Show 1 Washington Social Hours Cold Turkey Hot Gossip By BAUKHAGE News Net Analyst Anal and Commentator WASHINGTON Washington cocktail parties and other social gatherings have been widely publicized as makers and breakers of reputations national candidacies and international international policies Not all of these affairs may my forge or fracture the tho destiny of nations but but Ut many often bring together as great a variety of human ingredients as are to be found at any anyone one place at any anyone one time anywhere For example I have just dust returned returnee from lunch I probably should say luncheon con r eldering what i it 9 must have bave cost my t red headed college mate host whose I excuse for tor giving It was the fact tact that tha y he was celebrating his birthday but whose real reasons rea rca sons lay beyond distant frontiers e The bearded ItalIan Ital Ian scientist on hi hIs left reminded him that the occasion was unique because be cause It was hardly hard ly likely he would celebrate a simi lar occasion 65 55 years hence A little macabre I thought buno but bu no noone one seemed to take it that way least least of ot all the fellow citizen o of Dante who was enjoying himself immensely over his cold smoked turkey and doubtless became lyric over over- the Urn lira and other Important transalpine institutions before we were through On the bearded ones one's left was a representative of the state depart ment who gave me a disappointingly disappointing ly 17 witness eye-witness and account account ac ac- ac count of the recent parliament session ses sese sion slon of one of our South American neighbors a a session which I had hac judged from previous dispatches would be punctuated by revolver shots We Ve had heard rumors of mysterious mys mys- shootings there which were supposed to have made up In political significance what they lacked in marksmanship Also there had been hints of cabinet changes due not only to mistakes In policy polley but to hasty burials I asked my fellow guest about ItOh itOh It Oh Ob no he said there were no cabinet changes But what about these terrible rumors of graft and corruption Well the President in his address ad ad- dress did make particular reference to the evils of political corruption and to the importance of ot selfless loyalty on the par part of the servants of the state But was that all I persisted No names addresses or telephone numbers That was all aU he insisted It was a very quiet seas session Ion Furthermore Further more there was Wu none of the protocol proto col we observe at a joint session of the two houses of the American con con- cress gress This parliament was called to order the President came in spoke his piece and went out At this point my host broke In lIe He insisted that I repeat the story of the opening of this summers summer's summers summer's sum sum- mers mer's special turnip session of congress congress' which nobody outside of a few rew million radio listeners who happened to be tuned in had bad beard heard before Leg Legislative dat eJe Faux Pus Pat De Dc Style This July 26 28 when a very angry house bouse of representatives was wu called to order it was known that the tho regular regu lar chaplain could not appear So when a stranger took the rostrum th the somnolent less-somnolent members rose rOle bowed their heads head as is the custom to listen to the prayer The first words they heard resounding through the chamber were Whereas Where i as the public interest requires that the congress of ot the United States should be convened at t 12 32 o'clock noon on Monday the twenty sixth of July IMS 1948 to receive such communication cation as may be made by bi the Ex x Now therefore I I Harry S. S Truman President of the United States tates s and so on Gradually the members real real- iced hed that the man addressing them was not the tho substitute for tor forth forthe Ui th the a absent chaplain of the house but the substitute IUt for the equal absent ly-absent riding cI clerk rk whose duty it Is I. to r rd read d bills and anel official aM d cial 1 communications It was most mot embarrassing The voice olce the they were h hearing bearing was not the voice of ot a man repeating the word of God Cod It U was VIOl the voice of ot the substitute sub clerk cIk repeating the procla proclamation mellon mation of the man at ot whom the they were maddest The members didn't like to make public admission ot of their error by sitting down and so 10 they had to stand through th the pain ful jul word JU-word pronouncement which bad had torn them from the bosom of ot family and constituency ane and brought them back t heat beat Washing ton Next Nex to th the state tate d department cm om elal dat who had bad unwittingly provided the fez far my anecdote was ws th the general consul-general of the Philippine republic re se public who h happens t tv b. b be Ins the Ute son IOn of another college collee classmate of mine min He