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...Malaya, the long-range prospect is even more discouraging. A self-governing Malaya assumes that the people who live there think of Malaya as a nation to which they owe allegiance. At present the Malays (41% of the population) obey their scattered sultans; the Indians (13%) give allegiance to their religious communities, and the Chinese (43%) look to China...
...opposition to the resolution, led by Irving Telling 4G, declared that "veterans should avoid a grasshopper policy. The world does not owe us a living and we must not be completely dependent upon the government," he concluded. Tony Garam, speaking for the resolution claimed, "Congress meant the law to give subsistence, but it is no longer subsistence because of the greatly increased cost of living...
...other hand, the words of General Bradley deserve the greatest recognition. "As Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, I owe a solemn duty to 17,000.000 veterans who fought this country's wars. And yet, I am positive that the huge majority of these veterans will support me in my conviction that I owe an even more compelling duty to all Americans and to the nation in which they live." . . . This attitude might well serve as a basis of thought for leaders all over the world...
Fred: "O yes! Very pleasant while it lasted. I dreamt you paid the ten dollars you owe...
Throughout the country there was a notable increase in strikes unauthorized by union leadership. One wildcat strike completely tied up milk deliveries in London. Looming on the Socialist horizon was the inescapable problem: when the unions' employer is their "own" Government, do union leaders owe first loyalty to the Government or to their membership...