Show M deet we V governments philosophy set forth in new fantasy antoine de saint delightful fairy story ryThe Sto the little prince holds more than artistry for adult and old alike by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator service union trust building washington D C on a june ine day when a gentle breeze brought the scent ot of new mown grass to in through the white whit e house windows president roosevelt bat at at his desk and read slowly to a gro group u p ot of correspondents from a typewritten sheet it a formal document but it was an historic history c one its purpose was to remind the italian people that we the military campaign against them which had just scored another allied victory pantelleria tel lerla was the result of the nils mis conduct of their rulers the message has been variously interpreted since but to roe me it contained one significant point the reminder of the coming birth of a new nation the new italy which will emerge when the chains of arrogance and brute aggression which bind her are broken there has be been e n muc much h ta talk I 1 k about postwar post war policing of the remade re made world little thought of the philosophy which will underlie the forms which the rebo reborn rn governments must follow to me such a philosophy philo s ophy is set forth in a work of pure fantasy A hopeful note for f 0 r nations and men is sounded in this s delightful fairy tale by an author who found spiritual rebirth in the tragedy of the fall fail of his own nation I 1 refer to antoine de saint ex and his latest work the little prince those who have read his night flight wind sand and stars and flight to arras are not surprised that he could create a fairy tale as delicate as this reviewers have disagreed as to whether therit it is tor for children or for adults I 1 believe it is for both like alice in wonderland I 1 a nd but the adult will find in the little prince something more than artistry and the children will tense sense that too I 1 think saint exupero is a brilliant aviator who built up night flying tor for the french airlines in south america he fought against the germans flight to arras is the remarkable book which tells of that tha t experience he is now back with the french army to in africa scene of the opening of the little prince the princes story six years ago the author says 1 11 I made a forced landing to in the sahara alone a thousand miles mile a from help and faced the necessity of repairing my motor by myself within the number of days my drinking water would last the first morning I 1 was awakened by a determined but gentle voice which said it if you please oraw draw me a sheep so exupero learned the story of how the little prince had found out what is really important to in life the little prince Is at once a delicate wisp of fancy something so sheer that at moments he seems to fl float at like a piece of thistledown before your ima imagination gi nation a gain again he has au all the reality of truth itself he Is eternal childhood all that Is gentle and confiding and lovable with the taint faint shadow of sorrow on his winsome face he la Is the tug at your heartstrings heart strings that comes when youth looks at you to in wide eyed confidence reaches up to take your hand the same reminiscent tug when you look back and see the surprised se d a and nd longing sorrow to in the eyes of your own lost youth the little prince lived far away it seems on a tiny planet with three volcanoes se small that he cooked his breakfast on one of them A flower came to his planet and the little prince loved her and cared for her but he understand her and so he left to try to find out why he finally reached the earth and here the fox taught him the little prince had never seen a fox come and play with me he said 1 I am so unhappy 1 I cannot play with you the fox said 1 I am not tamed the little prince did not understand he told the fox that he ha was looking for friends and asked him what tame meant philosophy of a fox it Is an act too often neglected sad bald the fox it means to establish ties to me you are still nothing but a little boy who is just like a hundred other little boys and I 1 have no need of you to you I 1 am nothing more than a fox like a soldiers make an average of eight moves by railroad between induction and embarkation tor for service overseas radio france general henri genrl Gira girards station at algiers has reported that because young german students are getting stirred up a gestapo agent has been stationed in every german university hundred thousand other little foxes but it if you tame me then we shall need each other to me you will be unique in the whole world to you I 1 shall be unique in the whole world I 1 am beginning to understand said the little prince there Is a flower I 1 think she has tamed me it if you tame me the fox went on it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life I 1 shall know the sound of a step that will be dif ferent from all others other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground yours will call me like music out of my burrow and then look you see the grain fields down yonder I 1 do not eat bread wheat Is of no use to me the grain fields say nothing to me and that Is sad but you have hair that Is the color of gold think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me the grain which is also golden will bring me back the thought of you and I 1 shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat the fox gazed at the little prince for a long time please tame me he said I 1 want to very much said the little prince but I 1 muc much h time I 1 have friends to dis cover and a great many things to understand 1 one only understands the things one tames said the fox fot men have no more time to understand any thing they buy things already made at the shops but there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship and so men have no friends any more if you want a friend tame me and so the little prince did and another day when he came back the fox said it would have been better if you had come back at the same hour it if for example you come at tour four 0 clock in the afternoon then at three I 1 shall begin to be happy I 1 shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances at tour four I 1 shall already be worrying and jumping about I 1 shall show you how happy I 1 am but if you come just anytime I 1 shall never know at what hour my heart la Is to be ready to greet you but ft finally nally the little prince had to go ah said the fox 1 I shall cry source of comfort it is your own fault said the little prince I 1 never wished you any sort of harm but you wanted me to tame you yes that Is so said the fox then it has done you no good at all it has done me good said the fox because of the color of the beat wheat fields and there I 1 think perhaps some of you may find comfort in the memories that come from the wheat fields for the common and the beautiful things that remind you of someone from whom perhaps this war has parted you that Is only a flash I 1 have given you of the story of the little prince which is not written for c hildren children only but tor for those Z who have the faith of little children and the un understanding der standing to see how t tragedy can bring forth something which can light the long shadows which it leaves out of the tragedy of his nation and the of hi his 13 own r soul came this charming fantasy from the pen of the soldier writer with the secret he learned from the little prince who learned it from the fox ox it is only with the heart that one can see rightly what is essential Is invisible to the eye diary of a broadcaster A postcard signed by a fictitious name dated the day pantelleria Pantel lerla fell contained Us this statement italy so tar far has got the best territory of the world most of france tho the richest prize of the war jugo sl V the greatest area world greece and her Is italy will dictate the peace a he USA U S A and get two thirds of rif africa rica meanwhile mussolini is supreme everywhere italy got all and lost least can fight 1000 1 years some 7 pounds of bombs were dropped on pantelleria island from june 1 to june 11 when it capitulated BRIEFS B R I 1 E F S by baukhage the nazi for the baltic states has ordered the removal of all church bells as a total bobill mobilization measure because many types ol of air raid shelters now in use are scant protection against allied heavy bombs the german people have been told to hurry the construction ot of new underground shelters |