Impish, earnest Fiorello LaGuardia last week told the Food and Agriculture Organization in Washington (see below) how international cooperation seemed to him:
"I find it extremely difficult to prepare a statement for any international body. You write what you think is a good statement, and then you are told to 'take that out; your public may not like it,' and that goes out. Then you have another point, and you are told, 'Oh, no; the Prince of Monaco is not in agreement with that.' Out it goes."
The end result, mused LaGuardia, were speeches...
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