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4 yyusaa__- [Preise { ‘was not e Stor! fub-at the time of the alleged dis courtesy...I saw Miss Baker and her party arrive. ,J saw them seated at a table—about six or seven from where I sat with news z ,paper friends...1 was told that they were served at least two.rounds ‘of drinks before any unpleasantness happened. * N \ Laughlia- ‘From where I sat everything seemed both normal and peaceful, 4 —_ ‘and It did not occur to me that it would be otherwise...After nearly ‘ Mobr. ‘one hour, my friends and I left to attend the after-midnight preview Tele of a new movie on B'way...J did not know there had been sny . incident until late the next afternoon when I received 8 complaint , by telegram. - 7 Gi iY “After 20 years on the air and almost 30 Jn the newspapers, I. . spy thought my record was crystal-clear when minorities are getting Fy kicked around. It irritates me now to have to recite that reco. and disgrace myself with any defense. But I have to do it to SsT/ G remind some people whose memories are astonishingly short...The ~ facts are that whenever I have been called upon in the case against man's inhumanity to man I was always easily recruited, For anyone to demand of me where I stand when ANY person is. dis- criminated against In « public place, means that that person is no | friend of mine. ° : i Roo 9 7 “ a The following letter is from Walter White, ‘executive secretary - of the National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored Peopte:’ : “Dear Walter: I have examined the facts in the Josephine . f BakerStork Club incident. ‘I have learned that you were unaware i j of what happened and did not know that ‘she had been the subject . - of discourtesy. + . ‘A “I know your record too well in your opposition to racial and Ii every other kind of discrimination to believe that you would be a party to any insult to human dignity—Walter White” Last week I called attention to a notorious amendment attached to the Declaration of Peace with Germany. I gave it my entire . newspaper col'm on Tuesday. “Thanks to many thousands of readers a 4 ¢ ly + Whe beat it to their Congressmen, that rotten amendment was de- \ foo 2 feated by a voice-vote in the U. S. Senate 2 days jater...The highest - . taxes in our history are about to go into effect, ‘The tax bill is 50 e high that European money js running away to South America for & ¢ feer it wil have to pay part of the cost of defense. The truth isi ~fo- 2 }- 5 ‘that if European troops are as timid as Europe’s money, we are ° kidding ourselves it we think we have allies. The financial crisis —_— ig due in Europe because financial showdown with our allies is overdue in Washington...The new pay-as-you-go policy is mis-named, It means they GO—and we PAY! By all means don't_miss_the-curcent_tasue_of Collier's. ..The “ entire_number_is cked_ wiih exciting articles by mnany leading |; ‘of the suthors In it ¢ Robert E. Sherwood, F . Lowell Thomas, Ed: 4 R. Murrow, Philip Wylie, Senator Margaret _ Chase Smith, Hal Boyle of the A.P., and mine is on page 39... «, : | European currency is staggering. A whole series of devaluations _ i fs in the wind. The Yugoslavian dinar, the French éranc and the British pound are in trouble... The big financial crisis over there son “ Times-Herald _ ;may come in Feb....If Mr. Churchill wins, the ‘Conservatives will Wash. Post NOT abolish socialized medicine. In fact, the Tories will. expand ~ public housing...’ ip W) i . itis now the * Wash. News oromun. . Soe e Pakistan Premier | ¥ ated by th gail the Ba aT ~The murder of Wasa job by Russian intelligence. The assassin’s house revealed ¢ Wash. Star 5 y stacks of money, and the slain man carried large sums...Nehru- Pakistan relations will not be ruptured by the assassination... The .. e ain & Bureess 2B ho el ic N.Y. Mirror N. ¥. Compass_ o e Soiet fa of Porkalla, Period... Machov, the former stage manager and dance director.of the Sadler's + Wells ballet, has committed suicide, ~ In protest against ‘the ‘com- 2 jon of the Czech. National ‘Ope: $5 Wp eo : : : Date: rs 325. RT ae AT EES