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...fluently English-speaking Admiral Darlan reviewed the British Reserve Fleet at Portland with King George. After Dunkirk, King George gave Darlan a special decoration for the evacuation, although Darlan had not been there. But after the Armistice, when he became Vichy's Minister of Marine, Darlan's viewpoint on the British underwent a change...
...have no money for radio time, we have no press to provide its powerful editorial support, or even report our viewpoint fairly. We have no way to present our views to the people, who we believe stand with us, and have a right to be heard...
From a stockholder viewpoint, higher earnings mean little unless the cash is paid out. But shareholders have no kick; dividends are up. The New York Times reported first-quarter payments at $893,749,274, up from $851,901,802 last year. Present stock prices are 45% below 1937's high, although March dividends of $268,584,978 were only 5% under March...
...railways would be in trouble as soon as the Federal Reserve Board production index neared 160; at that level of business activity they would create a first-class mess if they dumped rush orders for 100,000 cars on to overworked steel mills, fabricators and foundries. To Budd this viewpoint was the talk of "astronomical statisticians...
Like Young, Abend reports that in Japan "life is harder, pleasures are fewer, luxuries are banned, clothing is shoddy, food is rationed, amusements are curtailed." Unlike Young, he is unable to laugh at what he finds. Instead he tries to see Japan's case from the viewpoint of a patriotic Japanese. So he does not run the risk of underestimating the Japanese...