Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1945 — Page 17

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little things for me. ) | want to tell me, in complete sincerity, that they think

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doing so. They are people who have done kind They are .people who just

I've done a good job—and a fellow never gets tired.

of hearing that,

They are people whose. sons I've known overseas; they are people who write to tell me Jheir sons are dead; they are people who want help in something they ‘are. doing for the war; people who have a part in this pattern of war that has grown up around me,

from pure goodness and sincerity in people, and from unavoidable duties that have become as much

| a part of my job as the job itself. E = I have never, gspired to be famous. | then I could say to myself:

If 1 had, “All right brother,

you made your own bed, so now lie in it.”

| the boss,

bs : of a fire hydrant.

But this thing just happened, Tt came without planning or aspiration. I guess it comes in the category of an act of God, like a blizzard or slipping on a banana peel,

I Lost the Precious Little Things

YOU HAVE to adjust yourself to this new condition, or else you're lost. You can't fight it, you can't ignore it, you can't run away from it. You've got to accept it. I do accept it as graciously as I ean, but. T feel sad about it. : I feel sad because it has given me the big things

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

IF YOU CALL the Insulation Engineering Servfce, out in Broad Ripple, and ask for “Jack,” you're likely to be asked: “White or Black?” has just hired a salesman named Jack A reader who noticed the recent reference to “signs of Christmas” calls to report there's a Christmas tree, decorations and all, still adding a

Black. . . .

festive appearance. to a home “in

Ravenswood. It's on the glassenclosed porch of a housg- Ah the 1500 block, "Haynes ave, Might change the Christmas decorations to Valentine hearts just to keep Jt up to date’. . . Motorists drivCinig lo work on 'N. Meridian st.— north” of 38th — yesterday were yatartled to see what looked like a ~~ large crystal ball gracing the top ~It could have been a crystal ball, misplaced by some absent-minded seer. And again, it ght have been one of those ornamental globes pded atop lawn pedestals—misplaced purposely by a mischievous youth. . . . Guests at a party out north

| Baturday night ran out of cigarets before the eve-

ning was over,

There wasn't a cigaret in the house, and that made everyone want one inordinately. Pin-

Lally, one of the guests had a bright idea. Taking all

the stubs, he cut them open, trimmed a sheet of newspaper to cigaret paper size, and rolled his own. ‘He and another venturesome guest tried them and said they tasted “not too bad.” Personally, we'll take sarsaparilla.

Rushing the Season

ADD SIGNS OP SPRING: A group of hardy lads rushing the season by playing marbles. It was ‘on a sidewalk on W. New York st, a little west of Military park. . . . Phone company officials helped JGene Martin, singer with Shep Fields’ orchestra at

the Circle, play a little joke on Patey Kelly, comedi-

‘World of Science

DESPITE THE millions of dollars spent. for scientific fesearch in world war II and despite the amazing ad¥ances that have been made in improving rocket guns, Jet lanes and the like, a great many technical prob-

Jems still remain to be solved. Some of these seem-

so simple by comparison with such accomplishments as the electrical gun pointer that it is almost impossible to see why they have not been solved. : Apparently ~ the : solution of some of them requires inventions of the so-called “flash of genius” type rather than the extension of knowledge that is already complex. Consequently the armed forces are eager to have inventors everywhere give them thought. A list of 25 such problems to

twhich the U. 8. navy seeks solutions was made public

yesterday by Dr. Charles F. Kettering, chairman of the National Inventors’ council, in a pamphlet published by the council. Dr, Kettering asks that descriptions or sketches of means of solving them be sent to the National Inventors’ council, department of commerce, Washington, D. C. :

Shock-Proof Container

HEADING THE LIST is the need for a satisfdactory shock-proof container for delivering objects from an airplane without the use of a parachute. It'is suggested that the container might be pneumatic cushfoned, in' which case the cushions could be inflated from a bottle of carbon dioxide gas in the way that

Iie belts and the like are now inflated.

"The device, however, must be sufficiently inexpen-

My Day

NEW YORK, Wednesday —Mrs. “Henry Morgen=

. $hau Jr., Miss Thompson and I went last night to see

| world.”

