Show r rI I l Phillips i I KOREAN LETTERS OF EMERGENCY EMIL BABE Tell me more about DEAR this abstention routine in the I UN U.N. Security Council It seems to tome tome me that whenever the chips are down lawn quite a few of the delegates abstain If it is okay that far away irom from the battle lines why isn't it 1 okay here in Korea There are plen plen- plenty plenty ty of times tim when a GI G. G would like to io reply to the top sarge with a firm I am abstaining I approve of this war and would not put any any- anything anything thing in the way of the victory but butan butan butan an abstention will be necessary as asI asI I 1 must await instructions from home If them diplomats stand or a bright new world and an all- all out Jut fight against aggressors why shouldn't they show the same guts l' l f as a GI G. G and not take no run out powder in the tough spots I. I S e e Over here in a Korean win win- winter winter ter with light underwear I felt like an abstention yesterday but when I suggested it to ro the sarge he gave me a wilting look and just said Go ahead and abstain Just give me a little notice so the court martial can handle your case promptly I argued with him and told him himI I am behind UN U.N. and second secondi i to nobody in my yen to finish i off oU the sneak punch enemy and get out of here but I got pre pre- previous previous previous commitments and would like to review the whole Korean matter to make sure I am right righton on all points but I get no place with him He wont won't even debate no issue with me or listen to no resolutions or amendments from me so I guess l I 1 will forget it and stick to army rules and regulations which I wish also applied to Lake Success There is one great break the boys get over ver here they cant can't tune in on diplomatic debates S e I am not squawking This Ko Ko- Korean Korean Korean rean job has got to be done and It will be done I was a little disappointed with the elections back home as no candidate got elected on a promise of one war to a customer and I been in more wars already than Humphrey Bogart and the For For- Foreign Foreign eign Legion You can be in the army now and see more new countries in a month than the cameramen for the movie trav trav- travelogues travelogues see in a year Whenever I start griping the sarge says I am lucky I am not in Tibet or Indo China He could be right I get plenty of uphill f work in Korea but I guess the climbs are longer and harder in them Himalaya Mountains I want no guard duty on Mt l Everest S e s When I get home I am going to that statue of Sherman and his horse borse in Fifth Avenue and boo them both for understatements Sherman said war is hell but he didn't know the half of it Hell is bad but I think the rules there bar ambush experts in white sneakers double dealers who hit below the belt at atall atall atall all times and the atrocity specialists which Russia and the Chinese Com Com- Commies Commies Commies mies seem to stand behind I 1 miss you like everything and hope you feel likewise Dont Don't let nobody cut in on me Have a little patience and me and MacArthur will have this all over soon Love Emil PS Troubles Troubles attended to any anytime anytime anytime time promptly Phone or wire or write I Washington has banned construction construction construction tion of any more bars taverns or cocktail bars bars' for the period of emergency There is now one cock cock- cocktail cocktail cocktail tail bar to a person in this country and it is felt the people can get along on that basis if they really try hard i e t New N ew York high schools will start courses in auto driving February 1st The era of the boy and girl J who fail in most studies but net I. I honors in motoring is at hand As the old song might be revised School days school days dear dea old I traffic rule days Jays Driving and weaving in traffic thick Taught to 10 the tune of oj a II hickory stick slick You were my girl in calico aUco All through the driving class wed we'd go got We both got good marks high speed or low When we were a couple of oj kids S YE GOTHAM BUGLE Seven million families in the US U.S. have h aVe video sets that means fights over what channel to switch to every night night- We wont won't know how perfect color television is until we see if it can I take Ed Wynns Wynn's hats and coats Overheard in a Gotham restaurant which puts its menu and prices on ona ona ona a blackboard wheeled to the table I I didn't know chalk was so ex- ex exPensive Pensive Lilli Palmers Palmer's work has as as started a witch hunt |