Morgenthaus Drenched

As the Leviathan docked at Manhattan last week, pressmen surged up the gangplank and surrounded Mr. Henry Morgenthau Jr., son of the famed War-time U. S. Ambassador to Turkey. With pencils poised they requested intimate news of Henry Morgenthau Sr., now circling the globe and known to be somewhere in the Near East. Would young Mr. Morgenthau vouchsafe a few words anent his distinguished parent? Speedily the pencils began to race as Morgenthau Jr. spoke:

"I might tell you how my father and mother, my wife and myself were nearly drowned in the Gulf of Corinth on Thanksgiving Day. . . .

"The Greek Government, grateful to my father for his work as Chairman of the Greek Refugees' Commission established by the League of Nations, had promised to place a gunboat at our disposal for the crossing from Corinth to Itea. Unfortunately the gunboat would not work and the Greek Government could only supply us with an auxiliary tender 65 feet long. . . .

"Suddenly a tremendous gale swept down upon us and for hours we were buffeted and tossed about, while the Greek captain attempted to put back toward Corinth or one of the neighboring sheltered coves. . . . Eventually we were landed on a lonely stretch of shore, 15 miles from the nearest village. There was not a house or protection of any kind to be had. Rain and hail pelted us for hours. . . . At last one of our party walked to the nearest hamlet where there was a telephone, and an automobile was sent out by the Near East Relief at Corinth. . . .

"We were all drenched to the skin and shivering. Because of my parents' years* we feared what might be the after-effects of such exposure. . . . But they recovered splendidly. . . . At present they are in Egypt, continuing their tour around the world."

* Henry Morgenthau Sr. is 69.