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DON IDDON'S DIARY

LORRY loaded with dynamite exploded - near here રી few hours after I ar- rived. One man was kill- ed, 12 people were injured

THE HONGKONG STAGE CLUB some houses were shattered.

will present

66 GRANITE"

by.

CLEMENCE DANE

at the

The people of Charles Town, which is Home West Virginia, Town. or Small Town, U.S., had atom-bomb thought an fallen. They believed that the Russians, aiming at Washington, had missed their mark and dropped the Big Bomb on them.

During the past few days, as I have moved around this plea sant Southern farming commu- main topic of conversation.

Aware of menace

CHINA FLEET CLUB THEATRE nity, the explosion has been the

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BELVEDERE'S HERE!

for Heaven's

Sake

A U.S. teacher in Britain suggested that Don Iddon should take a trip to the small city and rural town' to find the 'real America.' Unaware of this sug- gestion, our Diarist was, as it hap- pened, already on his way from New York to the South to report the scene from Charles Town, West Virginia.

papers-Max Brown of the Jefferson Farmers'

Blake,

fine farms, fine orchards, and stone quarry, a brass factory, a Spirit of chemical company-everything. Advocate, and Edward

of the Jefferson Republican, "There arc 17,000 people

Mr Brown has been blunt; around here, with outlying dis- trleta, and they all 'eat well" Yas, there's ariticism of the British good deal, and I hear

I said: "The British are not eating well."

Mr Carson said: "We should them the food, there's

THE good, solid folk of Charles THE

Town, which has a popula- tion of only 3,500, but is county seat of Jefferson County, and its send head and heart, are braced for plenty to spare." trouble. They are as aware of the menace to the world as anyone in New York or Washing

ton.

Charles Town Is America in microcosm, a pin-point on the map, but representative of the whole United States.

The mayor doesn't think there's going to be a war, and he has abiding faith in America.

Blunt criticism

LEFT the restaurant and went

to see the postmaster Thornton Perry.

Mr Perry was also experiences.

it. People think too much has been left to the United States in Koren and that the British are not doing enough. You aren't good at publicity,"

to

Her job ise

raise

Ind

an army

By Frederick Cook at

TF there is war, who fights from the day LaGuardia took Washington and intro- who stays at her to

duced them. home? How is America to build a.8,000,000-man fight- Ing force and still have enough men left to run the industrial machine necded to support it?

Answers to these ques- tions are being hammered out now by a restless, dyna- mic fect

nd-

Roosevelt returned the miration to the end of his life. and made full use of her talesti, She served him well in labour relations, in his social security programme, and be Now York boss during the war of his War Commission. He Manpower called her "My Mra Fizit”

D

Anna Rosenberg might nave little woman of five been one of the world's great three with flashing actresses. In unravelling dark eyes, 2 persuasive knotty.Inbour dispute she can voice that can crackle with when she thinks it will get results put such pathos into sarcasm when she likes, her arguments that she scems

and taste -in-dark suits,-about-to-burst into tears. Or in diamond clips and screwy she can upbraid to such purpose a voice keon-edged with scorn

hats."

that she fa not long in winning her own way.

When World War II came to

Anna Rosenberg, born 48 years ago in Budapest, brought to America in 1912 an end Anna Rosenberg dis- appeared from the Washington by her parents and brought scene hard hit by Roosevelt's up in the Bronx, is one of death. In recent months she has America's most remarkable been serving Unesco. women, and one of the most controversial.

did

Qualifications

It was Stuart Symington, now -In the Bronx New chairman of the National Security Resources Board, who York's Stepney-there is a brought her back. Some months school age he had asked her to serve modest secondary where they still remember as a manpower consultant. This not go down well with some the present Assistant Secre- members of his advisory group. tary of Defence as "that One of those who objected was. go-getter Anna Lederer," that same William Green, head of the American Federation of the girl whose passion was Labour, who had made peace power and who never cared years ago with John L. Lewis at her bidding. "She is not a a scrap who knew it.

labour person," he said gruffly.

