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...Roosevelt proposal was made in his message vetoing the Smith-Connally anti-strike bill, later passed over his veto. The Roosevelt language: "I recommend that the Selective Service Act be amended so that persons may be inducted into noncombat military service up to the age of 65 years. This will enable us to induct into military service all persons who engage in strikes or Stoppages or other interruptions of work in plants in possession of the United States...
...regents had asked a faculty committee to recommend a suitable president. Six of the faculty choices had turned down the job; the other six, said the regents, were "charming and accomplished gentlemen [but lacked] Southern or Southwestern background...
When Mo brought back the news of Chang's interest in history, Chiang was delighted. He asked Mo to find a famous scholar who would instruct the Young Marshal and recommend more books. Mo complied. Now Chang is reading The Modern History of China, History of Indo-China, History of Manchuria, and (as a reminder that even the most vigorous dynasties must have an end) The Sad Tales of the End of the Ming Dynasty...
Only a miracle comparable to the parting of the Red Sea or the revelation of the Koran could have made the Anglo-American Committee's report on Palestine (TIME, May 6) entirely palatable to Arabs, Jews and the British Empire. By refusing to recommend either an Arab or a Jewish Palestine, by supporting neither totally restricted nor totally unrestricted Jewish immigration, by hewing to the line of compromise through 40,000 considered words, the Committee found itself in a no man's land between uncompromising factions...
...next question is how to achieve the necessary state of relaxation . . . positions in bed, as all psychiatrists know, are related to character types, and most criminals lie on their stomachs. . . . The position of the hands and arms must not be neglected, and I recommend to those who have not tried it a loose embrace of the pillow, which may also be bitten and chewed from time to time...