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...worldwide organization of governments: "Seductive murmurs are arising that [patriotism] is now outmoded by some more comprehensive and all-embracing philosophy, that we are provincial and immature or reactionary and stupid when we idealize our own country." General MacArthur called for a return to the simple philosophy of Stephen Decatur. for "it is fine to be called patriots or nationalists...if it means you love your country above all else...
...Decatur, machinists in Rockford, farm machinery workers in Rock Island, railroaders in Moline, miners in West Frankfort, Caterpillar workers in Peoria, tank builders in Alton, the farmers in the drought area, auto dealers, grocers and other merchants across the state . . . The figures of these men and women of Illinois whom I have seen don't lie when they say we are in economic difficulties, and we had better do something about it ... To hear the Republicans' political orators constantly berating those of us who want to look the economic facts in the face as prophets of doom...
...LIEUT. JAMES L. STANLEY of Decatur, Ga.: "He was stood at attention for five hours at a time; confined eight days in a doorless cell less than six feet long; held to the ground by two guards while a third kicked and slapped him; stood at attention 22 hours until he fell, then hit while lying down with the side of a hatchet . . . interrogated for three hours with a spotlight six inches from his face, ordered to confess while a pistol was held at the back of his head; placed under a roof drain all night during a rainstorm; left...
SOME of the magic is going out of the "miracle" synthetic fibers, particularly those which are supposed to resemble wool. Sales of Acrilan are so slow that Chemstrand Corp. has cut output at its new $30 million Decatur (Ala.) plant to 17% of capacity, laid off all but a handful of workers. Du Font's Orion is not selling well either for use in worsted fabrics. Weavers, disillusioned about the extravagant billings of man-made fibers, are cutting their orders...
...Three Decatur, Ill. doctors kept tab on 1,000 consecutive house calls, last week reported their principal conclusion in the A.M.A. Journal: one-fourth of the calls were unnecessary; the patients could just as well have come to the office. On strictly medical grounds, almost two-thirds of the home visits might have been classified as needless, the doctors added, but they took account of "other circumstances": a mother tied down with children and no babysitter; patients who needed emotional reassurance. Two-thirds of all home calls were to treat women...