OPINION: Britain's Bracken

In pre-Munich days, when Winston Churchill was languishing in the political purgatory reserved for those whom the British consider erratic, he had one stanch and steadfast follower—Irish-born, Australian-educated Brendan Bracken, now Britain's able Minister of Information.

Tall, bespectacled Brendan Bracken, whose hair looks like a pinkish bird's nest, last week met some 100 members of the U.S. press in Manhattan, played an adroit game of ask-me-another. Said he:

> "Stalin is very much engaged on his war front. I think he really can't spare time for conferences at the moment. It is foolish to assume, as many people do, that Marshal...

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