Power In Plenty

There was no tinge of any- thing anti-British in all this-in fact, just the reverse--yet within

Symington pointed out that a few hours I was to meet a man From the day she Arst met she was just one of many with who incensed me with his views. another fast moving five feet special qualifications who might of energy called be called on from time to time. He is a well-to-do young farmer.three bundle

Florello LaGuardia she has had

And no one Green and other top labour

did

their not hide astonishment when, a few weeks later, Secretary Marshall. an- nounced her appointment to the £5,000 a year job as his per- sonat existon!.

I went to a barn or square power in plenty, -dance with a group of people has ever suggested she has not offelals and he was one of them. He used it right. said: "What can the British do,

anyway? They are just base, It was LaGuardia, then just nothing else. They haven't got making his mark as mayor of anything to offer."

New York who arst sensed the I said: "Nothing but a fine potentialities of Anna Rosen-

berg. Navy, Army, Air Force, guts. and good manners"

My farmer friend or foe-a dandy in loud checks, was out to rile me. "Selling arms to Russia, aren't you?”

In Washington one may argue with the chairman of the ne- source's Board, or even the She had been doing staff wel- Secretary of State. But nobody fare and public relations work argues with General Marshali. with department stores like Ny In private e, Mrs Rosen- York's mammoth Macy's and, berg is the wife of a well-to-do They live in with Big Business groups like carpet merchant. the Rockefellers.

A New York fat. Their son Tom served, in the army-during the war under the rules his mother. made.

His sister, a charming woman, also turned out to be an Isola- tionist, but a sincere and polite time. "We should keep out of it one. all," she said. "Why should our American boys be called up? What's Britain doing?"

Mr Blake startled me at first by saying "The Marshall

What is Britain doing? That Plan never was a plan to help Еигоре-1 was an American economic plan to prevent a de- question I have heard over and pression here.

over again,

CHARL full of opinions and

Inevitably there are confusions and contradictions here. For instance, I am staying in "The

"I know England well," he enchanting house of Cominodore John Magruder, one of America's said. "I was in charge of some most distinguished sailors. It is of our military police in London 14 miles from Charles Town. during the war, Provost-Marshal

for a time.

But as my hostess, the lovely and gifted Esther Magruder, pointed out: "You won't get the true pleture from us. We are all Anglophiles. The thing to do is to get out among the country people and into the town."

"What you British should do is tell people what you are doing. People think you are dragging your feet because you don't tell them the facts. There's little Isolationism hereabouts.

That dynamite explosion certainly has made people think."

The town is a successful blend of old and now. It was named after

Washington's George

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LaGuardia introduced her the official field for the first For him she stoppal strikes, solved disputes before they grow lato strikes, revealed such wizardry in bringing old foes together that he often men- tioned her in notes to his friend Roosevelt In Washington.

It is Anna Rosenborg's boast still that in those years she pull.. ed off something nobody else had been able to do: she made miners John Lewis, "the

"Say, I saw on the Associated Valuable visit Press fillers you have been fight- ing the Communist in Malaya HARLES TOWN is a semi-leader, and William Green, his

didn't know that before."

town., Beer can be bitterest rival, shake hands for Later I read Mr Blake's paper, at package stores, and judging

bought and whisky is purchased the cameras and smile.

Mrs Fixit the Jefferson Republican, and by the partios 1 have been found its editorials fuming about invited to, plenty Is drunk.

century In the last quarter "fair-weather friends."

Bottles are whipped out of paper |

af famous people bags and from coat pockels in thousands public places in defiance of the have known Anna Rosenborg. the woman now in top command law.

of all U.S. mangower arrange- The local folk don't seem to ments. And she says with glee, mind engaging in these evasions, about me. They either like me "Nobody ever was lukewarm so I should not complain.

