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Pennsylvania Avenue was wet with autumn showers; the tires of the big, shiny sedan sang until it slowed for the turn into the White House drive. As the big machine stopped, with the air of quiet pomp that only official cars achieve, the wind bent trees out across the wide, wet lawns. The burly man in the back seat-Admiral James Otto Richardson, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet-did not appear to notice. He had arrived punctually at 1 o'clock; he got out quickly, and walked into the executive mansion, looking straight ahead...
...Autumn Shower...
Your article,' "Autumn Story," in TIME [Oct. 15] was the best summary of Europe's situation that I have ever had the pleasure to read. It so simply but vividly describes the "trials & tribulations that the people of Europe have endured and will endure even more in the future. The thoughts of the common man & woman are enumerated again & again with clarity. Let us have more of these most interesting articles. After some of the vague, incoherent explanations by some of the world statesmen and experts on such matters, this article is like a cool shower of rain...
...years. . . . The average Norwegian must wait one full year before he can hope to have a new pair of shoes. Stockings are unobtainable. . . . The resistance of Europe is low. Tuberculosis is rife. The very young and the very old especially are beginning to die in droves as the autumn leaves fall...
...Deadlock. But M. le President resisted smothering with characteristic stubbornness. While tactful Mme. de Gaulle served hot grog for journalists waiting outside the villa in the chill autumn weather, her husband talked on & on with party notables...