Word: exodus
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a bow to the book of Exodus,* the British Colonial Office said: "While the attention of the whole world has been focused on the alliance of all free peoples for the elimination of the pests of Naziism ... an alliance has been formed for a world war against a pest which in Biblical times paralyzed ancient Egypt...
...whole earth so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees . . . and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field through all the land of Egypt.-Exodus...
...solution and such a system will need University organization and bargaining power. Although this is not in the catalogue of University functions, it should help to make provisions for the belongings of the mass of undergraduates who leave for the armed forces. Many have left already, but the real exodus is a few weeks away. Prompt assumption of authority by the University by organizing a small bureau and making arrangements with a large storage concern would save money and needless confusion for many students...
...rate of about 30 a week to join the armed forces, and the 18-19 draft and Enlisted Reserve call are the new factors which will cause the big drain next month. College will have almost twice as many Freshmen and Sophomores as Juniors and Seniors after the Great Exodus...
Just one week ago Secretaries Knox and Stimson sent a telegram to the president of every important corporation in the United States. They pointed out the large number of defense workers who had enlisted in the Army in fear in the draft, and expressed fears that if this exodus continued, it would make a fall-off in production inevitable. On the other hand, close connections between manufactures and Selective Service officials are resulting in the deferment of industrial workers who have no right to be deferred...