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...years from 1918 to 1920. Thereafter, it is true, they began to decline and thus to reflect the mood of disillusionment which was abroad at that time. We shall undoubtedly see some waning ardors when the present war is over. Such a reaction is in the order of nature, due simply to human weariness. But it is not probable that the trough of the wave will be as deep as it was the last time. To put it on no other ground, we know that we cannot afford such a lapse," Dean Sperry stated...
...this road, said he, the U.S. in self-interest will do its utmost to cushion the shock of Latin American reconversion, stimulate postwar trade. Said Clayton: "We recognize our responsibility in this field, and we propose to meet it, consistent with bur laws, our public opinion and a due regard for our own economy...
...National Assembly to inaugurate constitutional government will be convened on Nov. 12 this year . . . subject to approval by the Kuomintang Congress which is due to meet...
Liberal Conservative. There was little doubt that OPA's life would be extended, and that the extension would be agreed to with none of the usual brawling. This turnabout is partly due to belated recognition by civilians of the fact that wartime price control is necessary. But it is chiefly a tribute to Chester Bowles, who is often described in Washington, a town of masterminds, as a man of ordinary intellect who knows how to talk to the public and to Congressmen, i.e., other men of ordinary intellect...
...Army had made a true and accurate estimate of what was still needed, even as its troops reached the Rhine at week's end, then the U.S. was due for one more rude shock. The new orders meant that the entire program for war had been underestimated. To make up the deficit, the U.S. was going to have to put up with shortages, forget reconversion for a while, and work as hard as it had before it blithely decided that victory in Europe was already...