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TENTH INSTALMENT:

EISENHOWER WAS MY BOSS

By KAY SUMMERSBY

Afterwards,

he

called

US

and remarked

"Here's some-

an

-Bllk

"Blood and Guts" Patton, the most colourful American commander of World War 11, caused a sensation by

soldier. slapping a

Kay Summor by here describes the repercussions to this incident at Conoral Eisenhower's headquarters tho and throughout

Mediterranean command,

TELLING TALES

*

of the

kind of world

wo are living in today

"WHAT on earth are you doing?”. cried the Hendon bousewife as she found her husband olling a revolver.

to going

shoot John Strachey," he said. "But you can't," protested his wite, "You'll be caught.

not

"I can't help that. I simply can-

stand that man running my meals another minuto." Gun In pocket, he walked out,

Two hours later be was back "What happened? Aro, you all right?" erled his wife.

"No neater." sad the husband. "There was a queue,"

**

*

剕

THE LANGUAGE master

cxamining the word "Yes,"

Was

"A simple word required often and usually, therefore, a single- syllable. In English, as we know. 'Yes'

.. in French,'Dul..

in German Ja

"And please sir, what about Russian, sir?"

"Ahl

M'mI

One

mament now.... Oh, well it's a

word they seldom use, anyway."

*

蹦

a. Russian dog

met a British dog gnawing a bone. 蒜 poor meal," said the Russian. "In my country we have big bones every day, with lots of meat and marrow on them."

"Then why did you come here?” growled the bulldog.

Silence.

"I said why do you want to come "1 to.a a place like this?" repeated the bulldog.

T was the middle of August, At lunch he suddenly turned

and Dick's old 3rd Division to mo and asked: "Why don't up to his room was in Messina. The Stellinn you set Iko to bring you over to with a smiler show was over. The curtain

thing you can probably use." was going up on the Italian Sicily on one of his trips?"

Each of us grabbed, most un- a thin box ob- I murmured that General ladylike, at campaign. But, in the field and

all headquarters, talk Eisenhower was a whirlwind of viously "liberated" somewhere the Tearing at centred upon Patton. The fac business whenever he visited

in Sicily.

found wrappers, we tual detalls remained foggy; Sicily; also, a woman would be sure more priceless than steak, a trca- correspondents still hadn't broken the story. Yet every very out of place with a general diamonds, or perfume

stockings. one in the Mediterranean knew inspecting troops. General Patton had slapped a

"Nonsense," Patton replied. Before sending us back to soldier at 93rd Evacuation Hos- "You should know American Tunisia, the General acted as big-hearted troupers anxious to give pital.

ONE EVENING old, old, soldiers a little relaxation and quite soldiers well enough by now to our guide to

good-natured over the difficulties in Even his staunchest admirers know you'd be damned good for medieval church, and, religious both transportation and staging. ForThat's

soul that he Was beneath example, there was Bea Lillie, who severni $7.15 & 9.15 p.m. declined to justify the incident. morale!" He turned to the that flamboyant exterior, pray- charmed the General with

Impromptu after-dinner sketches at Enemies pointed out that slap- General. "ke, it's only a hop, ed humbly for his troops and the villa. General Ike liked to have the headliners up, for an evening, to ping a soldier is a court-martial skip and a jump over there- his family.

of their offence 'for any, officer, let how about it?"

to show his appreciation simply had As we parted, I famous alone a general, as

welcome guests in- ask him about the slapping incident. efforts. Other friends Patton. His

The next day Ruth Briggs General Patton sadly remarked: "I cluded Vivian Leigh, so lovely and agreed, but argued that "Blood and I piled into a C-47 and always get in trouble with my gaw- petite one felt one was in the pre- sence of an exquisite, tragic, Dros- com- damned mouth!" At the same time,

den and Guts" undoubtedly was the travelled to Sicily for most valuable fighting general and luncheon with General

voice: "But if this sort of thing, ever in America's European armies; Patton. He provided a nice would it serve the war effort to touch by having his Chief of junk him, just to satisfy regula- Staff, Hobart (ap) Gay, at tions and one soldier's pride? the airfield to meet our plane; Hundreds of Bollers' lives-not after almost a year of greeting just their pride and military VIP's, I enjoyed being wel- rights were frequently comed by a general. sacrificed for the bigger goal,

the the winning of Shouldn't this same principle apply hero? Patton's enemies counter-attacked this argument by charging his retention would cause an angry storm of pro- test, yo overwhelming that it might destroy public faith in the Army. Besides, they add- ed, there weren't enough high- ranking officers in the area to A general. try a lieutenant trip home and the resultant stench of court-martial, Pat- ton's friends contended, might very well result in an inter- national scandal, damaging to the Allies and their war.

