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Here you will find that we have partly used your article on General Brereton's airborne army (TIME, Aug. 21). You must excuse us if we have infringed your printing rights and our sending this letter in carbon copy. As you will understand, we have to avoid the imprint of letters of this kind on our typewriter ribbons. Four years of fighting the Gestapo have taught us to be careful. Our press and readers thank you for all the good stuff you have given us, and we would like you to bring this greeting to your readers...
...week's end the Communist ex-ministers beat a tactical retreat, told their followers: "Personal arms must be surrendered. . . . The Resistance must do everything in its power to maintain order . . . avoid any conflict with Allied armies." But 15,000 Belgians with Hammer-&-Sickle flags marched through Brussels streets and continued to shout: "A bas Pierlot!" (Down with Pierlot...
Although he does not consider the present proposal for a world organization and court an ideal solution, Professor Perry recommended its speedy adoption to avoid postwar anarchy and civil wars. This would be an encouraging step, he said, towards a more perfect organization in years to come...
...Patriotic, Avoid Friction." To some, the final insult to Negro pride is the appearance of the European refugee, who is free to vote, eat where he wishes, and attain full citizenship, while the native-born Negro, often of old U.S. stock, must remain a semi outcast...
...towns and villages in which it had never existed before. "Democracy to many," concludes Sterling A. Brown, "seems to be symbolized by this message ... on a bus in South Carolina: 'If the peoples of this country's races do not pull together, Victory is lost. ... Be patriotic. Avoid friction. White passengers will be seated from front to rear; colored passengers from rear to front...