now meeting in Belgrade urging it dismiss Marshat Tito and the other Moscow-criticised leaders.
Hmph!
to
among
the
and
It was difficult to drag him away from the cruise pedal-boats in the Bathing, water siding and surf bay: or from the Baherman's cor- * ☆
Bshing are *
project's ner, where rowing boats, balt chief lures for lis 120,000 dally tackle, if he wanted it, were avail-
Bathhouses
The cost? Five shillings a visitors,
pro- able. ORIGINALLY a whaling sta- menade have heated open-air pull- day.
tion, the playground was water swimming and diving pools, built and is operated by the and children's pools. State of New York authorities.
the
#
But whether we rwam in them, MRS Conway sald she wanted to sit It is one of 12 similar "County or the Atlan:le Ocean just down the In the nun and hear the free or- Council benches" they have steps, we could shower at the bath
houses free after our dip. built on Long Island,
THE GUNS
On Governor Dewey's back porch they are planning the
that strategy change the course of American history
COME OUT AT
may
DAPPLEMERE FARM
PAWLING, New York.
60 arrived in Britain. The first 10
Super-Fortresses which have just A NARROW sandy lane runs
the
up a hill from the hamlet
of jet fighters have arrived in of Quaker Hill, near here. On Frankfor
The mi bile striking force in the United States which could be sent to Europe in an emergency is only 54,000 men. And these 54,000 are urgently needed at home in America to train recruits.
from FREDERICK COOK
the crest of the hill is a ning to worry about his weight and spacious, white-painted farm is determined to keep it down, With Mrs Dewey and the boys (Tom, aged and John, aged 12) he takes a house that may
A
of black coffee.
Every
1
chestral concert in the afternoon. The children didn't. So with A sigh of relief she deposited them in "Indian one of the free open-air, Village" kindergartens
*
They were wildly excited as they the wigwams and saw the real nurses dressed as squawa -squatting on the grass, ready to tell stories of
A Indian folklore.
moment to Arana for Melvyn and Valerio to a'tand the free gymnastle and swim- ming classes later, and the Conways af to the open-air auditorium. what a blessing," breathed Mrs that ruled throughout the Roosevelt Conway as they sped away..
went сто. It will be less colourful-
In the mening as the sun Dewey has never claimed to be down we heard that the turquoise pools had magnetic, dynamic personality like Roosevelt.
But most of his official of the outdoor
been lumina'ed for the entertain-
1994 the New York || mante
children gazed on- family in Albany, State capital, have served him for chanted at the free water show and years and are still intensely loyal: the bathing beauty chorus girls and a good sign. And they are unanimous clowns. BOON be the 10 salad, with cold meats, bread in enlling him a first-rate organiser
* * most famous private house in
and bulter, ice
ice-cream and a cup, and a good man to work with. the United States.
there Then (when
"With Dewey," said his aides,WITH flowers decorating the red- For Mr Tom Dewey, the Governor
a game) "you know where you are. He figures of New York, lives there. Next is a visitor to give him
course. the village nine-hole November (unless all the prophets ho goes out for an afternoon of golf out the jobs to be done. Then he te verandah where we sat, the finds the best man to do it and says, coloured pool, and the summer moon are wrong) Dewey will be elected. On President. And already his farm- Most days he goes round, twice, even See if you can get him. If he gets blending it all, they thought it was the when the temperature In the 00s. him, he tells the man what is to be a Technicolour fairyland. And they o! is taking on some house
Then comes his daily swim and done, says 'Can you do it?' and then wouldn't leave until they'd seen the aspects of a fortress. Husky young
We stopped on our way from the man does his armed guards stand in the lane, a brisk walk back to the house for leaves him alone. He never inter-free water-polo match as well.
Heavy the first drink of. the day: an old feres with the way The Red Army, by contrast, Angering their revolvers.
This was on, a special open- But as long as he holds eing. It is made of rye whisky, sugar, he goes, to be about 3,000,000 chains close off the gravel drive fashioned served on the back porch. job. If the man doesn't do it, out show for a quick look at the dan-
nir dance floor by the sea, to esliinated
combat strong with 175
divisions. against unwanted callers.
