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Show S'S5 Memos to All Editors: The antl-Roosevelts are using this: A Republican (Chicago) paper s reporter re-porter asked Bob Hannegan: "Who'll be your candidate in '48 Truman?" . "Nope," Hannegon replied (don't forget this is an alleged joke), "not strong enough. The public apparently appar-ently no like." "Could it be Wallace?" pumped the reporter. "Hell, no! Can't take chances with him. They think he's a Red." "Well," said the scribe, "if it ain't Truman or Wallace, who do you think it might be?" Oh." said Hannegan, "I dunnol There's plenty of time. We'll dig up someone." "Oh, NO!" roared the Republi-crat, Republi-crat, "not HIM!" Prof. Manne Slegbahn's trip here is for several confs with Einstein. He's Sweden's top atoman (collab-ber (collab-ber of Lise Meitner). . . . The influential in-fluential members on Eisenhower's staff are for "complete remobiliza-tion." remobiliza-tion." ... Dr. Paul Scheffer (see clips In morgue) was once chief of nazi spy ring in Russia. Now very active here. One of the top propagandists propa-gandists for "getting the U. S. into a war with Russia soon as possible." . .. When Field Marshal Montgomery Montgom-ery was honor-guest (at the Barbi-zon-Plaza) a man, en route to the floor, was hauled back into the elevator and made to identify himself him-self before the law in the foyer. Said to be J. D. Rockefeller Jr. I Add significant Russ-U. S. notes: The Russian purchasing commission in Washington (which numbers about 300 expert ex-pert Soviet engineers and technicians) tech-nicians) is discharging its U. S. employees, preparatory to shutting shut-ting down Jan. 1. That means, I'm told, the Russians do not expect to bay from us any more the way things stand now, etc. Reminder: Great Britain and Russia signed a non-aggression treaty in 1941. Which side would British be on in event of conflict, con-flict, considering treaties are pieces of papyrus? . . . Big news expected from Puerto Rico during next few months. Break said to come between be-tween Luis Munos Marin, president of the senate there and most powerful power-ful political figure in islands and Jesus Pinero, Truman's appointment for the governorship. . . . Cost of atombs are down to a mere million each. That sounds expensive, but look at it this way: The entire civilized civ-ilized world can now be destroyed for less than the war cost the U. S., 70 billion. Reason Russians so cocky lately Is they allegedly have ' cosmic ray bomb. Plan inviting invit-ing Americans and other nations to a demonstration of the new weapon in their "war of nerves." . . . Insiders unimpressed, unim-pressed, claiming we have a weapon that makes the Atomb obsolete. . , . Senator Bob La-Follette La-Follette may bead a non-gov't committee to study all phases of modernizing the federal gov't. This new outfit will be financed by wealthy citizens, some of whom held high gov't posts during the war. N. Y. Novelette: The ABC network net-work had a correspondent in Tokyo. His name, Joe Julian. ... He went to Hiroshima to do a broadcast months after the atomb fell. ... As Julian walked along rubble-strewn streets he met a man on a bike, who introduced himself. . . . "I'm the Reverend Tanimoto." he said. ... He was of great help to the broadcaster in getting materiul, etc. ... A year later Julian (who is also an actor) found himself jobless. ! . . . Last week, while wandering about Radio city he was spotted by j the director of the John Hersey- Hiroshima broodcast. Julian was . engaged to read one of the parts. I ... It was the role of the stranger T s met in Hiroshima the Rev. nlmoto! The Late Watch: Elliott got 25 Cs for that mag scries. . . . Truman (as we first hinted long ago) personally per-sonally doesn't want to run again. If he does, they'll have to drag him via the draft. That explains why he is so "candid." . . . The White House is spreading happiness to the Germans in Germany and to the Republicans In America. . . , Our foreign policy is about as clear as the mud diplomats have been threw-Ing threw-Ing at each other. . . . Too many American leaders are arguing about our foreign policy instead of explain-ing explain-ing it Mr. Peron's Austrian friend. FrIU Mandl. reported inquiring about possibilities of buying a newspaper here or Philly. His Buenos Aires oflWe is working with experts on preparations for a news syndicate and newspaper chain for Latin America. . . . Argentina will use all dollar assets to purchose mili-tury mili-tury equipment and machinery from U. S. . . . British and U S. brass in Jopan not hitting it o(T toe well. The Tommies feel they are being treotcd like sojers of a 2nd rate power. r |