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...British socialism, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, who were warbling their Fabian lays over the bleaching bones of Karl Marx. At Oxford, Laski joined the Fabian Society, campaigned for woman suffrage, was a brilliant student in his spare time. When World War I came, Laski disapproved, but tried to enlist. He was turned down because of a weak heart. He went to lecture at Canada's venerable McGill University, there got himself thoroughly disliked for attacking War Prime Minister Lloyd George...
...Whether or not Russia declares war against Japan, Stalin certainly intends to share in the spoils of victory. For this purpose he tries to enlist . . . Japanese forces which can be set in motion at the propitious moment. . . . The Free Japan movement officially dates back to February, 1944, when a report from Yenan [capital of the Chinese provinces under the Communists] announced the arrival of the member of the Central Committee of the Japanese Communist Party, Susuku Okano...
...conditions are still in force: applicants must be between 18 and 45, must enlist for a minimum period of 18 months, will be subject to AFS orders and British Army regulations, and must pay most expenses (excepting transportation from point of embarkation, food and quarters while overseas, and return transportation) themselves. More complete information is available at Newbury Street, Boston...
...order to stimulate greater student participation in blood donations to the Red Cross, the war services committees in both Adams and Lowell House are conducting door-to-door drives. A keen rivalry is brewing to determine the greater contributor. In Eliot House a drive to enlist Navy blood donations will begin sometime this week, although strict physical requirements have been set up by the Navy doctors...
...year olds, there is still opportunity to enlist as an apprentice season or as a Marine Corps private. The leather necks have the toughest physics requirements of the Service as well a the toughest conditions of service. "But added Perkins, "I never saw a Marine who was not glad to be a Marine...