Word: candor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...word of my statement was intended as an attack on Great Britain. . . . I must say, in all candor, that our British allies have become unduly sensitive if an American citizen and Senator cannot discuss the operations and policies of his own government without raising a storm of furor and resentment. . . . Any lasting world peace must have as its keystone a complete understanding between the United States and the British Empire. But this cooperation and understanding cannot be had except upon a basis of equality and frank and fair dealings. . . . Frank discussion will always dissipate the clouds of suspicion...
...Editor Crowther observes: "Transatlantic's hope is that it may help you to base your likes and dislikes on knowledge instead of on ignorance. . . . It is not an attempt to seduce you from your proper loyalties. . . . Will it look at America through rose-tinted spectacles? Certainly not. . . . Friendly candor is to be the keynote...
...Catch is that the Long Island cannot afford to spend such important money to improve a passenger service on which it lost $20 million in the seven years from 1934 through 1940. The Long Island states its case with complete candor. Its open books show that the railroad has avoided bankruptcy only through credits totaling $9.3 million from its rich parent, the Pennsylvania. Thus the promise of Utopian commuter service on the 364-mile Long Island is hedged with two provisos: 1) a 20% fare increase for 55 million commuters, which White recommended; 2) easing of the crushing property taxes...
...record of much of Wings of Destiny would be appalling if it were not for the fact that Londonderry's candor in speaking out about his own work, the attitude of his colleagues and the painful years of unpreparedness shows a courage that, in its different sphere, is like the courage of the airborne fighters...
...World War II. At some time or other Vincent Sheean managed to look in at all of them. He has a unifying sense, derived from his Marxist studies, that all these historic spasms were related forms of a common convulsion, a worldwide social revolution. He writes with vividness and candor of his own life amidst this convulsion...