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WASHINGTON SCENE

By Alastair Forbes

that Mr Truman's reluctance to

tho. his

and hoping

Just before I went to Washing | find himself in a position un-

General ton from New York there landed commonly like

Mac- on his return from an extended Arthur's at the Inst, or, at any European trip Mr: Arthur Hays rate unable to mend his fences Sulzberger, the owner and pub- [at_home. Telephones:

lisher of the New York Times. Meanwhile, Mr. Truman con- 24354 Editors

The Americans would like the jond futile, and the people crave has been decided upon. Flim Mr. Bulzberger expressed bls tinues to keep his feet well above

to know that the dignity, and decorum.

chiefs here are even more angry growing concern about the news-the ground and to radiato confidence in Reporters & General Office 32917 | Ruslans

print shortage in Europe and sublimest newest look now on

Now display at

York .han taken the wit the French for slapping (four lines)

of re-election, Ho - Is the political fashion shows here Dewey victory somewhat cynical-05 per cent. tax on American pie-made the plain statement, with chances

of cam- which no sensible Englishman counting on a series 1 uitra-Intomationalist.

, and there is the harsh clack tures. Heading the news from Berlin heard around town: "We are Hollywood feels very badly could possibly disagree, that the paigning mistakes by his Re-

haber- done by. It is furious with British public is lamentably ill-publican opponents HK$18.00 and Prague, they fear that the going to get rid of the

affairs. that they will get into a tangle Sovet did not learn the Philadel- dusher, but we are turning the Arthur Rank, who has calmly informed about world H.K.$30.00 phia Ieason well, if it learned it store over to a model out of the told it that the Americans them-He did not, alas, propose cffec-over lasues like price controls. selves forced the crisis and that that it will be a long time be of them getting into such a mess tive countermeasures, and I fear though it is difficult to conceive H.K.$72.00 Perhaps the Kremlin has no The boom, bigger and better Brilain has to protect herself.

Hitler on this very topic, as the Pre- clothes sense, but pattern books than ever, in the main conversa-

The film city is also very wor-fore Fleet Street finds a can be sent if necessary.

tion topic. Its proportions are ried about television. It is not who will lead a fight for more sident himself.

The Democrats are still fover- vital schreibensraum. It is true that not every U.S. now massive. It is a Brobding- | suro whether It should fight it

Mr. Vandenberg is now back ishly hunting for an alternative embrace it. The Philadelphia in Washington, citizen is wearing the latest look tiagian boom.

and in daily candidate, and their low morale Today wage-earners have Convention showed television as touch with the State Department is evidenced by the new spate yel, hut Tom Dewey appears so amort and neat and efficient in nearly three times us great an a vigorous, fascinating informa-in all matters of high policy, sal of mass-produced' rumours.

Elsenhower ha war:tion and entertainment-medium,

given a de- the garment designed at Phil-fr.come Little has so far been dis-adelphia, that only the drabs and furmers have

The coverage, while amateur admit the Dowey-Dulles team clsive "No", and it would seem closed of the progress of the diehards are holding out against every dollar they had then. The in spots, has deeply impressed to the inner councils and thus unlikely, too, that there is much

national economis has almost

American-conacicu

The whole country reveal his expectations of pro- chance of obtaining the nominu- Justice Douglas. conversations which began the dictates of the experts.

President Truman, of course, trebled.

bable defeat are not affecting bi- tion of Mr. on Tuesday in Washington has been garbed in the newest It is an amazing success story Among the grent stars, Ronald partisan unity on essentials. It who is anyway less anxious to Colman is first to take up tele-is well to remember that this expose himself to electoral de- concerning the association of look for some time, though the in dollars and cents.

rather amateur and

Evidence of thin supreme pros- the

vision in an ambitious manner. happy situation would not have feat than Mr. Truman, the U.S.A., and Canada with cut is

had But the Democrats

Are Beri- hits you in the

If the Senator eye. He will appear in 20 half-hour occurred

ously considering a break with the new West European material not of the best quality purity

Alme,

Tho the leaders at

the avenues brand-new television Along

inedium been drafted as a candidate. the

careers and

Between now and November precedent by putting Senator security system. The Treaty These two, of Brussels, with its mutual Republican Party and the De-Cadlines and Lincolns block the will wreck me

shop-fronts. There

Mr. Vandenberg will be occupied O'Mahoney, of Wyoming, on the Party.

