Word: personals
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Here is our position: the 2 oz. per person tea ration is small for some people, and there is talk of its being increased, but we have tea left over; we have sugar to spare, in addition to the extra allowed for jam making; gelatine, cocoa, dried fruit-you can buy as much as you like; and milk-people with children won't buy as much as the Food Ministry want them to have, even at the under-cost price for children...
...previous issues, on the Gallup Poll, which purported to show that late in July two-thirds of the American people favored conscription. I shall not say that the Gallup Poll is meaningless in its results on most questions, although I have yet to see or hear of any person interviewed by a Gallup Poller, but I do assert that the Gallup Poll on conscription on which you rely is meaningless because it is weighted. You fail to point out that the question asked was: "Do you think every able-bodied man 20 years old should be made to serve...
...finally to the Statute of Westminster (1931), the Empire has gradually loosed every hold over Canada - except one. The most recent definition: "The self-governing Dominions are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown." The person of the King is Britain's constant magnet...
...their church bells. In the town of Vizeu a crowd of buzzing parishioners surrounded a truckload of paintings, for two days refused to budge. To get a strong-faced portrait of St. Peter out of São João, the Minister of Education had to go in person, beg its release in the name of the Government...
...efficiency of Georges Mandel, before the fall of France Minister of Colonies under Daladier (and later of Interior), was often characterized as "deadly." Last week, ironically, this deadliness seemed to be catching up with both his person and his work. He was the first on the list of civil trials (see p. 27). And one of France's colonies on which he lavished his efforts was apparently doomed...