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Executive Order 9346 says that all contracts with the U.S. Government must contain a clause forbidding discrimination against workers because of race, color, creed or national origin. Last month, Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren said the order was merely a "directive." Last week Franklin Roosevelt straightened out all misunderstandings: "I ... wish to make it perfectly clear that these provisions are mandatory...
...House is big enough to contain all its members, nine-tenths of its debates will be conducted in the depressing atmosphere of an almost empty or half-empty chamber. The essence of good House of Commons speaking is a conversational style. . . . There should be on great occasions a sense of crowd and urgency...
...visitors to the China theater saw impressive progress from this most unusual of the war's fighting forces. No war had been won. The Jap still bombed outlying fields. Occasionally he punched at main bases and pocketed his losses. The best the Fourteenth could still do was to contain...
Also announced last night was a publication date of next Friday for the Advocate's Russian issue, long delayed because of financial difficulties, Originally announced as the last Advocate for the duration, this issue is dedicated to Russia and will contain translations of Russian literature since 1917 as well as critisims of Russian drama. A punch planned along the lines of last year's Somerset Maughm affair will be held on October 9 to celebrate the issue...
When one studies . . . LAWSONOMY . . . all problems theoretically concocted in connection with Physics will fade away. . . . "All salads should contain a sprinkling of fresh cut grass. ... To imbibe alcoholic beverages. -. aids and abets the disorgs. ... The head should be ducked into a tub of cold water at least twice a day. . . . When man gets out of the economic rut . he will devote much time to the study of universal laws, and to do this successfully he will have TO GET OFF The Earth...