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...single vote vote has deadlocked every important question, nipped in the bud all chance of action--that is, until it became apparent that great issues stood no chance of success in that body and ceased to be raised. If a simple majority vote, backed by the threat of an economic boycott, were possible today, England, France, and Italy might act for peace against Nazi aggression through the League; as it is, they are endangering their own prospects of peace, their relations with central European powers, by acting as separate nations in rebuking Hitler, warning him against further action in Austria...
...Varsity Polo Team, playing at West Point, defeated the Army in a listless game 10 to 7, Saturday. Piling up an early lead, the Crimson malletmen were never headed, and the only real Army threat came in the last chukker...
...There was no "curse." Mr. Winlock read every inscription in the tomb, found no threat. Only malediction ever discovered in any Pharaoh's tomb was in that of Amenhotep, threatening despoilers with poverty and ostracism, not death. The curse story started when Howard Carter's pet canary was swallowed by a snake. A poetic native remarked: "The serpent from the crown of the King has eaten the golden bird. Bad luck will follow." That was an inspiration to certain newshawks who were disgruntled because exclusive story rights for the Carnarvon expedition had been given to the London Times...
...epoch of great fear. Fear forces the talented intelligentsia to deny their mother ... to falsify their social origin. . . . Man is becoming suspicious, secretive, disloyal, slovenly, unprincipled. Fear breeds idleness, train delays, interrupted production, general poverty and hunger. No one does anything without orders, without reference to the blackboard, without threat of arrest or deportation...
...good government of America and the dignity of the United States Senate demand the immediate expulsion of Senator Huey Long and his henchman, Overton. His nefarious election practices are a threat to constitutional government. Hope you will take a decisive stand on this issue...