Show 6 P om- om IMAGINARY DIALOGUES MRS ROOSEVELT AND THE OCD CHIEF Mrs Roosevelt takes office omee as assistant to Fiorello LaGuardia director director director di di- rector of the Office of Civilian De De- News News item Mrs Roosevelt making her first Good appearance appearance Good ce-Good Good morn morning n boss Mr LaGuardia Good LaGuardia-Good Good morning What can I do for you Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt-I'm Im I'm the new girl here Roosevelt is the name Mr LaGuardia Oh LaGuardia-Oh Oh yes I Ire re re- member member Lets Let's see just what were you to do Mrs Roosevelt You Roosevelt You just said to report as your assistant Mr LaGuardia So LaGuardia-So So I did well are you all set V VI I Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt-rm Im I'm willing to give you all my spare time Mr LaGuardia Come come You'll have to do better than that Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Dear Dear me If it isn't one thing Its It's another these days Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia-If If it isn't ONE thing its it's A DOZEN OTHERS Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt-I I dont don't see how you get time to attend to so many matters in so many places Mr LaGuardia Im I'm puzzled about you in the same way Gosh I 1 guess we are the four busiest people people people peo peo- in America Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Four Four There are arc only two of us Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia Lets Lets Let's not belittle ourselves Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Im Im I'm very anxious to get going Mr LaGuardia whipping out a bunch of timetables So timetables So am I. I Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt-I I mean to get going go go- going ing here r J on the new job Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia Oh Oh yes My er er- er Lets Let's see what the up set-up is Im I'm head of the OCD and I need help Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Fancy Fancy Fiorello LaGuardia needing help Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia-It It does seem fanciful I admit admit- But I need a deputy and I thought of you as the First Lady of the Land and sucha such sucha a great worker in so many causes would be of great help Mrs Roosevelt What Roosevelt What can I do that you cant can't do Mr LaGuardia Well LaGuardia-Well Well a daily dally column column col col- for one thing And you have havea a radio sponsor too I heard you on the air I went right out ut and bought some of that tea Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt-I I spoke for a coffee cof cot fee program Mr LaGuardia Sorry LaGuardia-Sorry Sorry It must have been a bad reception on my radio set Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Ive Ive I've often wondered wondered won won- dered why you ou didn't do a newspaper news paper column yourself Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia-I I guess the papers papers pa pa- pers dont don't use that kind of language But Ive I've had a radio offer Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt From From a sponsor Who Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia-A A cigarette com com- I pany It wanted some new noises for the Modern Design theme Mrs l Roosevelt Roosevelt Are Are you going to accept Mr l LaGuardia LaGuardia No My doctor thinks I am doing too much already Mrs l Roosevelt Roosevelt-I I dont don't blame him from worrying about the strain on you Mr LaGuardia That LaGuardia-That That isn't it Hes He's worrying over the strain on cn him bun in worrying about the strain on me To get back to business do you think you understand just what our job jobi i r requires quires Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Hark Hark Mr l LaGuardia What LaGuardia-What What is it Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt-I I thought I heard enemy bombers overhead Mr LaGuardia LaGuardia Excellent You get the whole idea exactly CAN YOU REMEMBER REMEMBER- Away Awny back when people could always always al al- ways find out whether they were in ina a war or not without much trouble DEPOT SCENE Commuters kiss their wives good good-by As the Seven Thirty's distant shriek Calls them forth with grunt and sigh To station platform cold and bleak Climb out of cars last link with home I i Pull collars up around their throats I Look back at wives who sit alone In nightgowns under polo coats J. J J. J H. H NILES I I II I Does Docs anyone ever see a picture I of life in Russia under Bloody Joe I Stalin Senator Clark at the movie I Inquiry Well Nell if the senator was any kinddt kind I jf it a movie fan tan he would know that the answer is Yes Indeed In fact the Russian picture is something I that the public got fed up with long ago I A New Rochelle letter carrier was bitten baten by the same dog three times is easy to explain The dog isn't expecting any letters |