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THE STRANGEST LOVE STORY, EVER TOLD.

Patton In Sicily

war.

The author enjoys a joke

he shouted at the top of his squeaky comes up, I'll do it again?"

Bogged Down

months

were

THE next two

hodge-podge of the present, the of future, and an incessant parade VIP's,

The present, despite the Italian surrender, was dreary. Our yam- paign in Italy, off to ban-up start and smokescreened by a Inise optimism which discounted German determination to keep the fighting in Haly, bogged down. Salerno was only # Black prelude to bigger tragedy in the offing at Anzio.

The future moved into our present in the form of the first talk about an operation to be known as "Overlord," the long-awaited vasion of France.

in-

The Big Brass flood started with n visit on October 1 by the American Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox. He was followed the next day by Mir

China doll, Fredric March, who, unlike some of the male Alm

stage sfars, was

reserved, respectful, and well-acquainted with the war; Noel Coward, who

executed

few fancy dance steps at AFHQ vne day to show us he could do something more than write wilty, Bob Hope, sophisticated drama; greatly admired by the General for his natural wit and his never-ending the tours of battlefelds all over world and a host of other fine per-

Cons.

Some of the USO people quite different, ignoring the

were GI's

they were sent to entertain and con- Brass centrating upon the High Their chief concern was

publicity, Their tog line usually ran,It was little enough for me to do, to give them a few moments of smiles be- fore they went off into battle."

The phonics and the politicians soon hurried back to America, though. And November of 1043 brought us the biggest VIP of them

all.

Airtight Security

Donald Nelson, hend of GENERAL Eisenhower told me America's war production, and Mr about it as we drove down from James Landis, the Harvard Law the ville, where I picked him up School dean who was handling every morning, to the hotel head- to American civilian defence. The quarters of AFHQ In Algiers. "It's

The drive to headquarters re- vealed heavy damage Palermo: the harbour was as next

In appearance

1

had

1

And very quietly the Russian dog whispered: "Well, it was because I wanted to bark."

κι

*

IT HAPPENED not so very far from Plecadilly-circus It happened in one of those men's barber shops which have the accent on glamour.

The customer was the West End playboy type, and his manicurist was extremely prelly. Followed the and then the usual badinage young man said:

"Will you havo supper with me tonight-and then maybe a night club?"

"I don't think I should," sald- the girl. I narled, you see."

But the playboy was the self- confident, high-humoured, marriage-

mustn't-mean-shackles type.

"Nonsentel Ask your husband, I'm sure he won't mind."

"Ask him yourself," tuld the girl. "He's shaying you.""

**

*

*

THE TEACHER in the little town. In Greece was hungry fas were many in his part of the world). But he spoke to the class in a voice of sweeping confidence:---

"Tomorrow we will discuss the Each pupli will bring an egg to school with him-those who can't will bring a little bam."

* * # YOU KNOW the kind of wife she was.

Well she and her husband had been-to-America and,-on-tho qulot, she had bought two of those eye; binding ties which many Americans still consider smart.

They were to be his Christmas present-and they were handed

ugalu, en route to India. I can tell you because you're in on AFTER Drew Pearson cracked bad as that at Bizerte, jammed batten it was Lord Louis Mount- a top-level secret," he confided, "but Then came the Ambassador to Mos- IL" He smiled. "In a week or so the story, these problems with half-sunken ships, their cow, W. Averell Harriman; his ar- you're going to be driving the Pre- boiled over into the American masts-spiking--through-the-rival-gave-me-a-chance-to-renew-sident-of-the-United States."

As for the Sicilians acquaintance with his doughter

Chauffeuring press; in our own sector they water.

