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November 26. The objections to temporizing prevailed; Franklin Roosevelt abandoned his plan for retreat. Secretary Hull handed the Japs a ten-point counterproposal to the Nov. 20 ultimatum. The negotiations, as events eleven days later proved, were over. On Nov. 30 Churchill again urged the President by cable to warn the Japs that any further aggression would "lead immediately to the gravest consequences"; instead, Franklin Roosevelt sent his now-famous personal appeal to Emperor Hirohito...
...that there may be no further nonsense, MacArthur followed up with a tough ten-point code for the press. In effect, it ordered the Japs to tell the truth, at the same time tell no truth that would hurt the U.S. Some rules...
...Republican members of the House of Representatives last week unveiled a ' surprise Republican platform for the campaign of 1942. For the first time in several months the press found itself praising a statesmanlike stand by the G.O.P. Said the ten-point manifesto approved by a caucus of 115 G.O.P. representatives...
Over and above this sparsity of ten-point men, the local injury list has cut deeply into the team's most vulnerable spots. Dashman Charlie Smith is still out indefinitely and Don McCaul, one of Mikkola's most dependable two-milers, must also remain on the sidelines...
...Philadelphia Saturday night, it was a different story. Here the Crimson jumped into the lead at the outset and never gave it up, winning eventually by a ten-point margin, 44-34. Buckley stole the show, sinking the ball from all angles to rack up eight field goals in the first half, one in the second and two free throws for a twenty point total...