| Show Round Merry By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON Last Last spring when Hitler was on the verge of invading Yugoslavia the Yugoslav minister in Washington Washinton Constantin Fotitch telephoned to the soviet ambassador Constantine to remind him of the pact of mutual assistance between Russia and Yugoslavia I I hope said the Yugoslav minister that our treaty will will now now work and that Russia will help Yugoslavia in her hour of need Oh my dear colleague replied Ambassador dor you ou must realize that Russia considers the capitalistic governments of the United States and Great Britain much greater enemies than Germany Several weeks later on June 22 to be exact the Yugoslav minister telephoned the soviet sovietS S ambassador again By this tois time Hitler had turned the tables on his former ally by invading ing Russia Do you still think ask asked d the Yugoslav minister that Great Britain and the United States are greater enemies than Germany My dear colleague said Ambassador AmbassadorS S please say no mor more about it British SlIe Speed d Production W. W Averell Harriman hard hard hitti g railroad executive who winged his way to Washington after the flo floating ting British Anglo conference gave 0 P PM M officials a glowing account of British war production Harriman has been handling the London end of the lend lease program and is familiar with every airplane engine and barrel of f potatoes potatoes potatoes pota pota- toes needed by Britain He reported that British Brit Brit- ish production despite bombing raids had continued continued continued con con- to increase and that it might even surpass surpass surpass sur sur- pass the stupendous goal set b by by- bythe the United States Harriman sat hard on rumors that the British had been using some of the he planes turned over to them from U. U S. S commercial airlines to establish new British commercial airlines I have flown in British transport planes to the middle east and I know what In Im talking about Harriman reported Not one Amer ican plane has been used for anything except strict war needs Of course they are used on commercial lines because any British airplane landing at Lisbon would be seized Only commercial com corn mercial ships can land in neutral territory But the British commercial line carries only passengers essential to prosecution of the war All AlI other kinds of British flying was stopped long ago b bRail Rail Brotherhoods' Brotherhoods Compliment Nicest compliment Representative Ross Collins has received in his campaign fo for for- forthe the seat of the late Senator Pat Harrison of MIssissippi Mississippi Mis Mis- came can from the powerful railroad brotherhoods Collins asked the the Railway Labor Executives Executives Executives' Executives Executives' tives' tives association which represents more than thana a million organized railroad workmen for an indorsement Next day J J. G G. Luhrsen secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the association phoned Collins' Collins office that the railway union chiefs were more than glad to grant his request a and d that an indorse indorsement ment was already in the mail mall By the way said Luhrsen as an n after afterthought afterthought afterthought thought who is Mr Collins' Collins opponent in the senatorial race The girl clerk who answered the phone was wasso wasso wasso so overcome with pride that the rail unions had indorsed her boss on the strength of his liberal record without even bothering to learn his opponents opponent's name that all she could reply was Oh thank you sir Thank you very much Merry Round S Governor Gene Talmadge has fulminated noisily against certain Georgia liberals who made trips abroad for prominent U. U S. S However Talmadge's son Herman E. E and his Ms Wife made a trip to Japan in 1939 as the guests of the Japanese government with all expenses paid Young Talmadge is now an ensign in navy intelligence Lady Astor Virginia born leader of the once famous Cliveden Clive Clive- den set is not likely to visit the U. U S. S for some time The British government taking no chances with her temperamental temperament will not give her a passport Supreme Court Justice Stanley Reed doffed his judicial aloofness to make a speech for the Council for Democracy calling for united support of President President dent Roosevelt's Hitler anti policies Undersecretary Undersecretary Under Under- secretary of War Patterson is impatient with the f failure of army to disperse se defense defense de de- de- de orders through subcontracting is quietly readying plans to compel it Dist Distributed buted by United Feature Syndicate jit l |