Isn't exactly known in were fought from headquarters long the way-we agreed they Kathy, whom

London. The day after their glamorous job. But I knew from we past experience that the presence of to sqund level. General Elsen- were dirtier, if possible, than

North Africa,

Wen female in the front seat of a car, of the Treasury hower, probably Patton's best the Arabs. They also treated met Secretary friend and yet saddled with the their animals with an Arab-like Henry Morgenthau in the morning, in all the heavy moleness of war

over on Christmas Eve. The overall filth, had him and Ambassador Harriman lends VIR's to soften their sütness responsibility for correction, brutality.

to lunch, met Secretary of State wrote to his Seventh Army which seemed natural among Cordell full in the afternoon, hart minutes. 5 1 looked forward

Roosevelt of him to dinner that evening, and saw meeting President commander the most severe re- the down-trodden Arabs

North Africa, WAS ELTE un him and the Harriman off for Bios- possibly, to actually talking primand he ever had to compose

As a person and as

as a digelty. pleasant

cow that night. It was a typical him. surprise in Sicily. in Europe. He also ordered a

day in that VIP period, and, I inust be interested me more than anyone por I had any admit, a rifle heady. Neither Ruth

else to date, including the Prima direct apology to all the men

Minister and the King of England involved, a well as to the desire to go sightseeing.

And by the time General Ike flew to assembled officers of their regi-

Oran to meet the battleship Idwa and its Number One passenger, I ment. Curiously enough, none

had caught at least a litle of the

We found General Patton en-

of the letters General Eisen- throned

ly.

#

in a palace once

"Where

Real Burdens

and become

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for

official family's. excitement.

few

tu

and,

with

The husband hated them. Ho could hardly decide which was the worse. But, mizerably, he selected one to go down to breakfast in.

"Ilut So you don't like the other one," sald his wife when he came into. The room.

*

***

THE LITTLE BOY was out to tea with his uncle. Ho had never seen. cales: maids ot so many different honour, queen cakes, cream puffs, and wonderful stuft covered with. General Eisenhower was bringing layers of chocolate.

to the comparative The waltress approached the of our Advance CP intable: "Gateau, sir?" she said.

The boy Jooked puzzled.. "Gateau?" he echoed "I thought: that was the name of a concentration camp or something."

Rill

bod

hower received at this time occupied by the King of Sicily. T these were pleasant visitors, the were real blamed him for the incident; The building was huge, ornate,nonadie politicians

and rambling; although only a burdens. They made a point of col- every writer, without excep- few rooms

were in use, they laring every GI in sight, bellowing, the President tion, including those who wax-

from, son? I'll be sure isolation ed hysterical in indignation, ex- gave a grand, palatial air to the to tell your Ma I saw you when I Tunisia, rather than into the

of somewhat explosive atmosphere of get back to the United States GI equipment strewn around. pressed belief that the

America!" Some of this was friendly Algiers. I joined other lesser lights Supreme Commander would

But all too often it in the advance trip to Amilcar. The Ruth and I turned down and natural. handle the matter appropriate the famous Patton

was brazenly political, nauseating journey, was

As Tough as a 75, a sui- not only to the accompanying Brass Channel crossing: Telek, although whimpering, was the cidal highball of champagne, but to the soldiers themselves. They morose_and

passenger aboard that B-17 brandy, anl possibly other all knew a vote-grabber when they only

without its of nausea. And the Not long afterwards, I had disastrous mixtures. Lunch saw one.

inut state of nerves at the airport a chance to ask General Patton consisted of GI food and shop

was hardly an antidote for any of men, about the whole thing. He was talk.

us. Amerlein Secret Service And most of that shop hower into having one group ΟΙ

sloppily dressed and as tough-lock- at Amilcar for lunch and a talk centred around the dis Congressmen up for

ing as characters in a gangster film, discussion of forthcoming tantly burning cars of Bernard blew his top. refused to have

doshed abou! on mysterious errands operations. By the time I ar- Law Montgomery, General formal dinner party, and reluctantly to set up airtight recurity for the High Bross, who would include not rived, he and Ike apparently Patton blamed Monty for the red to a luncheon. "I'm fighting

damned

only the Commander-in-Chief and and concluded any talk on. the worst military sin in the war he yelled, and a subject, and the lusty Seventh Patton book of land warfare I'm a general!" That same day, he the Allied Supreme Commander, but nisp General Marshall, Admiral- Army chief was well into his caution.. And he used every went to the dispensary for a routine Ernest J. King, Mr Harry Hopkins, check-up; the docters postponed his Admiral Willam P. Leahy, "Pa" great warehouse of risque word in a docker's vocabu- physical exam because the polit Watson, and a flock of other officials stories. As usual, he exiled me lary apologising tu us clans had sent his blood pressive; for the moment by remarking: wonien with humorous "How about mixing me a high larity ---.to condemn ball, Kay?"

caution.

Dutch irled to talk Generni Eisen-

dinner;

Ike

war. I'm not a politician.

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