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...Anglo-American-Soviet Union association ... is based on the firmest of all foundations-common interest. The three countries have the same strong interest in peace, the same interest in securing that no aggressor shall again break the peace...
...Said the New York Herald Tribune: "A fairly brutal sacrifice of American foreign policy to Roosevelt fourth-term politics. Secretary-Hull has the ear of Congress. . . . Mr. Welles has apparently had most of the ideas and the firmest grasp of any one in the State Department over the actual problems of the future...
...little man may not have thought of that line yet, but it is a good one. In recent years the superiority of the New York Yankees has been one of the firmest beliefs in American thought. People had faith in the Yankees as they had faith in their folk lore: Joe DiMaggio's bat was the modern equivalent of Paul Bunyan's axe, Joe McCarthy in the Stadium was like U. S. Grant was Vicksburg. Now the idol has fallen, and millions have become cynical. If the Yankees can lose, what can you believe...
...Firmest prediction of all was made by U.S. rail shippers, whose National Association of Shippers Advisory Boards last week told the railroads how many cars they expect to load in the next three months. The number: 6,054,328 cars, 8.1% more than in 1941's first quarter. This means the greatest ton-mile movement in railroad history. (S.A.B. forecasts have been accurate within less than 1% of actual loadings for the past two years.) Biggest increase over 1941 will be shown by grain loadings, especially in the Northwest (see map). Truck and auto loadings (estimated for January only...
...yesterday's declaration of war against Germany and Italy the united States actively recognized the unity and totality of the Axis war on freedom-loving nations. The Harvard Liberal Union has, since its founding over a year ago, advocated firmest resistance to the enemies of democracy abroad as at home. The Liberal union has faith in democracy and welcomes the ultimate test...