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...Spokesman." Mr. Houghton was summoned from London to the White House (TIME, March 29) to give the President what is sometimes called "the low down" on Europe. Senator Harrison found no fault with that. He called the move "all right . . . well, proper and good." What caused the Senator anguish was an interview which Mr. Houghton gave to the press, in accepted White House fashion. That is, he spoke through a "spokesman," a mythical third person whom the President invokes as his mouthpiece, in order that what the "spokesman" says may be contradicted next day, if necessary...
...your pardon for my tirade against you when, by mistake, I read "Applesauce" at the bottom of a column in TIME, [Feb. 22, RELIGION], when it really was "Applause." Probably the reason for my misreading, other than my old eyes, was that I am so used to reading fault-finding letters that I naturally look for faults. Hereafter I shall bear in mind that I can make mistakes ; and I shall not hunt for yours and be so wroth when I find...
...trusted representative of millions of God-fearing Americans." He is just exactly that! Not accredited perhaps, but none the less so. I, for one, would gladly let him represent me, were I an American, but I'm not even after 35 years residence here. (This is not my fault but my misfortune. I took out first papers, but when I wanted the second I was deterred by certain red tape methods. I have since found out, however, that my information had been given wrongly at a naturalization bureau...
...will not divulge the source of citations. And in most cases it has in its own possession only a general complaint. On these bases it prescribes extra rhetorical training. If the Committee does not know the particular fault of the student, the work is entirely at random. If it does, the work is more to the point, but somewhat out of its proper setting in the student's mind. In no case does he know, except by conjecture, on what occasion, how, and in the opinion of what instructor, he committed his mistakes...
...understand this at all." We do not understand it either. The police have good reason to complain. But better days may come, corruption may breed incoruption and Brockton clear this blot from its shield. In the meantime the Blimp must do its best to correct its fault by a real, clean, good number...