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Show Hfh.phiiiipj- if Letters for Special Delivery Mr. Tom Clark, Attorney-General, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: The papers tell me of conferences confer-ences in Washington on "Freedom Train." This is a, train to be sent all over the United States to display hundreds of the most important documents in American history, including in-cluding the Declaration of Independence, Inde-pendence, the Bill of Rights and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. Proclama-tion. The purpose, you say, is "to reawaken in the American people the loyalty it is known to have for the American way of life." Your conferences are being held to get ideas on the best way to make this idea "dramatic, intensive and militant." Well, Mr. Clark, all I hope is that for once in this country we have stumbled on an important crusade which has within itself so much natural appeal that it will not have to he linked op with flap doodle, ballyhoo, baloney and the usual parades pa-rades of bathing beauties, movie cuties, radio comics, etc. I hope the hallowed documents testifying to the struggles and accomplishments of America will not be ushered into any American community with the customary escort of girl drum majors, ma-jors, amusement world clowns and movie colony wives plus assorted husbands. This "Freedom Train" bearing the originals of papers so vital to America and tracing it from its bloody birth through its many painful pain-ful struggles is a sacred thing. It is too fine to need any self-exploitations and professional monkey-shines. monkey-shines. It is on too high a level for wisecracks, somersaults, jazz music and hip-twistings. We can take it straight, Mr. Attorney-General. Yours hopefully, Elmer. P.S. I promise to turn out to see John Hancock's signature even if no southpaw pitcher, "Oscar" winner win-ner or fancy ice skater is given a tie-in. Hollywood Red Scare Adolphe Menjou, Robert Taylor, Leo McCarey, Ruppert Hughes and others charge that Hollywood crawls with Communists who never miss a chance to slip into a film something subversive. What! And with Eric Johnston announcing only the other day that a Red doesn't dare show his face in the picture world? Bottleneck Mamma's little baby is growing so fast. He's finished with bottle and bib! We'd move him into the guest bed now If the guest would sleep In the crib! Alma Denny. THE OLD DAYS The first permit ever issued for an auto to enter Central Park brought a high price at auction the other day. The permit was issued to Curtis P. Brady in 1899. It specified speci-fied that "in accepting this, the holder agrees to exercise the greatest great-est care to avoid frightening horses or cause any danger or annoyance to other users of the park." Who can remember away back when horses snorted, reared and bolted at the sight of an auto? Back to us comes the recollection of a boyhood when we used to start driving driv-ing Charlie. Atwood's big black horse out of Ward street into Davenport Dav-enport avenue and, seeing a Pope-Hartford Pope-Hartford in the distance, turn around and headed the other way. If the horse had seen it first the horse, wagon and Phillips would have gone in different directions. Apple Tree in Bloom Ethereal drift above new grass, Perfume and petal and humming wind. The miracle has come to pass Springtime of the earth and mind. Katharyn Wolcott. General Eisenhower has named a group of young officers to find out what the next war will be like in violence. vio-lence. They can find out by going to the Brooklyn baseball park and cheering the Giants. Organized labor now has several radio programs on the air, but the whole idea is somewhat handicapped handi-capped by the fact William Green can't croon and Phil Murray is no great shakes as a disc jockey. |