Show aa 0 U 0 D W FRIEND OF E ENLISTED D MAN washington it if there were more men in the army like general Elsen F isenhower hower Us this newsman would not be so BO swamped with soldier mau mall the the other day mgt samuel cohen tt of philadelphia stationed in berlin received a cable telling ot of a se serious rious emergency at home physicians advised hla his return immediately two weeks passed and all cohen got was the usual army runaround run around na he cou lant get a furlough uri ough finally a friend suggested that cohen call general ike directly what can I 1 lose cohen asked going to a telephone when he be asked the GI operator for general eisenhower Elsen hower tj the ie operator asked with no surprise in his voice whether he should ring the general at his home or his 0 office since it was then about 10 in the evening cohen said to try th the e generals home an aide to eisenhower Elsen hower answered and listened to t cohens story excused himself for or ft a few ew minutes came back to the tele phone and said bald sergeant if you will call the office moe of general clay perhaps something caa be ace arnin arranged ged lot for you yon you ton had better wait about III minutes before calling general clay lie added to give general eisenhower Elsen hower a chance to 0 o talk with him first ten minutes later cohen called general clay where an aide said oh yes sergeant weve been expecting your call now can you come in at eight tomorrow morning well see about transportation then cohen took off by air the ne next at day before noon TRUMAN TURNS REPORTER congressional leaders who met with president truman recently to discuss serious legislative problems got a chuckle over Tr story about his surprise flight to see his bis mother on her birthday newspapers have already told how truman called the kansas city star to announce his arrival in Grand grandview view mo but in addition here Is what truman told his congressional leaders really happened it was sunday afternoon and the usually bustling city roo room 0 of f the star was in a lull only an a sk skeleton eleton editorial force was on the job and a young reporter answered the phone this Is the president said truman who said the he reporter this Is president truman the hell bell it Is exclaimed the newsman convinced that somebody was pulling a practical e I 1 joke mister who are you tr trying to kid finally the call was transferred to another writer on the paper who knew truman personally and could identify his voice highly amused the pres president ident told him the news of his visit FOGGY FOREIGN POLICY harry hopkins now hospitalized in new york is not improving always a living skeleton harry kept himself alive because of his 10 love ve of now that is gone harry has no more zest for work sen claude pepper of florida is returning from a three month tour of europe to blister the administrations handling of foreign policy coming on top of senator ful brights two fisted attack perhaps somebody around the state department t will wake up to the tact fact that the seeds of world war III can be planted right now the strategic services unit of the war department it was formerly the oh so secret office of gen wild bill donovan has just set up a very inter interesting asting project which will not keep the peace it is working on a plan for rn an order of battle for a war with russia the job is under direct supervision per vision of maj raymond cromwell former tokyo correspondent for the well wall street journal CAPITAL CHAFF former coast guard comar joel fischer was in germany trying to root out hidden nazi funds cross examining war criminals he found them anxious to get american lawyers to act in their defense when asked his views on the best american lawyers fischer Fl acher with straight face replied you ought to try to get clarence darrow or perry ferry ma tan son Fl Fi victims took cartful careful notes not realizing that darrow has bai been dead for more than aye ave years and that mason is a fictional character in earle stanley Gard gardeners gardners ners mystery stories government press officials recent ly b beet at down a second attempt by war Mb ilir john snyder to maintain a peacetime censorship over the statements of their bosses they rejected all censorship schemes flatly during a secret session at th the e white house promising to check among themselves to be sure major policy statements of cabinet members and other key officials are not too tar far apart randolph paul one of the ablest tax men the U S treasury has ever had Is 1 completing abood a book on taxation written tor for ier reading |