Word: notes
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Cuban government forbids anybody under military obligation (15 to 2? years of age) to leave the country. Many families there fore have remained in Cuba because they will not leave their young sons behind. There are no military deferments of any kind in Cuba. It is interesting to note those who visited Cuba recently and oppose the draft in their own country readily accept Cuban militarism. It is also interesting to remember Castro's statement that "no man should be forced to bear arms" made in his first public speech...
...another piece, "Romeo and Julie?." Goodby makes up a passage similar to a Shakespearean sonnet and proceeds to give 27 annotated comments on 17 lines of verse. lambasting Shakespeare as well as the Bard's life long devotees. The note on "She [Juliet] speaks, yet she says nothing" is "'This line, more than any other, best exemplifies the Shakespearean style.'-Kittridge...
...your American note about the U.S. Air Force discontinuing its bagpipe band [March 16]: America is supposedly the "melting pot" of nations; so it hardly seems fair to rule out the regalia of one of the most colorful countries of the world. After all, aren't most Americans of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic descent? Is Mrs. Ryan such a thoroughbred American that she can deny this...
This is the area where Middle South makes its strongest case. Unlike many other large companies, Middle South has been careful to take frequent public note of its equal employment duties. In its annual reports, the company sandwiched pictures of black chemists between statements of intent. At the end of 1968, for instance, the report said, "The system companies have engaged in numerous programs to assist the minority races in their service area and to provide employment to all such persons...
...girls I was very close to, and who still keep in touch. Then there were the girls who would come with their study cards, but who never spent much time in my office. And there were those who would just slip their cards under my door with a note saying they would be back at five to pick them...