‘every war veteran.

one of the most delightful plays in New York—“The Hasty Heart,” by John Patrick. There is only one Stage setting: The convaléscent ward of a British

general hospital in the rear of the Assam-Burma front.

The cast is all-male except for

“Sister Margaret,” who was certainly a lovely sister, even though one might expect the eyes of wounded men faraway from home to- look upon any woman . ‘with pleasure. - There is all the tragedy of life and war in this play, but ‘also all the humor that youth creates and 0 that probably keeps our soldiers going on all ‘the fronts in the I will nok tell you the story, but you will find . your heart lifted by the sheer goodness and kindness of human beings That's what saved the dour young . Beot, and that after all is the only thing that makes living and struggling in this Jather. tragic world an | exciting adventure, ' » © 71 don't, know whether you ever see the. newsletter | sent out by Tide, the news magazine of nd marbeling. On the back page they are running ® classified ad service Which should ‘be known’ to

i XY disciAiped servicemen Interested. in string

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Yes, 90 per cent of the destruction of my private life is

Jack White, -

By Ernie Pyle

-of life, and taken away trie. prosious little-things. It has given me money, yet T" dread fo hear the telephone ring. It has brought me a measure of renown, yet made me afraid to go into a restaurant’ because people whisper and: stare, and I “feel self-conscious, It has put my book at the top of the best-seller list, but robbed me of the time to read other people's ‘books. It has“ put me on easy terms, with the great, but forbidden’ me the privilege’ of sitting alone with my old true friends.

It has made nty homely face familiar "throughout America, bit taken away that saving gift of serenity of mind and soul. My life no%, day and night, is a frenzy. There is no mental leisure in it; never the freedom to sit down and let your mind go blank.

Sometimes I Feel Liké Crying’

I LIKE PEOPLE. I always have and I still do. And so it. hurts me to. have to shut off phone calls in a hotel. It hurts to turn letters over to a secretary. It hurts to tell old friends I can’t see them today—maybe tomorrow. If hurts to have to hide and cower like a criminal to get just an hour or two to myself, But that's the. way it is. TI don't resent it, and I don't blame anybody. I'm grateful -for the respect of such a great portion of America. I'm trying to take the bad things with the good, and get along the best I can. Sometimes I feel like sitting down and crying because my old life is gone. But most of the time I see what is behind it] and realize that a man is blessed who is publicly obsessed .by the goodness in people, instead of the bad.

enne, yesterday. There's a scene in the act where thé phone rings, Patsy turns around, lifts the receiver of ‘an ordinary phone and has a zany conver-

-less,

sation. Gene saw the giant sized phone in the phone company. display ‘window—the one with a réceiver | about a yard long. - He .nushed in the offices, and| pleaded until officials let hin borrow the big phone.] 1 He lugged it down the street, a bit self-consciously, | and smuggled it backstage. Then, in the midst of Patsy’s act, he secretly removed the ordinary phone and substituted the big one. She ‘was a ‘much startled actress when she turned around and saw what had| happened. . . . OPA officials here have received a report from the Salem board of a slightly extraor-| dinary request for- additional kerosene for cooking purpases. The applicant wrote: and will eat more, Also have a new dog to cook | for.” : 1 .

From Operator 168

TROLLEY OPERATOR 168 sends word by one of our agents that he thinks he has seen everything now. When he got downtown with an E. 10th st. trolley the other day, a woman passenger stepped

up and handed him a package, wrapped in newspaper. She said she found it on a seat where some passenger must have left it. The operator took the package and--prepared to look after it until he could thrn it in to the company’s lost and found department. The paper was a bit loose, and the package was damp on the bottom, so the operator decided to peek. Imagine his surprise when he found it full of garbage. He's still a bit annoyed to think anyone would use his trolley for a garbage wagon. . | . William L. Leonard, 329 Lockburn st., gently chides us for saying the other day that the Joe Heath barber shop was located in the Hotel Harrison. It's in an adjoining building at 133 W, Market. “I might add,” says Mr. Arnold, that “Mr. Heath has owned and operated this shop at the same location around 33 years and he has a porter, Charles DeBow, who has been with him continuously 32. years.”

