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...party rose at 3:30 a.m., prayed and meditated for 90 minutes, then set out briskly afoot for a native village. There, after resting, Bhave held court. Peasants came to air grievances, bring disputes for arbitration. Bhave followed Gandhi's line. He told the peasants: "If policemen compel you to work without wages, please refuse to do so and tell them I told you so." He would add: "The land is a Mother. Everybody has a right to approach her. Hence, a proper distribution of land should take place. If landlords will donate their lands willingly and with pleasure...
...Henry James, see any play later than Ibsen, hear a note of music after Richard Strauss, or look at any canvas after Renoir ... I hold that when Labor rules the world all elegance will vanish and good manners will be a thing of the past . . . The masses? . . . I should compel them to vote, of course, because of the salutary effect of voting. But I should destroy the votes, not count them...
Edward E. Reynolds, vice president of the university, says Harvard may not be able to afford maid service for dormitorles next year if wage scales continue to go up. This would compel students to make their own beds. If the inflationary spiral isn't checked, it's logical to expect that the university will project this policy into other fields. Once a Harvard man has been taught to make his own bed it's a short step to teach him to vacuum the rugs and sweep the corriders. The result inevitably will be a rush of girls to marry Harvard...
...should first get ready to ward off any possible attack and ... we should boldly proclaim our undeniable objective to be a world at peace. To have peace we should be willing to pay, and declare our intention to pay, any price-even the price of instituting a war to compel cooperation for peace...
...bill would compel Communist groups in the U.S. to proclaim themselves treasonous enterprises of a foreign power (the obvious alternative would be to go underground). It would require registration of the Communist Party and all its members, and of Communist-front organizations and their officers. It would bar Communists from Government jobs, make it a crime for them even to "make application" for passports. Organizations declared to be party-line would have to label their mail "Disseminated by -, a Communist organization." A member of a Communist outfit would be subject to imprisonment and fines if the organization refused to register...