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...most frequent comments that one hears concerning the present war is the cliche that 'while we must give England all possible help short of war, if we permit ourselves to be drawn in we shall sacrifice forever the very democracy for which we shall be fighting.' By constant repetition this idea has acquired the force of a truism in many people's minds. However, these are times when it is well to subject even the most obvious assumptions to close scrutiny...
...those who are unfamiliar with the workings of the Avukah, it seems both impractical and ineffectual. This idea is, in fact, false. A large organization, it has chapters at every important college or university with frequent local, regional and national councils. It occupies itself with the problem of bettering the Jewish position all over the world and especially in America. Cooperating with all sorts of committees for the preservation of civil liberties, it works, first of all, to protect the Jew from the dangers of fascism and reaction. It is, of course, a Zionist organization. But this problem...
...Nutritional diseases are widespread. "The lack of protein," says Dr. Lim, "is particularly important. . . . Healing of wounds is slow and infections of all kinds are frequent in the undernourished soldier. The lack of fat ... is responsible for the frequency of hemeralopia [blindness under bright lights]." Beriberi, a disease caused by vitamin B deficiency, is common in Southern China, where the main food is polished rice...
Their duties will be nominal, since the offices in Massachusetts Hall have been taking care of things smoothly during the course of President Conant's frequent visits to Washington in the interests of national defense...
MAIGRET TO THE RESCUE - Georges Simenon - Harcourt, Brace ($2). Another splendid brace of Inspector Maigret stories translated from the French. Frequent dollops of Pernod improve everyone's perceptions...