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FOURTEENTH' INSTALMENT:

C.V.R. THOMPSON REPORTS

THE AMERICAN SCENE:

MUCH OUT OF LITTLE

NEW YORK.

HERE are many Americans who still hate the late President Franklin Roosevelt enough to revel in a chance to smear his memory.

All over America in the last few days of 1948 the most talked about “story was not Truman's remarkable speech, or the rescue of the ice-cap airmen, but what happened to the Elliott Roosevelts,

Young Roosevelt and his Hollywood wifo. Fayo Emerson, spent Christmas in the dream house which 'F:D.R. ́built for his retirement at Hyde Park, New York.

Early on Sunday morning, December 26, doctors were called to treat young Mrs Roosevelt for slight razor wounds on her left wrist.

Her story was that she woke up. with a headache, went looking for aspirins in the dark. and cut herself on some old razor blades kept in the aspirin drawer.

Although the doctors agreed that this was what probably Happened, a local sheriff insisted that there had been a family quarrel, that Mrs Roosevelt had deliberately slash- ed herself and that her husband had forcibly restrained her. And he ordered young Roosevelt to attend a hearing.

Result in one notoriously anti-. Roosevelt newspaper-six columns.

EISENHOWER WAS

WAS spending my off-duty beurs during this time in

tting re-acquainted with the London, which was a stranger to the one I knew in 19.30 and the chins-up; bloody Loudon of the Blitz-even dif- Test Tema the hesitant, be- wildered London of 1942.

the

w

Ben Vensters

very

era was

i

MY BOSS

By KAY SUMMERSBY

orders, that he try to obtain first- hand evidence on conditions in the nekl

PRESIDENT TRUMAN'S chlef eco- nomic adviser, Dr Edwin Nourse, has declared that more controls might do America more harm than good. His reason: "They are in-

with the flexible compatible

and

In all truth, I doubi If in military quick adjustments that business has nnnnls there is anything to equal to make."

Ike's record of a general's non-slop attempt to visit all his troops before an impending operation of such magnitude.

Wils

thir

In other words free en-

terprise works better.

lly."

called

it

YOUNG Philadelphia Negro, Devereux Tomlinson, was sup. posed to have been called up the Despite pressing headquarters other clay. But instead he sum- O al stories miss this

Our offices In "Building C were Mrs Chambers, who sometimes rave problems, he launched this ambitious moned the Call-Up Board to court. a point, that London was to the most

date. The up her few chickens' production in campaign within a fortnight after He asked the court to restrain spacious to real world war whal Paris aides

occupied one room; for the order to send the Supreme Com reaching Englanda

from calling him up while the U.S. time, I had one to myself, mander a dozen precious fresh nges. to the frst a gay, wartime fet

Mine was the only one through Barring inspection trips or visita fo With May growing old, London Army was on what he

(Wisites and which special Visitor-such other headquarters,

regregation basis" drated of its leave troops Negroes separated). the day then this new

To serve in person permitted settled Into a never-ending routine Barinen, theatre owners, movie Pride with the scores of Allied Beetles the only

Would immediate entree without and in seatterei

culls and High Dens PITE-

of phone

ushers, taxi drivers, and nightclub such an army, he alleged,

cause him embarrassment, pain, sandwich doormen commented on the pot anguish, and luss of personal d!g- at the capital. But most of it liminaries-rould to into the inner visitors. Lauch might be

at the desk. D telephone conversations or hot plate, served

desk. business. Staff officers stemand from the city's magle as a office. Even

The

real breather Come somethine travel in

the

invasion flect dis- maet for trots on leave; Landur were halted at that barrier, pending

verillation:

I always buswered, after four in the afternoon, when was the leave city.

one by one from their The centre of this lenve-world "General Eisenhower's office, Miss the mess sent up tea service and 1 offices, without explanation. Head-

and Circus, dirty, Summersby speaking" Piccadilly

then carried it Into the General's office. quarters staffs were strained, touchy

tho "Bring yours in, too, Kay," he lo

:: point damaged, boarded up, and blacked stepped in to usk the General if he

ugly temper. This would say occasionally. out, but Eli sort of Times Square could talk to the caller.

"It makes Amerlenn military personnel were WHAT THE COLD WAR will cost for soldiers and officers looking for method did away with the nuisance more of a 'break' to have someons restricted to quarters for a twenty-the American taxpayer In 1940,

Czechs,

so M.P.'s could according to a Washington guess. Canadians, of switching, calls and spared him to talk to." Free French, Dutch, Belgians. Now the nerve-jonging screams at lele- Zealanders, Aussies, Scots, Indians, phone calls. Yorkshiremen. Welch, Norwegians, Irish, South Americans, colonials of every

colour, language and uniform.

fun.

