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...together at the same time?" Two years later, in answer to a War Department call, he volunteered to learn to fly at the Wright Brothers' field in Dayton. Said his disapproving commanding officer: "Young man, I know of no better way for a person to commit suicide!" In that year, 1911, Hap Arnold became one of the first two qualified airplane pilots in the U.S. Army...
...Senate, the answer to one question was supposed to be down in black and white, in the Atlantic Pact. But there was violent disagreement on what the fancy script meant. The question was: "Does the treaty commit us to arm and aid Europe's armies?" (An old question in a new context). Senator Taft, respected for his brains, answered, "Yes." Senator Dulles, respected for his brains, answered, "No." The rest of the Senators, some respected, some not, weren't agreed either, but they voted for the Pact. An arms bill may pass the Senate, but what the original treaty meant...
Last week, as the going got rough in Washington, De Lattre was calm. Said his wife: "He has got very patient since he has gone to Fontainebleau-as patient as when he was in prison." Patiently, the man on a tightrope was waiting for America to commit an act of faith...
...person in the United States," he argued, "need fear our laws against burglary unless he is a burglar or is getting ready to commit burglary. By the same token, no state need fear this treaty unless it is planning an aggressive act or has aggressive designs in its heart...
...University of Chicago's Robert M. Hutchins could see nothing but harm coming from this "cloak-and-stiletto work . . . [It] will not merely mean that many persons will suffer for acts that they did not commit, or for acts that were legal when committed, or for no acts at all. Far worse is the end result, which will be that critics, even of the mildest sort, will be frightened into silence . . ." Loyalty oaths for teachers are utterly useless, said Hutchins, "for teachers who are disloyal will certainly be dishonest; they will not shrink from a little perjury...