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By David Dietz

sive to warrant its consideration as “expendable” after one use. Another device sought. by. the navy is a beach marker light that will be. visible from 5000 yards out to “sea; It must contain a rechargeable or nondeteriorating battery, must not weigh more than five pounds and must be capable of burning continuously for 70 hours. The navy is also seeking a meéthod of maintaining & moisture-proof barrier on radios, electric generators for field telephones, and other apparatus where a rotating shaft extends from the outside to the inside of the case.

Several Chemical Problems

THE COUNCIL lists the need as a “device for transmitting. motion through a moisture<proof bar-

rier.” The point is that it must prevent moisture or vapor from entering where the shaft goes through the case while at the same time ‘it does not interfere with the rotarysmotion. The navy also says that it must be capable of application to existing equipment with a minimum of "modification. Inventors interested in chemical studies will find several problems listed in the pamphalet. One such need is “a durable plastic-impregnated fabric, waterproof and light-proof, weighing less than six ounces, per square foot, and suitable for tentage.” g "Another is a gasoline-resistant coating for the interior of gasoline drums, Mechanically mindéd individuals are invited- to try their hand at an oil or liquid knapsack sprayer for use especially in malaria control work in overseas theaters. It must be of simplevconstriiction, have easily replaceable parts, require a minimum of rubber parts and gaskets, and be light, rugged, durable and leakproof. :

By Eleanor Roosevelt

and marketing they. offer an opportunity to run classifled ads (40 words maximum) in these newsletters - free of charge. v servicemen with experience in advertising and marketing because Tide primarily reaches only people in those flelds.. . But their gesture is a very generous one and might be followed by trade papers in many other fields. The rapid and orderly re-employment of men and women, coming out the armed services is certainly one of our main objectives today, These young men often have, private. handicaps to overcome and difficulties which. no. one can help .thegy to face. Only their own determination and character can make them victorious over those personal handicaps. We can, however, see that they know where the right job ‘which they want is available, and that those who want to: help them know how to get in touch with them. It seems to me that a great deal could be accomplished if other: trade papers gave » service similar to the one offered by ‘Tide. . 1 was waiting for a bus on the street corner yesters day when a woman jumped out of her own car and asked me-if she could take me whéever I wanted to go Such little acts of kindness are somewhat surprising in a big citylike New York, where you usually feel that everyone rries about his business completely absorbed in his owrr interests. It is proof again, however, of the essential kindeas ahd peigiiborithess of. the People of tie’ Untiey

“Children are larger |-

The offer is limited to discharged!

firm sticks.

HE ALSO knew “oat the trio was -on the most dangerous of

SECOND SECTION

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 1945.

Che Indianapolis Times

ERIC JOHNSTON WARNS OF DANGER IN SPREAD OF INTOLERANCE— oo

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How Hate-Mongers Rock. American Boat

By ERIC A. JOHNSTON President, Chamber of Commerce

of the United States. OF ALL the social problems

that face our country in this era ‘of crisis, that of national unity seems to me the

most challenging. Most other problems will not be solved if the American people. are divided into mutually hostile and suspicious groups, sections and classes. - ; More than that: Even if solutions were . possible under such conditions, they. would hardly be worth achieving. They would be empty victories, utterly meaningif the character of our American civilization were changed in the process. And the core of that civiliza~ tion, it séems to me, is .in the sacred dignity of the human being, regardless of race or class or place of birth, Individual freedom and liberty within a framework of law are essential to the America we know and love: oR » » WITHOUT these elements it would no longer be our America, except in the geographical sense. In the deeper moral sense it would be an alien country, where those of us who cherish ideals of freedom would be exiles in our own homes. . | We are all of us, in our several ways, seeking to preserve America. z Millions of our sons are doing it on the battlefields with bombs and bayonets. Those of us who build and manufacture do it with machines and goods. o ” » BUT WHAT all of us have in mind is net simply the physical preservation of our country. It is the preservation of those human values which are implicit in" the word America—the freedom, the opportunities, the equalities, the democratic ideals celebrated in our national songs and poetry and books and holiday speeches. I have been privileged to travel widely in our country. I do not hesitate-to-offer-my-personal-tes-timony that race and group tensions are increasing to an alarming degree. » ” » MEN AND women who should know better—who do know better —allow themselves to mouth the catch phrases of anti-Semitism and anti-foreignism, of antibusiness or anti-labor, anti- farm, Most of them ar Wo. ne selves aware that th hs TE , infected by the virus of intolerance which already has the whole world writhing in the fever of War, - » » ~ WHEN there’s a riot in Detroit or Harlem, when racial antagonisms break into the open in Bos-

