Word: iddon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Regarding Mr. Alistair Cooke's remarks on British correspondents, and in particular Mr. Don Iddon. I am a Briton by birth and recently spent over two years back in England, where I was appalled at what Mr. Iddon wrote in his columns about the American way of life...
Most Britons are avid readers of newspapers, and on the whole believe what they read. It is such columns as Mr. Iddon's that make Americans misunderstood and disliked overseas, and instead of writing on his behalf, Mr. Cooke would do well to spend a little of his time making America better understood. Mr. Iddon always appeared to be most critical when he was writing from Florida-in the winter of course-for the consumption of the British public, who perhaps had not seen the sun through the fog for several days. His columns were a sickening experience...
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...particularly true in Britain, where Adlai Stevenson has made a tremendous hit. Reports one U.S. correspondent: "The British can't understand how a man who didn't go to Eton could have such facility with words, but they love it." The Daily Mail's Don Iddon called Stevenson "dazzling and delightful," adding: "His manner is more British than American, and this could be a handicap [in the U.S.]. Already his harassed enemies are suggesting that Stevenson has an English accent-a most shameful sin." Reported the Daily Telegraph's Malcolm Muggeridge: "He derives from the tradition...
...Iddon never forgets that the tune Britons like to hear has a Rule, Brittanial theme. For example, after many a laudatory word about U.S. generosity in the Marshall Plan, he once summed up his sentiments in a way to bring cheers from home: "I await the day when we shall be sending bundles for America and floating loans for Washington. That day I shall crow until I am hoarse...