The attached YANK MAGAZINE piece is a cautionary article which seems like a collaboration between the High-Priestess of Twentieth Century manners,Emily Post, and Sigmund Freud; it concerns one-part social instruction and one-part psychology. The article offers wise words to the Yank readers as how best to behave when being interrogated by Fascist goons; American mothers would have been proud to know that their tax dollars were well-spent advising their progeny to keep in mind manners, manners, manners and always anticipate the direction of the conversation:

“It’s best to call your enemy questioner “Sir” or his rank, if you can figure out what it is. Then when you answer “I’m sorry, sir” to his questions, there isn’t much he can do about it…”


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