About Face

...How strange that it is found improper To ship them oil and steel and copper When masks, false-faces and disguises Must be considered richer prizes, Yes, items of strategic worth, By persons who, not prone to mirth, Must don a mask, hand-painted finely, When called upon to smile benignly...

...Richard Armour While it does not oppose Egypt's nationalization move, it considers 'free passage' vital in the Canal...