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...Would Fight!" As debate on the White Paper opened in the House of Commons this week, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain digressed to rebuke all who think he is not for the League of Nations (see p. 17), then explained that Britain is "spending till it hurts" to build up "almost terrifying power." This "will not be used for aggression" he promised, will have "a sobering effect on world public opinion." Until the United Kingdom is secure, the Dominions, he hinted, could fend for themselves, be rescued later...
...Chamberlain: "The Government is satisfied we are making the best use of our resources." He went on to reject Labor proposals that the British munitions industry be taken over by the Government, declared: "That would strike a terrible blow at the industry...
...Chamberlain: "For the preservation of Democracy, which means the preservation of Liberty, I would fight myself, and I am convinced that the people of this country would fight...
...highly-polished desk, to the satisfaction of Britons who always thought the "English gentleman" manners of his predecessor, the late Robert Worth Bingham, somewhat pretentious. Joe Kennedy proceeded to go for a ride on a "rented horse," played golf (see p. 28), shook hands with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain...
...personal ads with a weekly puzzle. The leading national book-review weekly, its eminence was made less impressive by the fact that it was the only one in the field. Although now & then the Saturday Review took a flyer in an extended literary appraisal, with articles by Critic John Chamberlain, H. L. Mencken, Van Wyck Brooks, as a rule its 21,000 readers could expect: ten or twelve pages of reviews each week; a yes & no editorial about the book clubs, best sellers, proletarian novels, modern poetry or some current literary subject; Christopher Morley's The Bowling Green...