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Like its U.S. counterpart, the C.I.O., the Canadian Congress of Labor organized a political action committee.* Last week, delegates to the annual C.C.L. convention found themselves neck-deep in politics. C.C.L.'s Quebec director, the convention's nominal host, was soon fed up with all the lobbying and argument. Said he: "When we invited you to come and have a convention in the city of Quebec, we had a labor convention in view. . . . This . . . has developed into a political convention...
...classes, hear French spoken daily, enjoy a vacation while learning. The Quebec and Ontario departments of education now send their language teachers to Trois Pistoles. The townspeople offer prizes and scholarships. The Carnegie Corporation of New York underwrites some students' expenses. Next step planned is an English-speaking counterpart of Trois Pistoles somewhere in Ontario...
...late, Kluge, blinded by lack of air power, had learned what he was up against. In full daylight retreat, spread out on the roads, his troops had been chopped, torn, disorganized by an air assault that had no counterpart in all warfare...
After the capture of Rome the 100th was joined by its recently trained counterpart, the 442nd Combat Team, also Japanese-Americans. Both units are exceptionally popular in the Fifth Army, have a wonderful knack for organizing little comforts, cooking up tasty un-Army dishes...
MacCallister is pictured as a modern Huck Finn who doesn't take much to schoolin' but who likes horses. After being humiliated by his Shirley Temple counterpart, he proves his worth as a trotting jockey and wins cups, laurels, and a kiss...