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Modest Mr. Lovett would rather have the credit go to such professional airmen as Major General Henry H. Arnold (Deputy Chief of Staff), Lieut. General Delos Emmons (commander of the General Headquarters Air Force, who has long fought for more bomber-power) and Major General George H. Brett (Chief of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIR: New Man | 6/9/1941 | See Source »

Foresighted Bishop Sheil founded the first Catholic Youth Organization in 1930, has since seen it become the official organization for all 7,000,000 U. S. Catholic children. The I. A. F., he hopes, will allow all religious groups to join hands in social planning for their communities. Eventually he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Prelate's Plan | 9/2/1940 | See Source »

Mr. Roosevelt has many qualifications even for that stupendous job. Much has happened since he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy in World War I, when he first emerged as a farsighted, clearheaded, efficient public servant. Franklin Roosevelt laid up war materials for two years, preparing the Navy so thoroughly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Prelude to History | 6/10/1940 | See Source »

By last week, having moved its universities 1,000 to 2,000 miles, beyond reach of Japanese guns, China had virtually completed its great trek. In Chungking, where Nankai University's foresighted Chancellor Chang Poling had started to build several years before the Japanese invasion, were fully equipped, new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Civilization's Retreat | 5/27/1940 | See Source »

"In the Name of God, Go!" From the moment he got up to speak it was plain that self-righteous old Neville Chamberlain had lost his confidence. Taking heart from his nervousness, his opponents, in & out of the Conservative Party, punctuated his every sentence with boos, catcalls, cries of "You...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Warlord for Peacemaker | 5/20/1940 | See Source »

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