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Influx of American Living
Evident in British Outlook
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United Press International
London (UFD It was the en
vious Sassius who said of Jul
ius Caesar:
"Upon what meat does this
our Caesar feed that he is
grown so great?"
There are times when the
British seem to feel the same
way about the United States-
perhaps, from their point of
view, with some reason.
First, the bustling giant
from overseas elbowed them
out of the center of the world
stage at the end of the 1914-18
war.
Then, with every passing
year, they have seen the influ
ence of the former colonies
push and thrust into corners
of the globe that used to look
only to Britain.
Most of the British, a civil
ized and tolerant people, rec
ognize this as the same tide of
history which once swept
them to world supremacy and
accept it.
What they find harder to ac
cept, however, is the Ameri
can cultural invasion of the
British homeland.
A letter to a periodical from
a reader once put it perfectly:
Isn t there some . British
way of saying 'hot dog'?
The writer thus plaintively
expressed the irritation so
many of his countrymen feel
at the eager acceptance by the
masses of the American way
of life they see in films and on
television.
Retanimtni
This resentment crops up in
newspapers and magazines. It
runs In cycles. At its mildest
it is apt to be a querulous
complaint about British actors
or actresses using "midatlan
tic accents" or a suggestion
that coal fires (British) are
better than central heating
(American).
At its most severe it can
alarm those Amerilcans who
have not been here long
enough to realize that this
snapping and snarling has no
connection with the basic An
glo-American feeling that the
other is a good fellow to have
around in time of trouble.
"I wish we could stop fall
ing for the American image
quite no wholesale," said the
Sunday Express recently. "It
is enough these days only to
put the word 'American' in
front of anything from a kitch
en to a space ship, a fashion to
a TV serial, a luxury home to
labor relations-for the British
to back out bowing' all the
way."
The newspaper wanted to
know why the British applied
adjectives such as "boyish,
handsome, charming" to Pres
ident Kennedy and "dodder
ing, square, droopy" to Prime
Minister Macmilian.
The newspaper said Brit
ain's most popular TV pro
grams featured an elderly po
liceman, a group of rough and
ready Liverpool cops and an
old junk dealer and his son
"cheating, fiddling, crafty and
dirty."
In contrast, it said, as por
trayed on American television
and in films and musicals,
American men are splendid,
brave, warm, generous and
human. TV lawyers like Sam
Benedict and Perry Mason are
so soft-hearted they some
times turn down fees. TV med
icos like Dr. Ktldare always
cure their patients. TV mar
shals may be sentimental but
they always get their man.
And American TV criminals
even have a streak of honesty.
Although the article did not
mention it, American TV
shows are also among the
Fort Rock Bronze
Marker Stolen
Fort Rock-OIPD-The bronze
marker mounted at the en
trance of Fort Rock Cave
when it became a national
historical landmark last
month has been stolen,
rancher Reuben Long has re
ported. Long, who owns the land
on which the cave is located,
said the marker was pried
loose from a large bolder and
stolen sometime before July
18. It was first reported miss
ing by a Pendleton family.
State police are investigating.
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most popular on British tele
vision.
There was a time earlier
this century and extending to
very few years ago when the
British popular press built up
mis stereotype of an Ameri
can: money - grabbing, loud,
boastful, flashily-dressed.
Cartoonists still tend to de
pict the overseas visitor in a
violent tie, a broad-brimmed
hat and always with a camera
slung over his shoulder.
But much of the bite has
gone out of the characteriza
tion, possibly because there
has been such a tremendous
influx of American tourists
recently that the Britons can
see for themselves that this
type is the exception not the
rule.
British columnists, writing
from the United States, still
tend, however, to emphasize
the odd and off-beat in Amer
ican life, to stress sex and
crime, rowdyism and teen-age
delinquency in preference to
more serious study of the
big friend across the sea.
They give items which may
be true of small groups or
areas, a broad national sweep.
Interspersed with the digs
and the more serious howls
that can follow any political
happening in which Britain
feels it has been slighted (such
as the dropping of Skybolt)
are instances of the underly
ing friendliness.
Mrs. Kennedy - always
"Jackie" in print - is genu
inely liked. The most widely
circulated newspaper in the
country, the Daily Mirror,
made President Kennedy its
1962 man of the-year. '
But this doesn't ever mean
it's closed season on the Unit
ed States.
One of the new hit musicals
in the West End of London is
titled: "An Evening of British
Rubbish."
A member of the company,
John Mahoney, was asked
about the curious name.
"It may be rubbish," he
said, "but at least it's good
British rubbish and not a for
eign import." .
For "foreign" read "Amer
ican."
4-H NEWS
Nuity Nitten Needles
The last meeting of ' the
Nutty Nitten Needles 4-H club
was held July 23 at the home
of the leader Mrs. Varner.
The meeting was held in
the yard and refreshments of
Kool - aid and cookies were
served by Conny Varner.
Miss Jeanne Caddick from
Vancouver, B.C. was a visitor.
We collected food for a
family in our neighborhood
because the father was In the
hospital.
It was decided that we all
collect clothing to be donated
to the county detention home.
This will be a community
project.
We practiced on our contest
for the fair and also worked
on our projects.
Sandra Mayfield,
Reporter.
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OBTAINS ANNULMENT - The Borden twins, Marilyn anrj
Rosalyn, supplied their own caption for this picture: fWhieh
twin had the phony?" as maidenhood regained 200 of its lo"t
Dounds when Marilyn obtained an annulment from Preston
Hamilton, her husband of two days. Hamilton, a sometime
bartender, married Marilyn, it turns out, for capital -gain to
himself. The twins comprise a song and dance act in San
Francisco and Hamilton wanted to be their agent, (UP1)
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