GOING THE ROUNDS

Evening Star, Issue 25956, 22 November 1946, Page 7

GOING THE ROUNDS

TWO GOOD STORIES FROM LONDON (From E. G. Webber, N.Z.P.A. Spl. Cor.) (Rec. 11.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 21. The Prime Minister’s statement in the House of Commons upon German plans for the invasion of Britain in 1941 recalled to one of Mr Attlee’s fellow members of Cabinet a story about Viscount Halifax, who was Foreign Secretary during this critical period of Britain’s history. “ I called one day at the Foreign Office to see Lord Halifax,” he told a delighted gathering. “He asked me whether I had heard ‘ ai! this talk about an invasion.’ I said I had, whereupon he remarked: ‘ It would be a bit of a bore, wouldn’t it? ’ ” Another good story going the rounds concerns the distinguished British biologist and writer, Dr Julian Huxley, who was introduced to a woman at a party as “from Unesco.” “How wonderful,” she said, “ I’ve always wanted to meet someone from that gallant little country and to say how much I admired the too wonderful resistance you put up.”