Show r Henry Mc McLemore 1 NEW YORK YORK YORK-My My limited experience ex ex- experience with nazis on their home grounds gained while reporting re reporting re- re porting the 0 Olympic I Y pic I games a m e sin In 1 f Berlin in r 1936 has convinced me that the sooner 0 0 n e r the united n a V lions forces S- S introduce u c e a surprise element ele ale ment in their 1 attack the sooner vic vie victory victory tory tort will be theirs So far the McLemore f nazis have been masters of the surprise but I wonder how well they would react if pitted against an enemy who had a of tricks and fou fought ht with ith a a. fine regard for all the thet t t. t My greatest coup in Germany unless you ou count the night I attempted to scale the wall of the chancellery and sing Is It True What They Say About s Dixie on Herr Hitler's balcony was wu was scored with a A. large handsomely embroidered label f which I had ripped from the back of my wife's topcoat It was of heavy satin and embroidered on it in a flourIshed flourished flourished flour- flour hand was Saks Fifth Avenue Up until the time I started tart d flaunting this as my official of of- L pass pMS under the noses of I storm troopers and elite guards I had trouble getting anywhere in th the giant sports stadium The Germans had provided reporters with innumerable cards but re refused refused refused re- re fused to recognize any of them But that coat label something something something some some- thing they had never seen before before before be be- fore enabled me to roam around like a house detective with a pass key I would whip it out mutter a few sounds founds and keep going Occasionally they would challenge it but not one of them had the fortitude not to honor it afraid that it was something straight from the higher The label was was frayed and tattered when the games were over but it got me some good stories The coat label was not the only surprise I used with success suc suc- success cess on the methodical orderly Germans On the Olympic boat crossing to Germany Joe Williams Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams of the World-Telegram World and I decided that it would be wise for us to master the German German German Ger Ger- man language in eight days We invested in a little book called Handy Phrases for the Traveler In Germany I learned the first handy phrase in the book and Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams llama learned the second Then we became distracted either by bya a storm at sea or Eleanor Holm drinking champ a g n e and learned no more My phase was wa this Please do not put the irons to my moustache moustache tache barber Joes Joe's was Maid will you please lower my moustache net net- ting tinge By the time we landed each of us could say his phrase without without with with- out the trace of an accent The phrases proved able Everywhere we went in reply to any question I would warn the barber against putting the irons to my moustache and Joe would request that his netting netting netting net net- ting be l lowered We earned the respect of every German we met They either were afraid of us because they thought we were crazy and must be humored or were high nazi agents speaking in a strange code Restaurant captains bowed as we barked out phrases at them and let us to choice tables Department store clerks dou dou- timed ble-timed to do our bidding Even on that dark night when storm troopers thoughtlessly thwarted my efforts to get on Hitler's balcony to serenade him with song and nd took me of off to jail my phrase stood me in good stead When the lieutenant behind the desk in inthe the quizzed me as to my motives I answered answered an an- Please do not put the irons to my moustache barber When he demanded I pay marks marls fine I said Please do donot donot donot not put the irons to my moustache moustache moustache tache barber When they released me in the early morning I bid them a brisk farewell with my phrase The nazis cant can't stand sur sur- prise They are confounded by bythe bythe bythe the different Let us give it to toem toem toem em |