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Show The Fifth Col umn Worker By H. I. Phillips nn a I ii ii i ii ii i HE LOOKS like a man, but J performs like a rattlesnake. J HE SHAKES your hand while his wandering eye measures you for a knife in the back. HE IS THE SKUNK that walks! like a man, the hyena that waltz- j os like a patriot and the rat that masquerades as a human being. HE EXPRESSES astanishment at the genius of American industry, indus-try, but puts in plenty of time reporting back to the enemy on weak spots for attack. ', HE NOT ONLY BITES the! hand that foods him, but eats the; other hand for dessert. HE SAYS, "It can't happen i here," while planning to help the enemy do it. HE IS THE KIND of rodent who would accept help from the good Samaritan, ask the Samaritan Samari-tan to wait for him in the corner drug store and then bomb the drug store. HE RENDERS evil for good. I thinks the doublecross is the noblest work of man and oats with his knife because he never wants to have to depend on a fork when the time comes to stab his host. HE TAKES all America has to offer with a smile and awaits a chance to return the favor with a machine gun. HE COILS in the flag, hides in the quartet singing the national anthem and crouches behind the Bill of Rights. HE ACCEPTS your invitation to dinner and makes a mental blueprint of your home so he can return and snatch the silver. HE LETS you help him on with his coat while he plans to steal your shirt. HE LETS you pay his golf fee while he figures out how much powder it would take to blow up the clubhouse. HE BECOMES your week-end house guest and spends most of the time estimating how good a target for bombers the children's bedroom would make. HE APPLAUDS America First programs and laughs himself to sleep over the fact his face didn't betray him. HE STANDS when "The Star Spangled Banner" is played, but eases his conscience by assuring himself that he was tired of sitting, sit-ting, anyhow. |