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...convention last week which renominated Herbert Lehman for Governor of New York. That nomination was a triumph for Roosevelt rather than Lehman. Lehman, who earnestly wished to retire, was practically bludgeoned into running by fellow Democrats at last summer's National Convention (TIME, July 6). The Democratic high command knew that Franklin Roosevelt's hope of success in his own State was precarious...
...vital fact in the coming election which has been conveniently glossed over for some time by the Republican high command is the question of the personal qualifications of its nominees. Who are the men underneath the medals and ribbons? What are their records? Why are they being presented to the American people as candidates for high office...
...full-page Cleveland Plain Dealer advertisement addressed to the Legion, it roared: "Already the demand has been made in several quarters for pensions for all World War Veterans without regard to length of service, need or disability. We will oppose this demand with every resource at our command. We invite your support in this fight, and urge that your convention declare to the public in unmistakable language where the American Legion stands on this issue...
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Sherston's Progress begins with his treatment in a mental hospital, covers his readmittance to active service when his desire to make a martyr of himself ebbed, his service in Ireland, Palestine, his return to his command in France. A simple, moving book, it has little in common with most War literature in its dry ironic tone, its study of Sassoon's effort to free his mind of doubt and concentrate on the task of making himself a good officer for his men. Written with a matter-of-fact detachment, it occasionally rises to rhetorical heights, as when...