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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Many of you were moved by the story (TIME, Feb. 16) of Ye Yun Ho, ardent young graduate of Korea's Presbyterian Theological Seminary, to send in contributions (or ask where they could be sent) to help him build his church for the scavengers living off of the city dump at the outskirts of Seoul. Recently, TIME Inc.'s Tokyo bureau chief, Carl Mydans, visited Presbyterian Ye and airmailed the photographs and the account of him below...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, May 24, 1948 | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...comply, apparently determined to make it clear that they would not give in until they were forced. Groups of grim men raced between Government buildings. Newsmen cornered Grand Chief Engineer Alvanley Johnston and demanded to know whether he would call off the strike if enjoined. Snapped Johnston: "Why ask such a damn silly question after what happened to John Lewis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Unendurable | 5/17/1948 | See Source »

Action on an FEPC law came when the Council approved a report by the Committee on Minority Problems, led by Ernest M. Howell '47. The statement announced that the Committee will ask the regional National Student Organization to back legislation similar to that now operating in New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Requests NSA Backing of FEPC Law | 5/11/1948 | See Source »

...Council voted to support the prohibition of women in the new undergraduate library when it approved the report of a delegation which interviewed University Library director Keyes DeW. Metcalf. The group had been instructed to ask a lifting of Metcalf's announced ban, but told the Council that it had been convinced that the physical plans for the Library would not easily accommodate women...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Requests NSA Backing of FEPC Law | 5/11/1948 | See Source »

...outrageously unexpected and the shaggy dog joke. In the middle of a recording, a voice may suddenly announce: "I've got cole slaw in all my pockets. I'm cold." Sometimes Hawthorne heckles his lovesick records. "What are you in the mood for, honey?" he will ask during the opening bars of a song. "I'm in the mood for love," the record croons back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Peachy-Keen | 5/10/1948 | See Source »

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