“ton or Brooklyn, it’s more com-

fortable to shrug them off as Ivcal incidents. But the truth must be faced. These episodes of violence are symptoms of pressures and emotions and maladjustments which are nationwide, . {

.derstand

article.

Far-sighted, level-headed American leadebs not given to scaremongering, have watched the growth of racial and group intolerance with increasing alarm. Eric Johnston, president of the Chambér of Commerce of the United States, presents a clear, thought-provok-ing analysis of the evil, and suggests a possible cure in this lucid

“They .

THE FIRST thing we must do is to confront the reality.

Obviously the most violent and deep-seated of our antipathies are racial and religious. Widespread: though these expressions of group hatred are, it is ‘a hopeful fact that they still inflict only a small minority of the American population. “That minority can be curbed and re-educated if conscious and organized efforts are undertaken. » » »

AT THE very worst, that minority can be frightened into desisting. Not by legal or physical threats —you can't legislate love of one's neighbor. Americans can be made sharply aware that intolerance endangers not merely the small groups against whom it is directed but the country as a whole. The obstreperous hatemongers and their stupid or frivolous fel-low-travelers can be made to unthat it simply isn’t smart to. rock the American boat in which they, too, are passengers. » ” ”, AMERICA has prospered because it has opened avenues of economic ‘expression to all men who had the urge and capacity to advance themselves.

on contribute to the magnificent mosaic of American life.”

“Wherever we erect barriers on the grounds of race or religion, or of occupational or professional status, we hamper the fullest expansion of our economic society. Intolerance is poor economy. Prejudice doesn’t pay. Discrimination is destructive. 2 » 8-8 THERE ARE some in our coun=-

try —industrialists; white collar

workers, laboring people — who hold to the myth that econdmie

progress can be attained on the principle of an unbalanced seesaw. They think that if some groups can be forever held down, the others will forever enjoy prosperity at the end which is up. Fortunately, it does not work that way. - ” - aM ANY ADVANTAGE thus gained must be paid for out of the fruits of the productive plant, The withholding of jobs and business opportunities from some people does not make more jobs and opportunities for others. Perpetuating poverty for some merely guarantees stagnation for all. True _ economic progress de« mands that all’ artificial barriers erected by ignorance and intolerance be removed.

TO PUT it in the simplest terms, we are all in business together. Intolerance is a species of boy= cott. cott is a cancer in the economic body of the nation. Let's not apologize for the amazing variety of aur human material hefe in America. » = n

Any business of job boy- |

cer rele fee

LET US rather glory in it as | the source of our robust spirit and |

opulent achievements. #

| Let's not deny that there are | differences in race and that our- |

country has all the fifty-seven varieties of God's humanity.

Let us merely make clear that |

these differences cannot be measured on any scale of good, better and best. They are equally valid and all must continue to contribute to the magnificent mosaic of American life. » » »

SUBTRACT from the grand total of America the contributions

of our racial and religious and | what |

economic minorities—and remains? Subtract Carnegie from our metallurgical

industry.

foreign-born’ Andrew |

Or David Sarnoff from Ameri- |

can radio.

Or George Gershwin and the |

Negro composers from our native music

Or Norwegian-born Knute |

Rockne from our football, Or Danish-born Knudsen from the automobile industry. Or Russian-born Major de Seversky from American aviation. Or Belgian-born Leo H. Baekeland from American chemical achievements. a Or slave-born. Dr. George Washington Carver. from biologi- . cal ‘developments: The temptation is to list hundreds and thousands who have thrown their particular genius into the American melting pot. on - ” TOO MANY Americans—indeed, too many of the immigrants themselves, whatever their race or land of birth—behave as if America only. gave things to newcomers. ..We. need to be: reminded that America received more than it gave. After all, our country let the strangers in because it needed their muscle power, their pur~ chasing power, their fecundity and their brains, 3 x = EJ » ON THE WHOLE, America, through the generations, has shown itself capable of preventing natural prejudices from spill-

ing over into unnatural intoler-

ance,’ On the ‘whole the trend has been towards greater equality. Even the worst manifestations of prejudice have been gradually tempered.

