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Show ' I I i I I I I- ' , - , J " -V ' , f 4 f ' " j DREW PEARSON Motive Behind Greek Revolt ACCORDING to the diplomatic grapevine from Athens, the l so-called Communist uprisings inside Greece were carefully care-fully timed not by the Communists, but by the Tsaldaris-Maximos Tsaldaris-Maximos government to coincide with the departure from the U. S. of former Gov. Dwight Griswold, Greek aid administrator admin-istrator for Athens. The Greek government's motive is to convince Griswold that the Tsaldaris-Maximos regime Is essential to the security of the country and must remain in power. Actually, what happened was that the E.A.M., or so-called Communist group, was holding conferences with Prof. Alexander Svolos of Athens university just a few days previously with a view to a political compromise compro-mise by which they could resume participation in Greek political affairs under U. S. protection, when, suddenly, about 4,000 of them were arrested. U. S. diplomats are pretty well convinced that there can be no political po-litical stability in Greece and no success for the American aid program if the present reactionary Greek regime remains in power. Even patient Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh is reported to have come to this conclusion. conclu-sion. To counteract this, Tsaldaris is doing his best to convince Griswold that there would only be more chaos if the present Greek government resigned. WALTER WINCIJEJJ Notes of a Bystander SEEK WORLD'S OPINION . . . Eugene Pulliam, Indianapolis, Ind., newspaper publisher, and his wife scan world atlas preparatory prepara-tory to leaving on world tour to find out what the plain people all over think of the United States. ? - - $ h , - ' i f e' i The Late Watch: Many of the women up at the Columbia university univer-sity faculty section are reported soooo fluttery over General Eisenhower's Eisen-hower's appointment. They're all getting perms, new fall outfits, etc. ... Observation: In the papers a photo of Hhrry Truman's birthplace disclosed that it now is occupied by a loan firm! The Keeley institute of Illinois (where drunks are dried up) explodes ex-plodes the cinematic legend that newspaper men are rnmpots. Out of 12,012 palcoholics treated there . (between 19)0 and ')&) only 95 were newspaper men. The others oth-ers were architects, brokers, bankers. bank-ers. Hut topping the list for worst tipplers (hold 'er, Newt.') were iarmers. The Show Folks: The hat-check lass named Helen Westcott started playing in "The Drunkard" 13 years ago as the baby. As understudy to all the femmes in the cast (although she rarely goes on) she is the troupe's most useful member. Helen can play all the roles, and has. Quotation Marksmanship: M. K. Johnson: She nagged him into another woman's life. . . . Hecht-O'Rourke: He's the vice of experience. . . . Percy Faith: Her eyes lit up like two vamps. . . . Corey Ford: She learned to say things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words. ELKS' HEAD MAN . . . Lafaj ette-A. ette-A. Lewis, Los Angeles attorney,, has been elected grand exalted-ruler exalted-ruler of Benevolent and Protective Protec-tive Order of Elks. I - PAUL MALLON 1948 Race Is Like a Pretzel THE political situation is shaping up like an unterminated pretzel. You can see the curves up to now plainly enough. But where the dougij maze will wind up, nobody knows. Dewey went out to make character In the West. From New York with 96 convention delegates, he went out to the six delegate states, not to gather party votes, as popularly supposed, but chiefly chief-ly to gather a 10-gallon political disposition. Candidates often make the same trek for the same purpose at this stage. If Dewey went after delegates, he should have come down to Washington Wash-ington to see the Republicans in both houses of congress. This is where the delegates are. Senator Martin has the 76 or so from Pennsylvania in an inside pocket. Senators Taft and Bricker could tell Dewey about Ohio, and probably also Indiana and Illinois, although it might not be anything Dewey wants to hear. Speaker Martin could issue Massachusetts Massachu-setts and probably all New England like script. Harold Stassen could tell him about Minnesota and perhaps Iowa; Wherry about Nebraska; Baldwin about Connecticut, and so on. Dewey could