lie like the ret rest of hi tam tam- I ily fly had outlived the Japanese occupation oc cc end and with his sister had participated in the effective Philippine Philip Phllip pine underground memories of which made this days day's current tragedy trag edy of the Philippines the Philippines the eruption of ot volcano on Island a island a decidedly minor concern On my left was a prominent WashIngton WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington lawyer During a lull in the discussion of international if it not cosmic affairs he suddenly asked What was your m mothers mother's ther maIder malder name Alice Blood I replied Yes he Ite nodded In satisfaction lion tion My 11 aunt Clara Brown Drown often orten told me about your mother moth moth- er They were classmates Ingham Ing Ing- ham bam university 78 and she was wasa a bridesmaid at your mothers mother's wedding in La Salle Salic Illinois Skipping your correspondent around the table we an aix ve ye at a famous scientist We exchanged reminiscences too for he be also was wasa a graduate of the same college As we talked I remembered an anecdote dote about him I had heard from a mutual college friend A Check by Any Other Oilier Name Namo Not many years after his graduation graduation tion this scientist and his young wife arrived in the city where our mutual friend was in business and arid called on him The businessman recognized the scientists scientist's face immediately im mediately but for the life lile of him couldn't remember the mans man's name During their lunch the scientist remarked that he was going on an extended trip into Canada and had unfortunately run out of money He wondered could he get a check cashed at the businessman's b bank The businessman gladly acquiesced thinking that when he saw the signature signature signature sig sig- sig- sig nature on the check he would recognize recognize recognize rec rec- the scientists scientist's name Together er they went to the bank the scientist scientist scientist wrote the check and the two men went to the cashiers cashier's window But as as the scientist handed in the check all the businessman could read was the name name of a bank in a avery avery avery very distant city and the amount- amount five hundred dollars He had already said to the cashier cash ier ler I want you to meet my friend but could get no further Terribly Terribly Ter Ter- embarrassed he turned to the scientist and said Im sorry lorry but butI I cant can't recall your name Of course the cashier overheard over ever heard this remark and with h the natural caution of the banker said to the businessman This will be fine Mr lr X but will wilt 70 yot yos please endorse this Mr X turned It over noted the name but did not reeo recognize It trembled trembled trem trem- bled to think of what would happen hap pen to his bank account If It it bounced and he was surf sure It would and signed Farewells lIr were spoken the scientist de de- de- de parted Day after arter day the businessman busi busl- awaited the call caU fr Irem frem m the bank In fact he told me he had bad picked out a space on the wall where he intended to frame the paper so that be he could call can attention to it casually casu casu- I ally atly should some lome other vaguely i identified ed caller request a similar favor Nothing happened A month or so later another college college col col- col lege friend came cameto to town The businessman busi busl neuman related the story describing describing ing the scientist and his occupation Unaccountably his bis listener burs bura into laughter I you yon know he be said laid between be bOo tween gasps gasp That man mans technical tech as al well as scientific Information Information mation which he acquired at school along alon with hi bi his Ars Arl MagIster Mag Mag- Ister Isles made him a coot cool million the tb year ear after Arter be was wal graduated rada- rada At the tho luncheon the there was also abo a Chinese oil cli expert who merely listened lis us and an ERP representative who left n early And now back to my nv red-headed red host He lIe related the adventure of 01 otto one of 01 the guests who had been unable un able to appear it seems this tN gen gen- tieman neman had formed a corporation called World Development Inc or something very similar When my host hOll beard hit his glowing prospectus pros pros- i he said Arent you OU over cover ing ng a lot of nt ground Braund I Oh no said 1314 the promoter who since had bad acquired considerable in luence fluence in tzi international affairs this Is I. just us usa a subsidiary of 01 the In In- Planetary er-Planetary corporation cos Then nen I bad to go so o 0 I never knew what ma plan mailer to for tor the rebuilding an and exploiting of the nation pation tb th world or the sidereal spaces space were d discussed or consummated But flut I Ii have i ve no DO doubt you ya can go co a lon toni loot wa way la 14 t t- t Un with cold butt turkey |