Exodus '48

"English cooking at its best is probably as good as any on earth. At its worst it drives men to murder and suicide . . . You were warned that the whole country is screwy. So what are you hollering about?"

Thus in London's Sunday Express last week, Columnist Nat Gubbins good-naturedly warned U.S. tourists in Britain. But U.S. trippers did not scare easily. Two months ago political worries had led some to cancel trips to Europe, but the defeat of Italy's Communists had queued them up in longer lines than ever. Last...

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