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...writing and influence did much to bring about, he was a deputy to the new Republic's first Cortes. At the outbreak of the Franco rebellion last summer, Ortega added his signature to a proclamation of loyalty to the Government. Later, a sick man, he left his war-torn country for neutral France. The essays in his book were all written before the Spanish civil war began, but this historian's-eye-view reveals an even grimmer prospect than appears in current headlines and newsreels...
...passing I wish to say that I saw no other written record of the whole transaction except the fee bill which I enclose. There was no carbon on the pad from which this was torn. I do not say that a record was not made later but I DO say that the whole mess stinks to the high heavens as a petty chiselling graft, taking advantage of men who cannot afford to pay such fines. Not so petty at that if you figure a dozen or so commercial out-of-State travellers per day. This estimate is not high...
...short with well-developed arm and back muscles. He wore a brief pair of shorts, white socks, and low sneakers that were badly torn. He also wore heavy black-horn rimmed glasses which were protected by a little wire and leather mask. He ran up and down the floor working his legs like pistons, with his hands stiffly beating the air at his sides. He carried his head high and his chest was puffed out so that he looked like nothing more than a cocky Mickey Mouse. Or I could have imagined him as Fanny Brice burlesquing the dance...
...American photographers," scathingly continued Der Angriff,"do a good business with pictures of salesgirls whose dresses are being torn from them while they are being transported from, sit-down strikes to police stations. Thousands and thousands of farmers now are tramps and as such permanent guests of American highways. This is the democracy of 20,000,000 unemployed, and those working in the industrial field toil terribly for the same wages as before the dollar value...
...torn slip was found in the apartment...