take a pencil and paper, come to Washington at much less railroad fare and ascertain he lacks a majority of delegates without favorite son support. He might win a few primaries next spring and show some strength (this is what he is figuring on, they say) In which case the boys might come up to his backroom at Albany. So while Dcwcy is supposed to be making a runaway race out of It, no one will predict where he goes from here. Taft is going west himself, and will identify himself while there as the only prominent opponent of Dewey to dale. II. L PHILLIPS Comments on the Day's News LEADS DUTCH FORCES . . . Lt Gen. S. H. Spoor issued an order of the day announcing opening of hostilities between Dutch forces, and Indonesian troops, following: collapse of negotiations between Dutch and Indonesian governments. VANISHING AMERICANISMS "Remember, we have to bold our customers!" "One overcharged patron is a lost patron." "Our job is to male the customer feel he got his money's worth." Rationing is coming back, it is freely predicted, there being no other oth-er way that we can send to Europe the things required. Everything "POINTS," as it were, that way. One nice thing about war In the old days was that you could almost always ti ll when it was over. J. Caesar Petrillo admits before a house committee that he draws down about $150,000 a year, which we assume helps immeasurably to sustain sus-tain his love of music. "I don't think the cause of atomic energy has been served by this disclosure dis-closure of the theft of certain data." Senator Hickenloopcr. The cause, we take it, Is better served by just letting the secrets be stolen and saying nothing about it whatever. In short, the senator believes be-lieves that whether the bomb should be dropped or not, the matter of its proper protection should be. S N 1 C1MH U1 I I MAN . . . Koss. I.ockridgp Jr., professor of Euir-lish, Euir-lish, father of four children, was down to his last $100 when hc licard that his Hrst novel, "Uaiii-tivo "Uaiii-tivo County." had won Motro-Cohlwyn-Mavrr novel award worth SI.M1.000. iv:i,77':k she ad Congress Plays Good Samaritan 'TlIE senate was about to convene for a political discussion of export controls. The liev. Peter Marshall, chaplain, asked Divine Guidance and said: . "May freedom be seen not as the rlRht to do as we please, hut ns die opportunity to please to do what Is riRlit. May It ever be understood Hint our liberty Is under Coil niid can lie found nowhere no-where rise. Let us, ns n nation, not be afraid of standing nlouo for the rights of men, since wi were born that way, ns the only nation on earth that ciiine Into being 'for the Clnry of Cod ami the advancement of the Clu lslLwi fnltli.' " And In answer to an objection by Senator Taft over continuing export controls on fats and oils ns "Illogical," Sen. Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin Wis-consin said: n "i'liere Is such u thing ns tho higher loii of the mind mitl soul. Our responsibility Is to keep our own economy healthy uud lit Hie sumo time attempt to perform the function of ttio Cood Sainiiritan In helping to niiiUe other peoples ndt'iiiiiitc." In di'bale over farm price supports, Sen. Milton Young of North Dakota said pi-loo of wheal In Ihe Argentine without controls was between be-tween $.ri niul $11 per bushel. Arguing for continuing controls, Senator Young said American farmers would lie tickled to sign contract for live years nt n bushel ralher than face the possibility of J.t wheat this year and probably HO rent wheat In n couple of years. W niCUr IATTERS(hJ Military Training Will Aid Yonlli v 1 UNIVl'.KNAI. mllllary training would Insllll III young men Ihe two rssrnllnls of Ihe Kohllcr'n life -discipline nnd enilill unci'. Thivie (wo rssi'iillul'i coino from training, nnd with thai (raining coinen ll physical Inn donllig Hint nild'i iiliiinlna. Universal military Induing would give In our young men Ihose two llnd r'eicnllal.'i, nnd, li'iiiporai lly, tho physical hut douing. Vo limy not, hopo we ib not. have to lh;lit another .ir, luit wiir or no witr, mlllluiv t in I nl iiu for ntl the ) mint: men of Aiuei ten will iiiivUe ror a better bet-ter U'ld inoi o Mirer Estill rlll'cn-Nhlp. rlll'cn-Nhlp. It Hill clvr to Unit In to pel c.ntiito Unit tirctlrd tt.llnlnu thry Iiuvr- not liml. 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