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Old Business. One of the commission's chores would be to sweep up what was left of the last attempt at world organization, the League of Nations. Although eclipsed by the war, the League was still a reality. Forty-four nations were still enrolled as dues-paying members.* The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Midwife to the Millennium | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

*Dues are computed in gold francs, worth 32.8? apiece. In the 1945 budget the United Kingdom was down for the largest contribution: 2,697,825 gold francs.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: Midwife to the Millennium | 7/30/1945 | See Source »

Shipyards are crowded with substantial bond buyers, parents of living and dead veterans, well informed men & women of all walks of life, quiet men & women who work hard and spend from one to four hours a day commuting (for which they receive no pay); people with better jobs waiting, ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 16, 1945 | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

One of the few nettles in the primrose path of James Caesar Petrillo has been the National Music Camp at Interlochen (Mich.), where more than 600 boys & girls study orchestra and composition every summer. Three years ago, swarthy, owl-eyed Musicians' Union Boss Petrillo decided that the ten-to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Nuts to Petrillo | 7/16/1945 | See Source »

Later Gandhi, who for years has been playing political puss in the corner, startled newsmen by announcing that he would not attend the conference. He explained that he would act as adviser but, since he was not a four-anna-party member, he would not be a delegate. Four annas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Puss in the Corner | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

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