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Washington still thought the people were asleep. Many Government officials, newspaper and radio commentators mistook the strangling confusion of the wartime capital for the confusion of an entire nation. The President worried about "sixth columnists". Speakers at a dinner of the Overseas Writers even suggested seriously that the war could be won by jailing Colonel Robert ("Bertie") McCormick-whose Chicago Tribune's isolationism has become criticism of the war effort...
...people were not asleep. They were not only awake, not only aware, but angry at Washington sleepers who sadly wagged their heads over the "sleep" of the people...
...hair, he said: "I might as well tell you the whole story." He had killed his mother too, he said. Why? He had had a bitter childhood, he wanted her money, his father mistreated her and he wanted to put her out of her pain. After she fell asleep one night, Courtney had dropped chloroform on a wad of cotton which he held over her nose until she died. Said Courtney calmly: "I had an Oedipus complex...
TIME'S Feb. 16 account of what various commentators were saying about the U.S. people (Smug, Slothful, Asleep?) brought an outburst of letters from the people themselves. Many letters-to-TIME have reflected indignation over such issues as the Roberts report on Pearl Harbor, the retirement applications of Admiral Kimmel and General Short, the Lafayette (ex-Normandie) fire, pensions for Congressmen, Mrs. Roosevelt and OCD. But the latest batch -more than 100 of them- went much deeper. Some excerpts...
...over half of the first period, Harvard seemed almost asleep on the court as its offensive drive ran in neutral gear. Little effort was made to work the ball in or to follow up shots off the opponents' backboard...