| Show uncle sams three musketeers j t J S P BULLITT DIDDLE BIDDLE AND KENNEDY none of them have to work being independently wealthy but uncle sams three european trouble shooters get a kick out of it bullitt taught the russian army to play polo biddle proved a diplomat can work in a sweatshirt joe kennedy may be worth but he only grins and says what the heck all I 1 seem able to do is keep up nine children and four houses r ASHINGTON it was W washington anthony J drexel biddle biddie jr who phoned from warsaw to tell william C bullitt in paris that adolf hitler had invaded poland it was bullitt who phoned the president in washington at a m two nights later it was joseph P kennedy who ended his cryptic message on the athenia explosion pl oslon 11 all survivors who escaped the explosion have been picked up thank god it was biddles luck to have all the adventure A less versatile diplomat might have fallen down on the polish assignment he fled warsaw with his wite wife heard the berlin radio give his new address and trekked to the rumanian border where the biddles biddies lived in a primitive shack while watching troop movements and helping evacuate americans finally he be shuffled off to paris biddle was born wealthy but hes not the drawing room variety from school he be joined the army and led negro troops which accounts tor for his popularity among philadelphia negroes later he did odd jobs finally winning the french amateur tennis championship hes a jiu jitsu expert and has worked without pay tor for J edgar hoovers FBI in 1937 when he left his norway diplomatic post the cites taxicab men sent a delegation to say goodby bullitts knowledge of european affairs is a thing of wonder and a boon to the state department hes spent 25 years collecting it starting as a newspaper man he went to versailles with wilson which began his diplomatic interest he early recommended american recognition of russia in 1938 he was named ambassador there losing favor only when he protested dictator propagandizing izing joe kennedy is at once the least colorful and most colorful of this trio london is his first diplomatic assignment so hes not a career man hes tried about 20 different enterprises all of them successful hes built ships been a banker a movie magnate and a corporation counsel but hes bes never taken such keen interest in any job as the st james ambassadorship and lon doners think hes swell both bullitt and biddle are men of the world talk several languages and dress like beau Brum brummels meS but not the tea drinking sort bullitts two years fishing on an island in the were the happiest of his life biddles been a shipping clerk a bank clerk a real estate salesman and an athlete kennedy chos a little less concerned with being a man of the world than either of his brother diplomats is nevertheless no serious minded desk worker his grin and cussing bussing are famous and last year he flattered queen elizabeth immensely by uttering an unheard of remark he told her she was a cute trick |