arc new bring unknowns to the front. mærtíc

have recently

in working out with the Admin- ticket as candidate for Vice- houses, now

O'Mahoney pledge between the

anks, Hollywood Prepared ration and Congress, leaders a President. Senator five been exchanging insults and will apartment

new blocks of offices there

and as such, like more, but to the exchange

Hollywood's signatories to come

restaurants shoot-

big business

leglulatives a. Catholic giving is programme

the so-called Vanden-Jews and Negroes, he is by firm now prepared for the threatened effect to

unwritten custom ing up along the opulent streets.

do- ald of any one of them who unity between them so far as cinemas, new

policy toward Hussin

which rosolution Actors' strike. Ins accumulat-erg

arcepts though

from barred

that Almost

completing *except, of cerned.

everyone, may be the object of an arm-

of United States ed attack in Europe-was in No Presidential election can or course, the visiting British, seems ed a reservo strength of 275 pic-the principle.

cabin to White House, although will immobilise the United States. to be wearing new clothes tures, and announces that it can participation in regional alliances over-advertised Journey from log It will be remembered that Al itself a landmark.

In the immediate develop atted out and ready to

Now

that Governer Dewey is all tropical Palm Beach, seersucker, keep cinemas supplied for a full and groupings.

ond

even if a lipen,

raberdine new year with celluloid

Agreed Programme Smith very nearly made it on Co-the

and coconut ment of the European situa-inst. Isolationist remnant shed-1 Panamas

Such straws, camera does not turn in a single

an agreed programme one occasion. studio.

Despairing Democrats no would be placed before Congress tion it is an unhappy land-expect him to issue a statement new sporta brogues.

raise the I met George Jessel for the next January and give flying doubt hope thai, to mark. After the war it was proclaiming his support of

present Administration assumed in Western coun-

terms. Street and Walter Winchell started to-

To draft a programme provide the sort of smokescreen which Truman might Russian issue, just as Mr. Chur- thrives, the new British Ambas-gether, and both scaled the which brings such a startling behind tries that the Fascist Powers chill has pledged his support of sardor, Sir Oliver Franks, has heights, but in different profes- change to American thought in back to the white pos having been annihilated the Labour Goverunent.

started on the right feet (both on donar-Jessel-la-bitterly angry acceptable terms will not be Lut it seems a forlorn hope. there was no longer the dan-

the ground), the baseball won-with the Zionists. and flays them.enry. But it will. In the result,

of Mr. De is the

the measure der man, Babe Ruth, is very ill He

most ger of a major aggression:

pro-British show There have been big develop. except the distant possibility ments In American

ever met. wey's power over the more ro- political again in hospital, the best-sell-Jewish actor I have past of a revival of German or fachlons during the

ing book is "How to Stop Worry- His ancestors come from Eng- actionary elements in his party

Few people, even including all Japanese militarism. And it' days, and they spell good news ing and Start Living" by Dale land, and he is proud to trace the many who find the Dewey

for Western Europe and warn atrocious,

Camegic, the weather is his

his people back to the 14th cen-

anti- so markedly personality was assumed also that any

worst spring and tury. ing news for Russia.

Times- the minor aggression could, be-

in history, The

summer Way

Presidential early

"No nation has done more for pathetic, doubt that the Dewer

Warren combination would bring became fore it

seems square is now such a jungle of the Jews than the British," wider campaign is

sh," he good government to this country. shaping it

"Some Zionists, here aro the two likely

big rival parties blazing neon tube that smoked said. menace, be promptly and

-glasses are necessary even in behaving like idiots and fools," but there are real uncertainties ding each other as champions of United Nations Organisation. international

Ground

bare-shouldered, bare- what he said and he might get happy Republican Congress.

In the Washington offices and Both postulates have prov-dispensers of gold and goods for backed, and sometimes bare mid- into trouble for it, but he said: bureaux the chief subject of con-

riffed. The

rity--is--barefaced "Print it. I'm for Britain."

New York, July 12. versation, of course is the great too dubious for safety,

Babylon.

The most lavish party of the sweep which will

begin

next

Professor Herbert J. Sed.. Soviet political aggressive reason for this expansive open-

Republicans gain

don, Nuffield professor of There have now It cost £5,000, A minor Mar- their expected victory.