1

4

Boisterous Piccadilly WITH darkness and the blackout, Piccadilly became more bols- terous, more alive. One felt rather than saw the tidal waves of song,

red

A NATION-WIDE survey reported A that 43 percent of America's drinkers drink "only to be sociable.”

four-hour, PENOL'S, Hospitals dits 25,250 million

root out missed all but the worst bed cases: laundries received instructions to make hospital linens a top priority. Travellers found few trains; hun dreds of engines' and coaches · had been shunted to military service.

Many Problems Ceneral Eisenhower's office was,

I'

IT seems no exaggeration to say ng usual, plain and unpretentious, that General Eisenhower, with his shocking Visitors who expected historic role, faced problems of such grandeur in the Supreme Allled herole range that they required the Commander's inner sanctum. He judgment of a Solomon, the military Jaughed at the American idea that an mind of Napoleon, the diplomacy Everyone in the British Isles-and executive's worth is measured by of a Prime Minister.

probably in the German General the number of telephonce on his One hour, for example, he might Staff-knew the invasion would desk; he had but two.

be in

in the giddy

ddy heights of inter- pop any day. But only the necessary national

of State Edward June 4.

10 arise in liberated

As the Prime Minister was one

drink, love, and loneliness. Strange of the few figures who outraanked Under-e. Politics, discussing with few men knew it was scheduled for Stettinius delicate problems ex- General Elsenhower attended thie, languages lashed out in the wake of my Boss, the telephone protocol was occext hour; he mighting final Big Brass conference three

alled staggering and amusing. A secretory passers-by. The night was with giggles, velis, curses, laughs, at Downing Street would call me out & chastised General Patton for weeks before, on May 15, at General und nights. Doorways became te Churchill was calling.

tem-

General Iko that Mr. Flashlights porary love-nests.

would

The Prime's bounced around in the darkness like Street

put private secretary on the fire-files, Buses, taxis, cars, and

Downing high chance pub

remark

TELLING TALES

of the world we live in....

IIE had plucked: up" courage to ask for. a rise to start the New remark Montgomery's. Twenty-first Army Year with. The boss was uncom-

Group headquarters, in old resented by hard-pressed

Si fortably frank Brilain, Paul's School wire, Russia) that America

world: The next, Ike might confer would have to rule the postwar

inrries Jangled along the street une would put The General on the noticed, winding in and out of the and, unlly, the secretary, would get crowds spilling over the sidewalks. Mr Churchill, on the wire. Someilmes a

siren would scream,,

of by the

long fingers grabbing, at the sky; ack-nek nor bombs emptied Piccadilly, however-only the ugly fight of morning. did that.

There was another London, aside from the Piccadilly London. This was the world of theatre, of movies, Hyde Park soap-boxera, quiet pub- crawling, serious sightseeing

Red Fingernails THERE was a dark brown carpet, Tordinary chairs and sofas fringed.

a

Fresh from Africa, I got tremendous bang out of every part of this new. 1944 Londen

I

with Monty, listening to complaints that several U.S. generals were not up to their jobs.

General Eisenhower had far less social life than the most lowly mem- ber of his staff.

contained

•

No Vague Signature

-Invading Armies

THEN, all our attention focused on the South Coast, now choked

General Eisenhower set up

"But, sir,” answered the sales- man, "with things the way they are c today I have to get twice what I'm worth."

an Advance CP at Southwick, six or theatregoer seven miles north of Portsmouth.

were

03

left

tha.

"HERE in Yugoslavia" said the cynic, we are 100% in favour of Marshall Tito

Add it up for for Marshall and yourself, 95% 5% for Tito."

