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Show t 1 Appreciates Editorials 1 In The Chronicle . ' "Hick" Davies of Fillmore writes: "You are a suspicious old coot, and should be psychoanalyzed. But damned if you and I aren't looking down the same hole. You are suspicious that things are be-i be-i ing held up so as to allow the ' 'Mad Russians' to reach Berlin, before be-fore we, the 'softies' can reach ' that goal. I still hold that the invasion in-vasion of France was deferred for that very purpose. Ravaged Rus-' Rus-' sia owes that dirty stinker with the mustache far more of a shel- lacking that we do. Let Russia " have first pick, and then let us take up the slack if necessary. ! "Thanks for the book review weekly. I enjoy every word, and ; have resolved to read each book ' upon which you have made com- ment. It is the privilege of youth j to benefit by the teachings of its elders." HICK ' (Certainly glad old scout you - and I meet on common ground. As ? to the book reviews, war corres- pondents of marked ability go : right to the front, get in the thick i of it, and some get knicked such ! is their zeal to see the Yank boys fighting. This they record it. And from long years of training they - can put the action before you, fresh, vivid, absorbing. Some of the best writing of our generation will be these thrilling I war stories. Whose pulse does not beat faster to read of heroism? It quickens, it elates, and none of us but does not increase his tempo to march to its majestic tread. Thanks, Hick.) |