There is rather more alarm Orthopaedic Surgery at Ox- been about half a dozen meetings shall Plan. among top producers; all protest-: Footnote: The Russians should on this subject than is called for ford University, told the first Poliomyelitis ing against the British 45 per be reminded that America does Mr. Dewey is so definitely not International

not merely conform to its poli-a man to tolerate duds in high cent. quola.

conferences have sizzled tical conventions it also survives places that we can count on him Conference, which opened not to pay his political debts in here today, that no country in with indignation, but no action them.

manner prejudicial to bls.

the world could afford to country's prestige.

ignore the waste of time, ef- fort and money resulting been from Infantile paralysis. and by

a

the

on the

Big Developments

lew

Right Feet Orst time the other day. Ho start to the new Presidential Catholic lasud at this time might

For tho

rest. Wall

the

cffectively dealt with by the Will soon be engaged in outbid-day-time, and women are, going told George I would print about the behaviour of a power

ed

Co-operation. and

European recovery. Russian mischief

big one

ness has been so marked thating of American eyes and arms, mollywood-, is suli muttering week was tossed by Sonia Hente year if

2$ &

and

.

The

BRITAIN AROUSES

"PRAVDA" IRE

London, July 12.

Pravda today accused the United States and Britain of building up Franco Spain as an "important and strategic bridgehaad" for domination of the Mediterranean.

a

will

fund.

the

By Inference

by

inference

nomination

1

been

Elusive Master To Polio

Key

Lounid

no government can have ab- The policy pattern planned at solute confidence that the Philadelphia is the other.

In just two weeks we will all Soviet Union would, if chances appeared favourable, back in the Convention city ngala, this time for the nomina- abstain from military aggres-tion of the Democratic candidate

almost

certainly

President sion. Nobody assumes 1 Soviet aggression is certain, Truman on the first ballot. Not

forward to Many are looking for

the even probable, but nobody event with any enthusiasm, and

In so far as promises have

have been made, they dares any longer to rule it there is an outcry among the

But, he added, there was no ninde Tublic out of all calculation

soine newspapers

henchmen, and not directly, fol-Indication that the master key risk against which no pre-against the artincial hokum, the

lowing the technique so success to the disease would be found in earrival atmosphere circus and caution need be taken. Nor of these party get-togethers.

fully practised for BO many the near futura. He urged the does U.N.O.

years by Franklin D. Roosevelt. creation of a "General Staff" in provide any Sections of last week's Mardi

epidemics recur cen suggested here, for areas where has been a madhouse bored the safeguard. For it would be Gras in

instance, that Mr. Lewis Douglas with frequency, and said that in unable if only because of American people, who feel they

at Britain last, summer those of us probably be succeeded have outgrown innke dances by

were the "veto"-to take any ac substitute savages, cartwheels

the American Embassy in Lon-whose responsibilities

Talbot, sand, therefore, more direct, don. by. Mr. Harold tion whatever against aggres and carousing," war whoops" and

New Yorker responsible for diflculty in throwing aside rou¬¬ sion either by the Soviet whoopee,

The article, entitled "Who fruits accounted for two-thirds of raising an important part of Mr. tine duiles in order to tackle our Union or any

Television has exposed the de- of its client

campaign first real epidemia. of poliomyelitis. tented demonstrations as phoney Supports Franco?", broadcast British imports from Spain. Ap-Dewey's

by Radio Moscow and monie de the British Government oniven to this story by the news states.

parently the love of oranges

A touch of colour has Hence the Treaty of Brus-

tored here, was written by May 14 conclude the new trade sels. Its military clauses dom, have understood-as, Pravda's commentator

Borov-May of sky and denounced the Western goods between Epain and

the exchange of that his wife has been in Lon- governments only operate in the event of strangely,

the dog staying with the Douglasex for their political, attack. It is application in some European democracies Powers

a view to taking over the place, presenting 30 countries, will dis.. CURS the effects of infantile £80,000,000 and for expart of I doubt very much Mr. a limited field of that con- still flinch from understand and military policy toward Sterling zone to a total sum of and has been looking over with fors and health authorities, re- cept of collective security ing-that safety for demo- Spain and charged that the 750,000 tons of coal from Britain Dewey would consider seriding paralysis and methods of control. The exhibits today were a new to London in the wake of the which only too clearly has cracy is only to be had by went British trade agreements to Spain"

chemical that increuses resistance with Spain were "utter hypo-It said that the British ad exceedingly popular Douglases now no general application collective action: and that crisy.