é . - » THE DANGER today comes because the normal prejudices are being- stimulated by deliberate propaganda. Watered by hate they flourish in more and more places as out-’ right intolerance and discrimination,

KINDLY SNOW WOVE A BLANKET GENTLY OVER THE LAD LEFP BEHIND—

‘Go Get Prisoners’ ..

By JACK BELL Times Foreign Correspondent

WITH THE U. 8S. 1ST ARMY IN BELGIUM, Feb. ' 7.—(Delayed)—The attack was due to jump off. What lay ahead?

“Get some prisoners,” ordered the general at corps headquarters. “He wanted to" question the ._prisoners. The order went “through the channels” to the division general. Through regiment, battalion, company and . Sova to the intelligence and Mr. Bell I é connaissance platoon. There “the captain said, “All right, sergeant, get ready.” Sgt. Alfred Raymond, Reading, Pa. picked up iwo extra clips of ammunition, stuffed a couple of K rations in his pockets. He attached two grenades to his blouse just under his shoulders where he could get them quickly. ” » -

HE CALLED a curt “Okay, let's ! travel” to Cpl. Ted LaFree and a private, ahd slipped through’ the forest down a ravine into the dusk. : Out there, between the armies, it's” deadly business. Sentries listen to every. sound,

Guns are cocked and trigger fin-,| |

gers are eager. ; . ” =»

JACKETS must rot brush tree branches or shoes tread on in-

Even breathing is datigesous, for it is no-man's-land. There they . shoot first and don’t even investigate later. Raymond, rated the best scout in the 82d airborne division, knew what was wanted. a 88

ail missions, “Go get prisoners.” It. means—when troops aren't

moving--that you've got to surprise and capture an enemy who is tensely alert. It means that doing it quietly, to prevent a hail of fire, almost means life instead of death.

‘The ‘night was bitterly cold.

-But they had to move slowly,

often standing for long periods to be sure they weren't detected. » » » WHEN they drew near a ma-chine-gun nest, they dropped to their bellies and crawled silently

through the snow.

Raymond. cursed to himself wiien he_ saw that the gunners had posted sentries. One was directly in front of them. This made flanking out of the question because they could hear the Germans talking in their trenches 10 yards from the sentry

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LaFREE was on the other side, the private was back 50 yards. Along the path- beside Raymond German soldiers were coming forward. It was a tense moment, Then i* happened! Back of them a branch cracked, whiplike in the cold silence. - * Raymond instinctively thought, “That damned kid; hope he ducks.” ; 1 » » » EVEN as the thought flashed through his brain, the sentry’s rifle cracked. A German machinegunner and a burpgunner poured lead toward the unfortunate private, Raymond felt better when LaFree—realizing they were detected—blazed away with his tommygun at the machine-gun nest. Amid the rattle of fire Raymond’s rifle—which spoke out once—went unnoticéd. But the sentry dropped into the snow. » » ” THE GERMANS ran back along the path followed by those from the nest. Raymond heard them tumble into holes. Then silence—so violently’ interrupted—s t o 1 e¢ back again. Silence so tense and intense that Raymond hardly dared to breathe. Getting prisoners was out of the question. But out there in

the snow—in plain sight of the

sergeant and the Germans as well—lay a dead man, and the general wanted - information.

A ” r ” ; THE SERGEANT didnt hesitate. Silently he crawled to the inert form. Using the body to shield him

from the Germans, he slipped one

hand deftly into the dead man’s pockets.. He withdrew the German’s papers and vanished into the friendly shadows of the for-

est.

LaPree was waiting for him, beside the private, whose name’ I ‘cannot .tell you—because he lay dead. The broken snow fold how he had fallen, struggled a littleand become still. They dared not try to carry the .body back, 50 uy lads him thera ?

