Show National Whirligig By Ray Tucker WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Paul Paul C. C Smith quit as lieutenant lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant commander in the navy to become a private private private vate in the marines because he was fed up with the navy army censorship and concealment of ot news Smith battled daily with Secretary Frank Knox and Admiral l Ernest J. J King who Is the mouthed closest mouthed closest person in Washington for fulland full fulland fulland and swift revelation of the truth about naval losses He did not get to first base In disgust Smith switched from the navy to Elmer Davis' Davis office of war information Elmer has been Pauls Paul's kind of man He has exasperated the White House navy war and state departments with his demands for the lowdown lowdown lowdown low- low down on operations Few weeks ago he was on the verge of walking out because he was being suppressed by the big shots But after consulting consulting consulting consult consult- ing writer friends Mr Davis decided to play along for a a. while and resign if he must over an issue which would shake the nation Abominable Pun Tells TeUs Story Its It's an abominable pun but Washington insiders insiders in in- Insiders In- In siders suggest that Henry L. L Jr dashed off to England for no re reason son except that he was up by the appointment of the former supreme court justice as economic sta sta- sta- sta The secretary ran away from a a. knockdown knockdown knockdown knock knock- down with the man who is at least temporarily his boss In one of his first statements as czar Mr Byrnes made clear that taxes as well as prices and wages came within his jurisdiction His amazing remark escaped general notice though spread on the record of several congressional committees but it did not pass the Morge thau muster Although Although Although Al Al- though mainly an administration spokesman and propagandist the treasury's chief takes himself and his finances quite seriously And he did not like the idea of Mr Byrnes barging into his field There are unsubstantiated but seemingly correct correct correct cor cor- cor- cor rumors that Henry carried his complaint against Jimmy to the White House The president president dent who does not like divisions in his official family is supposed to have suggested that the theother theother theother other squire of Hyde Park cool off by taking a a. trip to London Adolf and Benito Dont Don't Speak Now Relations between Berlin and Rome are near the breaking point according to confidential re reports reports re- re reports ports reaching military ry and diplomatic experts here The Mussolini Hitler-Mussolini alliance has been strained for forat at least a year but the latest clash has brought them to the spot where they are not noton noton noton on speaking terms terras Der Den fuehrer recently asked Benito to care for approximately Germans who had been blitzed out of their homes by B British and American American Ameri Amen can planes This r request quest is the first admission by the reich that it is suffering severely from allied air raids The Italian dictator promised tentatively to harbor these refugees but hardly had he given this pledge before the R P. RAF A F began to drop in on Milan Turin and other Italian cities clUes With his own land punished hed by strafing and his people Impoverished by Berlins Berlin's demands il ii duce refused to comply with the Germans' Germans latest ulti ulti- ulti- ulti That is the reason for Herr Himmler's recent visit to Rome He laid down the law law law- again again to to the prisoner in the Quirinal or wherever wherever ever Benito sleeps these nights Copyright 1942 McClure Syndicate |