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...raised a great stir in 1938, resigned not because he disapproved of the Russo-German Pact, but because bigwig Reds approved it before they could possibly know anything about it. ''The leaders of the Communist Party," wrote Mr. Hicks in the weekly New Republic, "have tried to appear omniscient, and they have succeeded in being ridiculous. They have clutched at straws, juggled sophistries, shut their eyes to facts. . . . They have shown that they are strong in faith-which the future mayor may not justify-and weak invitelligence...
...what would Italy get if she backed up her peace proposal with a threat to go in with Germany and Russia? That a peace proposal was imminent few doubted. That Britain and France would accept it few believed. Britons, believing that its main purpose was to make Britain appear to be guilty of continuing the war, accepted its challenge beforehand. Said Winston Churchill, in a speech on war aims that observers believed made him a real candidate for Prime Minister...
When the University Band performs at the Bates game this afternoon, it will appear in full uniform at the opening game for the first time in many years. Ordinarily the blazers are not worn until later in the season...
...believe in neutrality, i.e., in not entering the war. I believe most Americans feel the same way. I think they are agreed on their determination to keep out. The means of keeping out is the problem. And it would appear that the organizing committee of the American Independence League would do better to take a stand on the means than on an end already desired by most people...
Undismayed by the defeat of Paul Kerins '41 in his race for Brookline School Committee last year, three Harvard students and a member of the coaching staff will toss their hats into the local political ring, when their names appear on the Cambridge City primary ballots on Tuesday, October...