A MAN went up to the pan- with invading armies straining at tomime box office and said: "Id

like

two tickets for tonight's per the leash.

formance." Said the ticket seller:: Hesitant to bother any of the So sorry, we haven't any seats Normally, however, any leisure active headquarters with his pre-for tonight. In fact, we have, only the wall. The room was devoid of any hint of a solemn conference table, was spent at Telegraph Cottage, sence.

slanding room for two." The General Elsenhower's desk flanked where bridge was the major indoor

hesitated, and then. unauspiciously in the rear by British Sport Once in a while General Iko and American Dogs as well as his would look up from his desk. His office was a trailer: I had a tiny asked: "Are they fogether, Miss?"

desk in one corner. The whole Cl red four-star general's fing, was hounded by nerves, and

Suggest

THE family was emigrating under wood where sunshlue the Government scheme and was set in a hour's horseback riding. Upon such unimpressive and excessively neat.

occasions we accepted the standing was exiled, where rain soaked our night before they left the little girl Algiers, the General once Invitation of Sir Louls Gregg at the entire canvas headquarters days on was saying her prayers. She ended General Eisenhower loved it, too, walked into his office to find one Air Ministry and hurried out, to, giving everything a damp, up: ....And now goodbye, God. Of all the worldly honours the Allies of the slenographers

trails filing her entor

in Richmond Park, musty order;

was a long jump we are going to Australia tomorrow, it bestowed upon him, I think he fingernails, putting away at д which was closed to the publle from London or Algiers. The Prime was most moved by the occasion cigarette like # woman In her because it

faise-front Minister and Field Marshal Smuts when, after the war, London gave boudoir. The resullant storm was

"factories" 43 decoys for enemy were headquartered on a special him the cherished Freedom of the such that I never smoked in my bombers.

train parked at Southampton. City,

Nerve-ends office from that day on. It was an

exposed. security so exacting, that even the order, if not a direct order, and I never disobeyed It. Nor did I smoke

preme Allied Commander had to Supreme Military Target ⠀

while on duty in the staff car..

THEN the General did have, à carry a pass. Everyone topside was

A BOY and girl were playing in: the WH

tho heard

the BUT, as Supreme Commander in Likewise, I once

nursery. "Let's pretend cary 1944, he also knew Lon- General remark that he disliked red and intimate. I was especially pleased weather experts, meteorologists, and the four-year-old boy:

dinner party, it was informal jumpy over our Other Enemy:

weather. The area was alive with

ith are married," said, the girl. Sald don's detractions. I noticed he spoke fingernail polish. He never men-

one night when he included my more and more of his distaste for tloned it

worrying about figuring, having a headquarters in a major natural, clear polish thereafter opted mother and me in a party of about plain second-guessers all studying,

ten invited to Hays Lodge. Among city, let alone London. He wanted There was no resentment on my the other guests were Jimmy Gault weather, key to the whole invasion. IN CHICAGO, where problems of SHAEF chucked out into

part in sticking to both these rather and his wife, some the part

people from the June 4-supposed to be D-Day overcrowding are as serious as country, at least in the outskirts, unusual ideas. General Eisenhower Red Cross, and General Patton. The undoubtedly was the longest day of Britain, housewives were asked to where his staff could bucklo down was a militant champion of women latter was in

Food to hard work.

in war and I had no wish to let him on good veroad form that night 1044. The Prime Minister came down write an essay on: "What I want in

behaviour which for a comforting visit, leaving as my post-war home." Beetle agreed, emphasising that down by presenting the picture of a Impressed my mother no less than downhearted as the most pessimistle

First prize went to a woman London was becoming more and night-club woman at the very door me. As usual, he kidded Ike about man In office. Another viellor more of a military torget.

of his office. We moved. All of SHAEF The official day in our part of wanting some more medala "You was General Charles de Gaulle, who who answered in one word: "Me." haven't done anything yet," General raised maddening political questions A RUSSIAN soldier on enger migrated to buildings formerly oc- Duilding began, usually around Ike chided, "Wait till you get on the at this late hour and

displayed "collector of Western appliances- AT 2.30, 5:20. post known by the none-too-subtle the maroon, leather-covered logbook

cupied by the Eighth Air Force, the AM., with General Iko poring over Continent!"

Interest only in those phases of the asked a German peasant the time. -Seeing and talking with soldiers invasion which might affect his The peasant plunged his pitchfork: code name of "widewing." The which contained nli bush-hush in the field was more pleasure and Free French; he was not informed into the. ground, measured, the. ‚7.30 & 9,30 P.M. | place itself was a group of tem- cables

correspondence. In more

London's sociat planners There was, another weather cisely." porary buildings and tents in Bushy: telligenco dicats, statt summaries, thin relaxation for him than any of exact-target details. Park, near Kingston and not for and the like. Mainwhile, I started could devise. Also, he thought it session

that evening. All who Irom Hampton Court, the lovely the previous day's load of "fan mail,”- vital that the Supreme Commander attended were agreed D-Day could Thames-side palace retreat of Eng- often enchanted by the latest gift be seen, that he become a person not be delayed much longer. land's kings.

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