American

record to infantile paralyels and a gen- ruling classes are try-couple with a war-time Its purpose is not only to there is nothing more dan

notorious Anglophobia erator that provides an electric The article said: "The British ing to "preserve the France to of such

of whom it is

to exercise paralysed Government seeks to gime as one of the mainstays of as the Talbots, meet attack should it come. gerous than to shrink from Labour

for certain muscles-Reuter. justify trade with France Spain reaction in Europe....American not even known but to be a deterrent to any collective responsibility.

fair-weather by reference- to Britain's vital military men regard the Pyren- that they are our thought of overrunning the The "Vandenberg" resolù-needs."

nean peninsula as an important friends. Nor is it likely that Western democracies by at- tion in the United States "The utter hypocrisy of this strategie brigeheart, ensuring do- Mr. Dulles would give his stamp over the Mediter of approval to such an appoint- tacking and defeating them Senate has accepted the new assertion is borne out of the fact mination

1047, vegetables and ranean."United Press.

ment. - one by one..

principle, that the United that in

Another interesting question: And it may be noted as States may be "associated"

concerns the future of Mr. Star- also a historical landmark with regional groups and ar-

sen, whose followers, still faith that this is the first time in rangements deviced for the her long history of connec- safeguarding` of peace. (FARE)tion with continental Europe The Washington conversa-

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that Great Britain has in ad- tions turn to practical pro-| vance accepted such far blems. In what way can

made-1 35-reaching obligations.

that association be But it was obvious from with the "Western Union” 300,-

the beginning that the new group? What economic ald defensive system would be can be given to their pré-. 215.-

vastly more effective as a paredness? What pledges 400,- deterrent of aggression if it can be given, on what con- were known to have the ditions and in what circum- 200.- support of the vast power-stances, of armed aid in case

military and economic of it should be required? 240,-

the United States and the Now these are big and 350.- British Commonwealth. complex questions, which For Britain to accept de- will not be solved rapidly or 350,- fence commitments on the lightly or in a single group

continent, except in very of conversations. The. an 95. limited and particular dir-swering of them involves cumstances, is an innovation, not only momentous poli- For the United States to do tical issues but intricate and so is a revolutionary change, complex technical problems. Canning's famous but flashy The conception. of the phrase about calling in the United Nations was wider New World to redress the on paper anoro attractive. balance of the Old has at But the air of "universal- last a real meaning and one ity" proved-as, ironically which he certainly did not enough, M. Litvinov used foresce, tirelessly to argue in Geneva And the importance of the fatal weakness, poveda Washington talks is this: This now association which that the discussion is not on is coming into existence pro- any question of so-called mises to be stronger than "principle" but questions of feither because It has not ways and means, "The peopis only a massive physical: of the United States, like the strength but a real unity of people of the United King- alm" and purpose.

210.-

CARNIVAL

ngreement

for

"The cost of the outbreak in Great Britain must have bean prodigious."

During the week, 2,000 doc

norve

DR. FISHER'S MESSAGE

London, July 12, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop

of Canterbury, has sent a

By Dick Turner fel, are determined that he shall of good will and congratulations

but and saldini fave you liWhat kind of a new line

be heard from agala.

to his beatitude, Elexy, Patriarch At present he plans to take of Moscow and all Russia, on the university appointment, follow 600th anniversary of the autono ing the Elsenbower precedent mous Russian Orthodox Church, But there is a plot afoot to offer

Writing on behalf of 329 bishops in Ger- of the

Communion Anglican hun the Proconsulship many. This job which he meeting in London at the Lam- would, no doubt, perform with beth. Conference, ho said:

brilliance and efficiency, though

of '. your:

church

ho. would probably disturb Mr.

Bevin's sleep a good deal.

In The Backwoods one, and it has

The

is a made

contributions to the life of Christendom through the many

But by the time the next Con- centuries of its existence."-Asso vention came

round he wound't clated Preas.

PEIPING TROUBLES

t

CONTINUING

Pelping, July 13,

Between 500 and 600 members of an anti-Com- munist wanguard broke into the campus of the Tsinghua University and staged an anti-Red demonstration there today.

They left after seven hours walgnation and the court mar

the No violence attended the visittalling of the battalion comman-

Students of the University, der in charge of troops at

Others insisted the responsib tioned its President to take ny should first be fixed. T angered by the incident, pell-time of the incident SEA steps to assure their security. During a bring exchange, Liu Earlier, a stormy, three, and flach, member of the Advisory the table i mind

**"mixed-

| half, hour discussion on the shoot be of?

ing up of students in Peiping on called Lau July 5 took place and almost and-in

ed in blows: between two calciale up fool

Empayarafi (zer Others present provented 2 the promin

Some of these present the two from cathing to blows and L moeting Baliye mated t that the sherling, adjourned without mak 20841 Division was responsible ing "cany decision. Associated land demanded the" commander's | Pron.

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