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Up from his villa on The Riviera for a visit to Paris, the Ago Khan said that he was still hard at work on his forthcoming memoirs, "which will sweep away all these legends about me." Some of the sweepings: "The richest man in the world is the Nizam of Hyderabad, not me. He is also the most avid miser. He has a swimming pool full of diamonds . . . The story that I bottle my bathtub water and sell it to the faithful is utter rubbish . . . Horses are a passion with me. I have just had the best racing season of my life. In England alone I won -L-93,000."

Columnist Eleanor Roosevelt felt that a recent interview with an FBI agent was worth recording. The agent, she wrote, "tried to be very solemn as he asked me about the loyalty and competence of John Foster Dulles, our future Secretary of State. This agent's behavior was a wonderful feat, keeping a straight face while making such an inquiry. I'm afraid I smiled openly ... I was visited again with questions about another impeccable character. So, I want to reassure any of my friends who think that the FBI is not on the job and is not able to protect us."

In Washington, Georgia's Representative Eugene Cox, chairman of a House committee investigating tax-free foundations, charged that the Rockefeller Foundation had made "a great number of grants" to persons disloyal to the U.S. One of the witnesses, Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, former chancellor of the University of Chicago and now a Ford Foundation associate director, replied: "I am perfectly certain that no major foundation has ever consciously gone into anything that would weaken the American system." He then gave the committee a little lecture on the nature of academic freedom: "Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes, in the nature of the case, different points of view . . . You cannot assume that you are going to have everybody thinking the same way or feeling the same way . . . The hope of eventual development would be gone. More than that, of course, it would be very boring."

Major James Jabara, 29, who earned the title of world's first jet ace when he downed six enemy MIGs during 63 missions in Korea last year, decided life as a Stateside training officer was a little dull. He applied for a return to combat duty to round out the normal Korean tour of 100 missions, because "I just wanna go out and do some more shootin'." Last week, in the comfort of his home at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, the happy warrior posed with his not-so-happy family. The Air Force had granted his request for more combat. His wife, said Jabara, was not enthusiastic, "but she leaves those things up to me."

In Phoenix, Ariz., Winnie Ruth Judd made her sixth escape from the State Hospital for the Insane. The 47-year-old "Tiger Woman," committed after the trunk murder of two women 21 years ago, was found by detectives after a two-day search.

Visitors to the National Gallery in London looked agog at a new mosaic for the vestibule floor designed by Russian-born Artist Boris Anrep. A center piece, called Defiance, showed Winston Churchill wearing his wartime siren suit, giving his V-for-victory sign and defying an Apocalyptic beast. The 14 pictures surrounding it include: for Wonder, Artist Augustus John as Neptune; for Humor, Lady Diana Duff Cooper as Britannia; for Leisure, Poet T. S. Eliot, gazing at the Loch Ness Monster and pondering Einstein's formula; and Cinemactress Loretta Young, the symbol of Compromise, wearing a crown and filling a loving cup with red and white wine.

In the chill of a Washington morning, Mamie Eisenhower rode to the north portico of the White House. On hand to welcome her at the front door was Bess Truman, who finally had to remind photographers that "it's cold out here." She led the future First Lady inside for the beginning of a 90-minute tour of her home-to-be. Among the points of special interest to Mrs. Eisenhower: the renovated third floor, which includes the first White House playroom, a distinct advantage for visiting grandchildren. What was her overall impression? Said Mamie: "Simply delightful." What did they talk about? "All housewives talk the same language."

Dr. Albert Einstein appeared in a Manhattan court as a witness for the plaintiff in a patent infringement suit over a complicated medical camera. After explaining carefully how the camera worked, he turned to the judge: "Is that not so?" Answered the bench: "It's the court's prerogative not to answer--not even a Professor Einstein." Later, during crossexamination, when Einstein said that he would like to change a part of his pre-trial deposition, the judge quipped again: "Would you say that Einstein had made a mistake?" "Yes," said the doctor, "I have made many mistakes in my life, but not in principle."

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