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tc wets o ( Washington Scene... Hello, Home Folks!__' LT INSISTED we come home from Europe before my bride could meet Capt. Townsend, because T will not have her name linked we. > ~ with that of ® a commoner, < Moreover, if the unman- ning incident — at Chigwell could be taken as an augury, there were omens that the old coun- wy might be plunging into a rather unethical type of trime wave. The police of Chigwell, a metropolitan area in Essex, have a rugby team. On & re- cent Saturday, which dawned in a normaily damp and law- abiding manuer, the Chigwell Bobbies took on the London Welsh for a rugged go at rug- ger. But, during the game, an} unsportsmanlike thief raided the police team’s dressing room and made off with the wallets of nine constables. The purloined purses con- tained not only a total of bet- ter than 50 quid in cash, but the official warrants cards which authorize the players, while not engaged at sc ¥ to search subjects of Her esty and make arrests, a Dixon stable, which is a sizable sum for a Bobby to be packing, but particularly when he in- tends to doff his uniform pants and leave them lying around a dressing room. However, nothing developed from this although there were mutter- ings in Labor Party circles that questions should be asked in the House. The victims also found them: selves in & rather unusual quandary, because, without their warrants ¢ards, they could not legally search each other. And to their further ——— By George Dixon: job until the three months were up. They probably feared it might be too severe a shock to a spy’s nervous system if his spying was stopped too; abruptly. ( i TAM GLAD I came back be- | cause 1 found I had been get- ting out of touch with the liv- ing issues in the U. S. A. This was brought home to me forci- biy by Federal Communica. tions Commissioner Edward M. Webster. The 66-year-old Commission- embitterment they lost ithe er is a former Coast Guard match to the London Welsh— commodore and not at all a who suffered no pilferage of jacular type. He is a native of ash or cards—21 to 3. When we left Europe, the unspeakable crime had not yet been solved. but Scotland Yard said the CID was making inquiries. IT UNEARTHED one reas- suring piece of information abroad. Since the Maclean- Burgess revelation, the Brit> ish Foreign Office security officers have been right on their toes. They had reason to suspect that a certain division might ifbe infiltrated by eneiny agents 'so they sacked the whole force. But.British fair play prevailed. the District of Columbia, which means he probably j never had much to laugh; about. ! Nevertheless he regaled a! gathering with this story: } A man comes home late on the night of his wife's birth- day empty-handed. She de- mands: "Where’s my birthday present?” and he says: “It’s outside—come and look!” She goes outside and there, at the curb, is a brand-new 1956 car of a certain costly make, “It's yours!” he says. He expects her face to light up, but instead she scowls. “What happened?” she rasps. “Were you so dumb you ‘They gave the discharged em- 7 Fifly quid averages out to |ployes three months’ notice flunked the $64,000 question? ' han ds n- Jand let them continue on the Features Sindicate, Ine.) | more than 5 pounds per co: ne (i htt a an oe NOT RECO=ST A ead Sen 126 Noy 23 DRLETED TT BY befits NS PER POA fi seal, _ Mr. Tolson sz mn wa Mr. Boardma: Mr. Nichols —“2-" ¢} ? ~ Mr. Belmont 1, Harbo Mr. Mohr Mr. Parsons Mr. Rosen Mr. Tamm Mr. Sizoo Mr. Winterrowd Tele. Room Mr. Holloman Miss Gandy wos Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror ——___ Daily Worker —_____ The Worker New Leader Date Ci.) 1%! CB Mee Norn led j919