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...Senate passed the Maloney bill, 44-to-29, setting up an independent Civilian Supply Administration. Donald Nelson had already set up a brand-new civilian supply division, headed by pint-sized Arthur D. Whiteside. On Czar Whiteside in the last fortnight Nelson had lavished new powers and prerogatives, in a desperate attempt to stave off the Senate bill. Result: Czar Whiteside now has the world's most ambiguous job. If the House shares the Senate's conviction that the home front will never get an adequate hearing within WPB, Mr. Whiteside's goose is cooked...
World news takes the spotlight from college, affairs, with a brand-new teletype machine to bring it in, the editors point out. Comics included are Abbican' Slate and Han Hopper. Crossword puzzles are promised...
Finnish sisu-meaning a peculiarly Finnish brand of doggedness, capable of facing down death itself-was at work against the Allies. Last week one element of sisu affecting Finland's war position became crystal clear: Finland's instinctive hate and dread of Russia is the principal barrier to a separate peace with Russia. The presence of German troops in Finland and the fear of German reprisal are secondary to the Finns' conviction that Russia is their implacable enemy...
Steinberg feels that the U.S. has no really good humorous magazine, thinks The New Yorker too high-brow for the whole nation. His own brand of humor appeals to brows of all shapes. Enlisting in the U.S. Navy in January of this year, he received a commission the following month. Today Steinberg is in Washington, waiting to be shipped overseas...
...good conduct and sent back to soldiering, but not with the same units they came from. If pending legislation passes, "graduates" who have been sentenced to the most severe soldier's penalty short of death (dishonorable discharge and loss of citizenship) may have both set aside, start off brand...