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...Tyranny. Behind this shifting pattern of unrest were some solid political, economic and social facts. Central America, whose tyranny was older than Spanish rule, had been unsettled like the rest of the world by World War II. Before 1939, politically and economically, most of Central America had not yet entered the 20th Century. German and Ladino landowners raised coffee in the highlands, paid their peons as low as 20? a day, shipped much produce to Europe. U.S. fruit companies dominated the coastal jungles, paid peons higher wages but took them away again at company stores...
This week Guatemalans lined up peacefully to vote for Juan José Arevalo, who plans to introduce "enlightened socialism," and his chief opponent, the State Department's friend Adrian Recinos. All Central America watched this pattern of successful revolution...
From Army lecture platform to Standout Hall is a strange transition, but Lt. Hackett is taking it in stride, mixing with all, making numerous friends, and gradually fitting himself into the regular pattern of life. Commenting on this life he says seriously that he is "very well satisfied here at Harvard" and "more than pleased with the way in which I have been received...
Wartime Federal grants to schools and especially to colleges have changed the pattern of U.S. education irrevocably; few hereafter will dare to challenge the right of any U.S. youth to a college education simply because he or his parents cannot afford it. To keep Washington a rich uncle and prevent it from becoming the hard master of U.S. education, Dr. Stoddard recommends that the Federal Government grant to the states $100 to $200 a year for each student between 16 and 20. The annual cost, within a decade: $1,750,000,000. The alternative to such a program, he believes...
Experience gained in the Marianas may well set the pattern for administration of Jap territory occupied in the future. The civil affairs section in Tinian is already planning the next step: private business operated by native businessmen...