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COLUMN OF THE WEEK
James Reston
September 20, 1954
New York Times Troubled by New York's seeming indifference to the world's serious state, James Reston, the distinguished Washington correspondent of the New York Times, last week sought an explanation. He found New Yorkers did care—and very much so
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September 20, 1954

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A.—Never! And he didn't wait to re-taliate, either. He taliated!

Q.—Have you ever heard of "united action"?

A.—Not since Billy Martin went into the Army. There's absolutely nothing united in the Yankee infield around second base, and Stengel puts so many players on the field that they get most of their action running on and off the field.

Q.—What do you think about the problem of the Reds?

A.—I don't care what happens in the National League. Cincinnati has always been a problem anyway.

Q.—I get the impression you're interested in baseball. Don't you ever worry about politics?

A.—Once in a while, but I never seem to get anywhere. The thing I like about baseball is that everybody starts even, and at the end of the day you know who won. Politics—you never know who's ahead.

Q.—Here is Indochina partitioned, the EDC rejected, the Communists running all over Asia, and France in a mess, and you don't care?

A.—Sure I care, but what can I do about a country that partitions Indochina, rejects the EDC and abolishes the female bosom all in six months?

Q.—The President says—

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