THE NATIONS: Aftermath

Big & little voices throughout Europe icily reported last week what the failure of the Moscow Conference meant to them:

Said a ragged girl, representing Austria in a Vienna cabaret act: "I am the Cinderella of Europe, doomed to indefinite poverty and slavery because of the jealousy of my four suitors."

In Budapest, members of the Small Holders' Party (known as the Salami Party) were saying: "This will give the Communists time to slice the Salami right down to the end."

Said an old Berlin bricklayer: "Failure of this conference means we'll starve, and there is no need to hold conferences about...

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