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Outlining the work of the prisoners, who are playing an important role in the rebuilding of France, Professor Elliott pointed out that they are partially doing the work that might more appropriately be accomplished by French and Belgian civilians. "This lack of maximum utilization of European civilian labor," he added, "is probably the chief weakness in the present setup...
...fashion of trying the suit first in the newspapers, Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge got off a quick statement to bulwark his boss: "The present suit is one of a series . . . to eliminate the effect of cartels on the American economy. . . . The fact that British, French, German, Japanese, Belgian and Italian, as well as American, companies are involved indicates the scope of the alleged conspiracy and the importance of the Government's action...
...been halted by a truce (see below). Elsewhere there were no mass demonstrations, no riots in the streets. No crowds baited the police or shouted threateningly under government windows. What had caused this reckless tranquility? TIME Correspondent Harry Zinder, following the Allied forces as they slowly pushed back the Belgian bulge, reported one reason...
...river at Marcourt were slipping and sliding down the broken wooden girders of the dynamited bridges into the icy water and wading across. In this family there was a girl of ten crying bitterly. She wore a thin red cotton sweater with a thin cotton dress underneath and the Belgian approximation of bobby socks in scuffed shoes. Her mother, wearying under a heavy bundle, spoke sullenly and bitterly when we asked what was wrong. 'Elle a froid. C'est tout. Elle a froid.' ('She's cold. That's all. She's cold...
Voleurs! Assassins! "One bulky elderly Belgian with a cane in his hand was forcibly restrained from smashing it over the heads of two German prisoners by MPs. As they jumped into a British truck to be taken away for interrogation, he cried: 'Voleurs! Assassins!' He told his story determinedly. Three days ago in Marcourt-just across the river-German soldiers rounded up all the young girls and drove them like cows from soldier billet to soldier billet where they were forced to service the troops. One man-the speaker's brother-in-law-hid his two daughters...