THEIR TEAM SPIRIT IS A BIT LOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100080017-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: November 18, 1959
• Content Type: NSPR

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Their Team. Spirit Is a Bit Low"'
From the Tribune's
Washington bureau
IT ISN'T only oil the
At the U.S...anf WWation
~' ^nry. where they have
T I started putting out a
Polish language counter-
p.irt of the Russian Ian-
,uaze magazine. Amerika,
1',)hsh and Russian trans:
lafors work in the same'
room, but don't speak to
rich other. An outride
f':irty telrg?honed the morn
the other day and asked to
peak to one of the Pblrs.
1 he young lady who an-
swered the phone gave the
caller another telephone
c'tcncion, saying that was
the Polish section. The
caller called the other nunt-
her, the same young lady
enswcred, then called the
wanted Pole to the phone.
PIF IN YOUR EYE: Ag-
riculture Secretary rzra
Bensc i hasn't given his
cabinet teammate, Arthur
I lemming of health, educa-
tion, and welfare. total sup-
p~rt in the cranberry affair.
First Benson fired off an
offer of help to the berry
bamn who had Just de-
manded Flemming's resig-
nation. A day later, the ag-
riculture department cafe-
trria lunch menu featured.
- you guessed It - cran-
berry pie.
DIDN'T SAY WHY: Cu-
rinus about how Ike really
feels about VP Richard M.
Nixon and his chances to
be president? Well, a fe*
days ago, a White House
,Visitor reports, Ike opened
his desk drawer and came
across a match folder that
he'd forgotten about. He pet dislikes is the certli.
showed It to his guest, with date who waits to see what
its label: "Nixon for Presi- the polls say before he-dc-
"It. may be historic some
day."
HONORED SIR: When
AliceHe}Mtr,r the central
Intelligence boss, Went up
to the Capi-
tol to tell
a committee
about Ruc-
nomic pros-
Jacob K. Ja-
NAVY. 1 hailed
him delight-
edly. "1 wouldn't h a ?'e
come here today to hear
anybody but cou." Davits
said enthusiastically: Dul-
les said thank you, and be-
gan reading his report.
After a few minutes Jarils
left the room. ittayed away
until flulles was almost
finished.
. AMONG THOSE ... :
Javits' disappearing act was
lopped. though. by another
public official. At a private
showing of a new Sov.ict
movie figuring in a U.S.-
U.S.S.R. exchange of films.
Epic Johnston, the master
of ceremonies, said: "And
now I would like to Intro-
duce George V. Allen. the III.-
.distinguished director of
the V.S. Information
agency.' Everyone clapped.
except Allen-who wasn't
there.
WE'D BE LIMEYS: Paul
Ziffren, Democratic com-
mitteeman from California,
Is just as sour on. public
opinion polls as Harry S.
ren: "If the founding fa.
thers had followed the
polls In 1776 they would
never have signed the Dee.
laration of Independence."
ART DEPT.s After all
these years, the.Soviet. em
big picture and replaced It -
shchev. Khrushchev, you '
lartibasled the dead Stalin
personality," w h i c h- in-
eluded such trappings as
oversized portraits - like
the picture of Nikita now
hanging in Stalin's place.
HONESTY UNLIMITED:
Rep. Samuel S. Stratton,
(ft. l* Y.) has a chewing
gum manufacturer In his
distrit9. and distrihutec
samples abundantly. A
-little while ago. he sent a
package 'of thw gum to
every member of congress
as a sample of the quality
of the district's production.
One senator returned the
gum with a curt note say-
ing he never accepted any
presents. t