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...Home & Abroad. Both Stalin and Hitler use food to destroy internal opposition, reward accomplishment, punish failure, establish the class distinctions of their "new orders." In Germany the "warrior caste" of the armed forces gets the fattest ration cards, skilled and essential workmen the next. Down at the bottom come prisoners, the insane, the Jews. Ration cards giving the owner right to more food are used to give workmen incentives to seek promotion, to increase their output. Supplies are suddenly cut down (regardless of the amount stored) to scare the population into believing the situation serious, or extra rations are suddenly...
...Anyone can see," he said, "how bitter is the need of Hitler and his gang to cut sea roads between Great Britain and the United States and, having divided these mighty powers, to destroy them one by one. We must regard this Battle of the Atlantic as one of the most momentous ever fought in the annals...
...about 81° F. and the humidity is up in the 80s. This causes rapid decomposition. The natives are extremely poor and can afford only such artificial means for food preservation as may be improvised. . . . Not only nature but numerous insects and animal creatures all combine and strive to destroy all that which is edible...
Substantial objections, however, are raised to the cafeteria plan. It would tend to destroy Mr. Harkness' concept of a "Dinner table education" as the whole meal process would be speeded up with the result that the dining room would lose much of its social character. Trays on the tables, and boys carrying food back and forth would add to the confusion. A new system of ventilation would have to be installed over the food counters lest the dining room smell like the kitchen. Members might well be unwilling to ask their guests to come to the House for a meal...
...arguments against the system carry much weight. Whether the students would be willing to serve themselves for only a slight saving per week lies in the realms of speculation. Such a plan would destroy much of the social aspect of the House life. Of invaluable aid in solving the problem would be a poll of student opinion. The proposal should not be adopted unless there is overwhelming desire for it and unless no other more effective method of economizing can be discovered...