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...secrets of his success as a local "pol" is the way he appeals to his constitutents. He incites race hatred to get a few votes, or maliciously builds up a fear of some bogey such as communism. On the other hand, many people follow him for what he has done for them. Time after time, he has arranged hospital care for those who couldn't otherwise afford it, and in more cases than not, for victims outside his own district. Many families have received free milk or fruits from him, seldom knowing where it came from...
...Washington, many could doubtless find some time for tutoring. Usually they devote many hours to graduate students, but local draft boards are cooperating to relieve them of that burden. With the prospect of the largest Freshman class in Harvard's history being selected from 2100 applicants, the financial bogey seems to be repelled for the time being. For the students Summer School will mean the same two hours of classes daily, the same hectic last-minute cramming for exams, and surely most undergraduates can take enough hours from bridge or free summer weekends to do tutorial reading...
...British Broadcasting Station," accused the other, the "Workers Challenge Station," of stooging for Cripps. The "Workers' Challenge" boys made a show of defending Cripps-while subtly characterizing him as a revolutionist. Last week the German radio kept turning the screw with this latest twist on the Bolshevist Bogey theme...
...third important bogey is partly dispelled by the pamphlet described above; it is the desperate error of treading on clouds; of planning with a dreamer's misty brain for the sheer delight of planning. In peeling off the layers of what-has-been-done-before they must not forget that history is the best teacher; they must go deep into basic reasons for failure of world organization and economic systems; they must examine the generalized Eight Points and such detailed plans as are put forward in high places; they must examine such statements, too, as the one thrown...
Though it lacks brilliance and intensity, the production has drive, clarity, continuity. Director Webster has made a play of it as well as a classic. Its smoky, night-lighted horrors are good theater, if nothing more. It even gets past such a technical bogey as the three witches by making them keep their distance...