Word: cline
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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McGeorge Bundy, A.B. Yale '40, of Boston; Ray, S. Cline '39, of Terre Haute, Ind; Hans J. Epstein, Brown University '41, of Providence, R. I.; Richard F. French '37, of Braintree; John C. Greene, South Dakota '38, of Vermillion, S. Dak.; H. Evan Runner, Wheaton College, Wheaton, III. '36, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Carroll M. Williams, University of Richmond '37, of Richmond, Va.; In addition, James G. Miller '37, of Lakewood, O., who has been a Junior Fellow for the past three years, has been re-elected for one year...
Although the English have an income tax of 42 per cent, Cline pointed out, they were complaining that the government should do more for preparation even if it meant a further increase in taxes. The English would not stop fighting even if they were bombed out of London...
...English would like the United States to declare war on Germany for moral support, but what they really want from us, according to Cline, is financial and material aid of the sort we have been recently giving them...
...Cline noticed that the German blockade had not affected the food situation in England and that rationing applied only to sugar, butter, bacon, and ham to prevent a shortage in case of crisis in the future. Plenty of all foods could always be obtained without a ration card in restaurants...
...Cline has received letters from England since his return in June and according to them the English are even more determined than ever. They have apparently adopted themselves to a life at war, and are prepared to continue the fight for some time to come...