It was all free. fruit silces, a dash of bitters and a the job, Dewey is with him."
It is significant that here in and eight-piece band. 14 ROOMS armles Russia's satellite European
spoonful of water: the whole served
around the farm
as well
at So was the floodlit League baseball number about 1,121,000 men.
Dapplemere Farm is the name of on a couple of squares of ice.
Albany, I have yet to hear any match not far away.
the A beach official said: "We don't The strength of the Russian Air the house. it cost Dewey a little
member of the Dewey team use Force is estimated at about 14.000 less than £8,000 Just before the war.
It is take too much credit for the project.
of its singular personal pronoun.
cost comes It has 14 rooms, including a guest aircraft. Including 200 jet fighters
"What I shall Much typleal never "I think... und about 100 bombers of the suito: that could be offered to an American dinner, which the Deweys do.. "but "What we have decided of the taxes paid to New York. We
body. Two cool, brick-floored paties -one at the back overlooking most call "supper": fresh fruit cocktail:..."
"and "When we get to Washing- think the authorities are only doing what's right, providing these play- It is generally accepted that Rus- of the farm's 300-odd' neres have under one steak; fried potatoes, ton...."
* * of day after beans and squash; apple ple with Even Dewey himself habitually grounds for the taxpayers." The Americans have ringed Bussio day conferences sla has not yet got the atomic bomb. I already been the scene arts of generous hunk of vanilla ice-cream refers to "Our team and speaks of with instruments which would re- gister an atomie explosion. Nothing has been registered yet.
The air force is better off. Apart from what is in Europe it has eight groups of heavy bombers in America, all equipped with improved aro 12 there B20s. In addition, fighter groups of about 75 planes each.
Super-Fortress typo.
LONDON: Britons pap reparations to
with all
STEAK SUPPER
This is followed by a
"
or
people. Senator Vondenberg has on top (which Dewey pretends in "s" as though he had come to think made the 300-mile journey from concession to the boys, but which of himself in the plural. Washington to talk party strategy, actually he enjoys very much); milk Mr John Fenter Dulles, the New and coffee. An hour of singing with York lawyer who is Dewey's foreign the family or of playing some par- affairs mentor, has week-ended at lour game with his sons and Dewey
to
NO DISGUISE Characteristically (and cleverly) the farm. General Eisenhower, close is ready for bed. Lights are usually Dowey makes no attempt now
hide the fact that he was once an personal friend of President Truman out at the farm before midnight,
firmly opposed that he is, has driven the 70 miles Since he fought Roosevelt four Isolationist, and from Now York City to discuss with
there have been big Lend-Lease. "Weren't you an Isola- ago LMOST unbelievable but true: Dewey the implications of events in changes in Dewey. When I called tionist, too, in the days before Pearl A British firms owning factories Berlin.
the Germans ...
in Germany are being made to pay compensation to German firms
for-reparations.
years
at the farm and talked with him I Harbour?" he seems to say chal- Dewey is now rosting at the form found a man far more poised than tengingly to his crilles. "Did't you want to isolate America from war belorg
the Presidential campaign four years ago,
Would anyone but a whose works have been dismantled
He has been Governor of the If you could? opens in a month's time. He gets up at 9.30 am. He breakfasts on State of New York for the past maniac get into a war if he could The German economic administra pran
prange juice, two fried eggs with 5% years, and the way he has run slay out?".
The Democrats would do well. nto tion has issued an order calling on ham, toast and coffee; then, in an it provides a clear clue to the sort all firms in the British
will have keep a close eye on the 150-year- and U.S.open-necked shirt and a pair of old of govemment America
old farmhouse, atop Quaker Hill, zones to contribute machinery. to slacks, ho zels off for a tour of his with him In the White House. help rebuild German factories which farm.
It will be a government by team; And on some of the people who are have been dismantled for repara-
Lunch is usually a fairly light the sharpest possible contrast to the finding their way up here for con tions.
meal, for Dewey, at 40, is begin- principle of the Indispensabla Man fidential chats on the back porch..
NANCY
Familiar Request-in Raverse
HOW
SHOWING
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By Ernie Bushmiller
?
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