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Western man-who is he and where did he come from? When did he step out on the stage of human civilization and what -was his performance there? How did the onward roll of history affect his beliefs and actions and how did they, in turn, guide the course of large events...
...they usually care less. But the current Communist-control bill pending before the Senate and House is unique on both counts. The bill, which outlaws all organizations that the courts consider subversive and prohibits other people from renting auditoriums to or otherwise aiding subversives, is one that would affect every Massachusetts college community...
College students, already lost in a swirl of conflicting draft and reserve programs, can take some faint measure of hope from the fact that the Universal Military Training plan which has just been submitted to Congress will almost surely not affect them. But those interested in the nation's struggle to get an adequate Army in a hurry will notice that UMT as proposed to Congress is no solution...
Howard Mumford Jones, professor of English, prophesied that the measure will "deeply affect American literary style," since "people will now give twice as much time to the composition of an epistle which is twice as expensive...
...bill does not affect ordinary first class and air mail rates. However, there will be a graduated 30 percent increase in mailing charges for periodicals, while third class mail, mostly circulars and advertising, will be increased by half a cent...