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...Democratic Senator, frequently sharp in his criticism of the Administration's war production, nonetheless put himself on record for Term IV. Said Missouri's able Harry S. Truman (sometimes mentioned for the Vice Presidency) : "The faults [in the Administration's war planning] are insignificant in comparison with the great achievements that have resulted. I think the country realizes that we have wise and experienced leadership. And I am further convinced that this leadership will be continued until the job at hand is completed...
...Burma, when he could get almost no help from the U.S. Besides questions of public policy there were personal differences between T. V. and his two potent sisters, Mme. H. H. Kung and Mme. Chiang Kaishek: Mme. Kung in general represents conservative party politics and T. V. by comparison, the aggressive liberal forces. Mme. Chiang sided with the Kungs...
...Poles. The Polish Government has a wide reputation for being reactionary, antiSemitic, utterly unreasonable in its dealings with other powers. This impression is unfair. By comparison with its predecessors, the Polish Government to day is more liberal than any in Polish history. The majority of its members are by no means Fascist-minded, or even reactionary in the non-Fascist sense. By & large, its officials represent a combination of Polish conservative and liberal forces, stanchly combined to preserve a strong and independent Poland between Germany and Russia...
...figure was 172,822 out of nearly 50,000,000 women: about one woman in every 300. By comparison with this "not-bad" figure...
There was a sufficiency of food and in certain cases, almost an over sufficiency of liquid refreshment. I was sincerely surprised at the abundance of talent that sprang up that evening of December 10. It was generally said that in comparison to our Hubert Hufferd that "The Voice" Sinatra is in the bush-leagues. He has not only the proper treble and volumes, but our boy has ENDURANCE. There are very few people who can stand at the "mike" and sing for a period of an hour or so without stopping for a breath...