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...Anouilh ie most successful in a not unworthy purpose, the addition of a political motive to the traditional religious one for Antigone's acts. Antigone, in the version of Sophocles, was willing to die in order to bury her brother, to save him from the eternal torture which otherwise awaited his shade. In the present interpretation she funds, as the play progresses, other reasons, of equally high principle, why it is essential for her to die rather than compromise...
Bitter Tea. When the Japs at last decided to get on with it, MacArthur rubbed the salt of Bataan into their wounds, insisting they use the word as their planes' radio call. During the halfway halt at Ie Shima, one of the Jap crewmen appeared with a bouquet for "peace and friendship." Not an arm was bent in salute. Gaping G.I.s showed more interest in the booted, fur-hatted Jap pilots than in the stubby little men walking over to the Army Transport Command plane (a C-54 Skymaster) assigned to carry them to Manila...
...this war has so well told the story of the American fighting man as American fighting men wanted it told." Said General Eisenhower: "All of us here have lost one of our best and most understanding friends." The G.I.s he wrote about paid their respects too. On Ie Jima, Corporal Landon Seidler fashioned a handmade wooden casket for him. Soldiers nailed Pyle's dogtags on the top, and buried him on le beside the G.I. dead. For the spot where he had fallen, Corporal Seidler carved a wooden plaque: "At this spot the 77th Infantry Division lost a buddy...
...Senate's Truman Committee called in Kaiser and gave him a Hobson's choice: to reorganize plant management, ie., to take over Brewster production himself, or resign from the board. Reluctantly, Kaiser took over. Said the miracle man glumly: "It's not an alluring prospect to take over what's reputed to be the worst situation in the country...
...secretary was a Japanese agent. A similar check for a high Washington war man had him in a cold sweat last week. Said a terse X & B. report on a man he was about to promote: "This man has held several responsible jobs. His habits are good. But ie is of German extraction and his loyalty is questioned. His closest associates refer to him as 'the Nazi.' " Last week, thanks to D. & B., "the Nazi's" days in Washington were numbered...