Untimely

A radio-script writer permitted himself to get sarcastic the other day when the man in charge of his program called him up & told him that part of a script he had submitted had been censored-the sponsors feared it would be construed as British propaganda. "The sponsor wanted another script. "Well, I tell you," the writer said seething. "Lincoln's Gettysburg address is just about the right length. Why don't you use that?" The radio man thought that over. "Think that would be good for November?" he asked.

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