.Most Perilous Mission

‘THE CAPTAIN swore softly, because the lad was ‘loved by all his comrades. : The colonel grabbed the German’s papers eagerly. “Military intelligence” "rubbed its - hands gleefully. : The information ills affected operations when the 82d went into action the next day. : The lad -in the field did not mind the cold which crept through his body. ; And toward morning the kindly snow -wove a blanket aver him, gently.

Chicago Hospital Bars Girl Patient

CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (U. P.).—Dr. Roy R. Jamieson, president of the Jackson Park hospital medical staff, denied today that Toyoko Murayama, 19, a Japanese-Ameri-can girl, had been refused admittance to the hospital because of her race. “Charges that Jackson Park hospital is guilty of racial prejudice are wholly unfounded,” Jamieson said. “The facilities have for years been open to all and have been used by all races.” However, Superintendent L. W. Hilton sald that the decision to deny the girl admittance was made because it was feared that , ‘some of our patients might ob“ject toa Japanese “This is a private hospital Pn we have absolute power o¥ér whomever we take in” Hilton added. “It is our opinion ‘that because of the fact that the hospital is as crowded as it is and

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—Labor -

CIO and Russ Openly Clash With British

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Electrical workers, the Soviet member and, according to Australian Thornton, by all others except Fred Wolstencroft, the British member; who was chair-

Protesting vigorously, Sir Walter, who was knighted for service to the. eunipire in labor matters, pointed out that the Soviet delegation has half the voting strength on the basis of membership. Until the rules are adopted, providing for one vote for a national unit, the decisions will be made according to numbers represented. The Soviet delegation,” occupying the largest block of seats, thus could control. n » »

EFFORTS today will aim at removing this dissension which threatens the success of the conference - before it is fairly started. The C. 1. 0. attitude was not clear, despite Mr. Fitzgerald's vote. Some C. 1. O. members wanted ‘to proceed cautiously. The situation may be clarified soon by the arrival of Sidney Hillman and R. J. Thomas, C. IL

0. leaders, who have been delayed.

In the absence of the two, Reid Robinson, of Denver, president of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, gave a review of the C. 1. O. part in. the war effort, émnhasizing the tremendous increase in’ American munitions production, the no-strike. pledge, and the C. I. O. help in President Roosevelt's re-election. - ? Sie ate rs “YOU MAY be assured,” said Mr. Robinson, “the C. 1. O. has not finished its political services with this victory. It joins millions of other Americans working to ratify the appointment of another great leader and friend of the common people, Henry Wallace. “We shall not rest until he sits

securely in the office to which

President " Roosevelt appointed him, and as secretary of commerce, helps to realize the geal of €0,00,000. jobs in the United States.” The enemy countries named for

mania, Bulgaria and Italy. Dis-

cussing the situation, Sir Walter >

told the meeting: ‘We did not deem it posite

+ “to attain world labor unity in one

jump. In enemy lands the labor movements have not yet had a chance to develop or show stability.”

We, the Women Roosevelts

Don't Know It's Tough

By RUTH MILLETT WOULDN'T IT be a good idea for members of the Roosevelt family to do a little traveling about the country incognito— and not first-class—just to see what the travel situation really is these days? Apparent] y when they ride a train or fly their dogs, as Roosevelts, they have no idea of the true situation. Col. Jimmy, for instance, is quoted as comment i ng on & streamliner’s being held “an hour and seven minutes for him: “I just

assumed this was normal railroad

practice.” sn ¥

” YET, 1 remember sharing a taxi with an officer back in this country after two and a half years overseas who ‘said with resignation when he saw he was going to miss his own train connections by a few minutes: ‘“This will make me almost a day later getting home.” ’

And Mrs. Roosevelt, herself, when asked if her daughter had ordered plane reservations for Blaze, Col. Elliott’s dog who had priority over three said: “I feel quite certain no one would order anything. We ask if it is possible. Nobody in the White House orders anything.”

But when the average ciitzen “asks if it is possible” to get a plane reservation, he usually finds in short order that it is not. " » | ad

80, IT LOOKS as though it

might give the Roosevelts greater “insight -ihto~the travel situation

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