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Let us be frank. We merely received a bad scare and are going to protect ourselves. When we help Britain and when (not if) we go to war, we will be engaged in the age-old pastime of looking out for our own welfare. And why shouldn't we?
But rather than balm ourselves with tender, inspirational phrases, let's be truthful . . .
R. G. FlTZPATRICK
Stockton, Calif.
Sophisticated Father
Sirs:
Apropos of the story in TIME, March 10, about the diapers of the infant son of the John Roosevelts, there is a story making the rounds that even before that time the President's son knew his onions, when it came to diapers.
The father, so the story goes, went to a store that dealt in infants' haberdashery to buy the necessary articles. After doing up the bundle the young lady clerk said, "The dozen dydees are a dollar, and three cents for the tax."
"But we aren't going to use tacks," said the sophisticated father, "we're going to use safety pins."
RILEY P. MARTIN
Pasadena, Calif.