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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...civilian Harry Truman wanted for the job was playing hard to get. But Washington expected any day to hear that able John J. McCloy had quit his $30,000,-a-year, tax-free post as president of the World Bank to become U.S. High Commissioner for Germany. General Clay would leave this week, whether or not the appointment was certain. He was anxious to get down to Georgia for some catfish-ing and the comforts of retirement...
Soldier Bradley cut straight to the heart of the whole arms issue. Said he: "Plans for the common defense of the existing free world must provide for the security of Western Europe without abandoning these countries to the terrors of another enemy occupation. Only upon that premise can nations closest to the frontiers be expected to stake their fortunes with ours in the common defense...
Since University Professorships were reserved for men "working on the frontiers of knowledge," Cohn in his new position will be free to collaborate with any individual school or department of the University. The liberal endowment for his post will provide him with ample allowance for assistants and other expenses of study...
...that sort of thing. The last of these, the grand finale, is an inspiring hunk of patriotism. "The Glorious Fourth," it is called, and the program says it is a Proud, Rousing, Heart-Clutching Tableau. It is Dedicated to the People of the United State and to All the Free Peoples of the Earth Who Place Their Faith In the Leadership of the President of Our Country in the Struggle to Maintain Their Way of Life Against the Menacing Hordes of World Aggressors. A nifty little sentiment, that. No circus nowadays is complete without...
Friends, the press launch offers everything. Fine seats, free Hershey bars from Bill Bingham, and a chance to rub elbows with the great infallibles of the sporting pages...