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When the bill came before the Senate, the ban was whittled down to apply only to Japanese. Ten Senators (nine Liberals, one Tory) moved to strike out that offending clause. They battled stoutly but lost. For less important reasons, the Senate sent the bill back to the House. Canadian newspapers denounced the clause ("cowardly device," "very, very Nazi"). Prime Minister Mackenzie King and his Cabinet were on the spot. If they did not move to kill the offending clause, they would be denounced for limiting civil liberties. If they did, they would offend British Columbia voters...
...anciently depressed economy. But informed Chileans agree that amiable, pliant President Rios could have done much more than he has even tried to do to stem the immediate effects of inflation. He has abundant powers, recently augmented by a long-pending economic-control bill. But he has hesitated to offend any loud, well-organized pressure group such as the landowners (Farm Bloc) or the middlemen (Little Business). Should Chile turn out to be another feeding ground for Fascism, part of the blame must rest upon democrats who failed to keep Chile's democracy strong...
...great vice of the BBC is timidity. The BBC is a monopoly, but it is in the opposite position to the traditional monopolist. It cannot defy the public; just because it is fair game for everybody, it cannot afford to offend anyone. . . . The BBC in fact, exhibits all the vices that might be expected from a state-run cultural institution. It should not be blamed; it is doing its best...
Governor Dewey's statement upset many and old-line GOPolitician. (Said Ohio's Senator Robert A. Taft: "That was a fool thing to do.") Leaders close to National Chairman Harrison E. Spangler went ahead with preconference plans to draft a policy which would offend no one. Some observers prophesied that this draft would be the only politically feasible result of Mackinac. But those wise in the ways of politcal campaigns guessed that Dewey was flying the popular beam...
...facts they need to understand the situation they are telling you about (we published only 35 words of Hersey's fine cable on the bombing of Rome, but those 35 words included his all-important verdict that: "What I saw convinced me that the raid could offend no one but the Italian Army...