I told you there are con fusions and contradictions in this microcosm of America.

Kiwanis meet

Mrs Rosenberg was one

ΟΣ

admirers

WENT to a meeting of the

right away or they hate me for local Kiwards at the Thomas In fact, I have little to com-ike. And that's the way I like Jefferson Holel. There were plain about at all. The visit to it." tiny Union Jades alongside the this small town of the U.S. has It occurred to me that perhaps Stars and Stripes on the table, been well worth while. I have

was suddenly called upon learned a little about the little Roosevelt's greatest brother Charles, and the fine old by chance I had hit upon a town and 20

courthouse, where John Brown, that was chock-full of Britain- to take a bow as "our visiting Amerka which makes the whole. But as I meet more friend from London." the Abolitionist (John Brown's lovers. body lies mouldering in the people the view is qualified.

Then we

we all sang choruses and grave), was condemned to death,

There are the two editora of heard a speech from a local dominates its handful of streets, the

two local weekly news Scoutmaster.

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There are the standard drug- stores on the corners, the Coca- Cola signs and neon lights, but the place has character and charm There is a racecourse nearby.

'We are brothers'

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THE mayor of Charles Town is

Footnote (and slogan of the Charles Town Kiwanians): Free- dom is not free; it has to be paid for.

INSIDE INFORMATION

PLAN for. Importing coal from America

By MERCURY

moke a declaration of neutrality.

Rumania has issued special

a Grenk, Nick Carson, who drawn up by the British glón not to allow Press observers identity cards to men of milltary runs an immaculate restaurant, Ministry of Fuel with the at

big Anglo-U.S. naval age

next month.

which forbid them to

"The New Central," gleaming National Coal Board in manoeuvres in the Mediterranean change their place of residence. with red leather, mirrors, and cludes 1952. ·· |chremium plating.

He is a gentle, sad-eyed, alim

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for clothes

Á big 'American firm has, ap-| plied to set up a motor car 03- Preparations The two-year plan for coal

sembly plant in Greece to cop-| man, who settled here after the imports will open the dollar gap rationing have been begun at ture Bilkan markets.

the British Board of Trade. Arst world war. I told him again.

about the criticism of The British

In New York and Washington

and

遍

There will be an acute short- and he rubbed his head. "You age of sheet steel soon. Exports won't find much of that here, I will be restricted. know England. I've been there NEVER BEFORE HAS A twice, and the way I see it the Americans and the Brillah are MOTION, PICTURE CAP-brothers, TURED THE HEART OF EVERY PERSON AS

AMERICAN GUERRILLA

The Arab League politient committee has agreed to in- struct Arab UN members to, zivo Britain fuller support over

.

Ilya Ehrenburg, Soviet author, Re-equipping the Services and is expected to take an important scarcity of raw materials have diplomatic post in the Middlet made it advisable to have a East for propaganda' purposes. ration scheme ready.

Some high quality cloths will disappear from utility ranges. "Let me tell you something. I Korea. got a letter from a Major E. T.

Lancashire cotton: Interests " Malloy, of Bristol, the other Liaquat All Khan," Pakistan lave asked the Board of Trade wook.

Premier,, has advised Egypt to to protest at restricted American

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The big service of special trains planned for the Festival of Britain will be reviewed in the light of coal shortages. "

Frontier activities by the East German police against Western Germany are expected | in March': Me› Horbort: Morrison, hany stven a pop talk to all Govern Re-fuelling of Comet jet air Britain will send

financial

warning, them against an out from › high-speed bombers folk, and I won't accent a penny, expert to Colombo for the ment chief Information officers, craft in light will soon be tried

oconomic conference on 'South

Marmin outlook. what I think about cast Asia in February,

Well, this British major make an early settlement with cotton allocations to the UK.

Britain and not wait for posting V

wanted tobacco seeds and wanted

to pay me in pounde, I sent him mediation.

the seeds and I sent him some

nylon stockings for his women-

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