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What TIME wants is immediate action in the form of a loan to Finland. One feature of Democracy is this very slowness with which official bodies take action. A feature of Fascism is abrupt action on critical matters such as this...
...sending Finland a few millions of dollars ? The forces of the Soviet could hardly be checked by so insignificant...
With reference to your reporting of the weaseling of the President and the Senate in the matter of the loan to Finland, I believe this is the first time I have ever noted a touch of passion in your otherwise even reportorial style. You could not have picked a better occasion to make an exception to the rule. It makes one almost ashamed of his Government. My congratulations...
...week thus took up the problem of Finnish aid, in exactly the same manner and tempo in which the bumbling Senate had passed it, 49-27. The bumbling House Banking & Currency Committee began hearings. As in the Senate, no one seemed to feel that civilization (in the shape of Finland) was approaching the zero-hour. Representatives, who are told almost daily by lobbyists, constituents and each other that civilization is imperiled unless such-&-such a bill passes, went on yawning, grooming their noses, reading the comics. Their equanimity drove editorial writers almost crazy. Even the New York Times, which often...
...Finland, the Russians cracked the Mannerheim Line, took Summa, went for Viipuri, headed into the vulnerable vitals of the little country (see p. 30}. The man who will pay out the money to Finland (if & when), Jesse H. Jones, Federal Loan Administrator, famous poker-player, veiled his ice-cold eyes sleepily, told the House committee: Finland is a good risk...