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When the man in the street, that much maligned but elusive homunculus, thinks of modern painting--if he thinks of it at all the chances are that one of two names will be uppermost in his mind. Modern art to him is either Dali or Picasso...
...Sendenhorst, correspondents came upon towering, grey-haired Count Clemens von Galen, renowned Catholic Bishop of MUnster and fearless critic of the Nazi regime since its inception. Instantly the prelate made it clear that he was "loyal to the Fatherland," and must therefore consider the Allies as enemies. His uppermost concern was the spread of Communism in Germany. To him all the liberated, wandering slaves were "Russians," plundering German homes. As for the western Allies: "I hope the future will bring a time when we will all be good neighbors. . . . Maybe it will be possible in 65 years...
...tired) and only ask for Brot, Arbeit, Familie (bread, work, family). Close under the surface of their wooden faces is one emotion: deep, somber despair. All of them-old and young, disillusioned and arrogant-have one concern: "What is going to happen to us after the war?" The question uppermost in their minds: ''Will they turn us over to the Russians...
...Inner Circle. Actually, there is not much mystery about what Hopkins does, although there is plenty about how he does it. In the broadest terms, he works on whatever happens to be uppermost in Franklin Roosevelt's mind at the time?usually the most pressing immediate problem before the Administration. The minute such a problem is superseded in importance by another, Hopkins drops it and moves on to the next...
...matter delegates walked warily. Uppermost in every mind was the thought that the previous wartime coalition Government had not survived the postwar election, that Prime Minister Winston Churchill's recent performance on Greece had probably weakened his following. In framing its policy on Greece, Labor tried to steer a tactful middle course between upholding the Coalition Government and disavowing Churchill. Its resolution demanded an agreement with ELAS, not an ultimatum...