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I Daily Parti Particles Parties es of Patter f The Beaver is cooking up something Ive I've Ive I've smelt it for Isome some ome time but the odor coming com com- jog ing out of the boiling pots and pans lot of the Beavers Beaver's Beavers Beaver's Beavers Beaver's Bea- Bea vers ver's bra brain i n nr r kitchen has puzzled me 1 for the Beav Beaver Bea- Bea v ver e r is a shrewd and cunning man manI f I 1 I mean mea n cunning in inthe 1 A Athe the English t hense which h sense seese tp little s a I more nore t than h a. a n crafty crafty a littIe littie lit- lit than J Jo less Itle tie Elsa Maxwell Id o a C chi Ii i a ye- ye Ilian han lian I i When I talked to Winston Churchill in Florida last January January January Janu- Janu ary no one in the world could I have spoken with more loyalty f and admiration of another man than did the British Prime Minister Minister Min Mm- ister lster of Lord Beaverbrook That Lof of course was before the little men in England dug in their heels and declared something must be done done demanded demanded that the rationing of action should cease The rest is recent history his- his tory tory tory-it it need hardly be reviewed f When Beaver is annoyed up- up f let et and disappointed his asthma na ma to which he is a martyr always becomes aggravated He tent ent ent at once to Florida and from there to Nassau to visit Ithe the duke and duchess of Wind- Wind S. S Isor sor or I Now to refresh your mind It was the Beaver who backed h lEdward Edward VIII and used all his I fluence luence to keep him by Edwards Edward's Edwards Edward's Ed- Ed wards ward's forming of a kings king's party Ion on the throne married if need be to Mrs Simpson i Churchill himself wrote that unforgettable lovely at long last abdication speech of the king back backI backI j Well Vell the Beaver came from Nassau came to New York land and delivered at the annual dinner dinner din- din I ner of the American Newspaper I Publishers' Publishers association one of 1 I the most fiery fighting speeches lof of the war war war-a a speech in which I he demanded an immediate sec- sec i end ond front on the continent to relieve the Russians when the Splits began Attack attack shouted the Beaver And to my mind he was perfectly right But In England something was wasI I wrong rong Had the Beaver spoken out of turn in his speech at the Waldorf He lauded Winston to the skies as well he might might- it for looking at the two men I could the Beaver have held the pass of Britain's Thermopylae as did Leonidas Churchill after Dunkirk I 1 dont don't believe so so for theres there's l something about Winnie old I boy to the English people that 0 does not resolve Into Beaver old boy to the dockhand deckhand the coal miner miner the cockney Those fare are the men who today spell 4 LONDON which is England 11 and and brilliant and fascinating as the ambitious Beaver may be V fhe he has never touched the heart Lof of the little man in England t And I believe that Is the secret I of why the Beaver has never attained at- at tamed the supreme power power- g which his sardonic satiric self ii covets so deeply f I 1 remember so well one night in London dining with Brenden Bracken now the brilliant British British British Brit- Brit ish minister of information After Aft Aft- t er en dinner we sat alone in Brenden's Brenden's Brenden's Bren- Bren dens den's little house fn in Westminster ster ter He said Lets go over to Maxs Mars meaning Lord Beaverbrook's Beaverbrook's Beaverbrook's Beaver- Beaver brooks brook's for supper How can I go I said Ive not been Invited 1 Oh yes you are invited said Brenden and I want you ii to meet a friend of Maxs Max's hes he's commie but brilliant fellow Bevan Bevan a funny cove to find in irs Maxs Max's house but they're great pals When I went over 1 was Impressed Impressed impressed Im Im- im- im pressed at Maxs Max's brilliance I think he was holding forth at that moment with his back to the fire on the Third Egyptian Dynasty or something equally abstruse To me Max was way ahead of Bevan that night Coming away after an exciting exciting exciting ing and thrilling evening Brenden Brenden Brenden Bren Bren- den told me the story of a large dinner Max gave in prewar days with orchestras prima donnas chorales etc When Lord Birkenhead Birkenhead Birkenhead Birk- Birk entered a little late having haying hav- hav ing ng been to a levee wearing satin knee breeches the Order of the Garter etc etc carrying a little Pekingese under his arm the he veiled dislike of the two men could be felt Immediately Then Lord Birkenhead rose to tous his us feet and proposed a toast to o Beaverbrook and went on at length commenting on the peculiarities peculiarities peculiarities pe pe- pe- pe of the Beavers Beaver's private private vate life which rather stunned the other guests When Birkenhead sat down Lord ord Bea Beaverbrook rose to his feet and said My lords and ladies guests Ive I've tried to give you fou the best entertainment tonight tonight to- to night that money can buy The chorus which I have imported from rom Wales has cost a fortune the pianist from Paris is not worth the enormous sum that I paid Daid him the prima donna could never lever have sung as well as to win the large amount of money I paid her but all this put together together to- to gether jether cannot possibly touch the Jie sum of money I paid Lord Birkenhead to come In fancy dress Lord Birkenhead stamped from the Alas he is nomore no nomore nomore more but Lord Beaverbrook is amazingly extant And his boon companions today are W. W J. J Brown labor member and a coming coming corning com corn ing power and Bevan So I say knowing nothing of these matters that the Beaver is cooking up something on his own Maybe he is going to open a third front politically or at least try to For while Cripps Is No 1 man in the government lord privy seal Max is Mr X and I dont don't mean gas rationing rationing rationing ra ra- ra- ra cards Press Alliance Inc |
