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Four of the 16 patients are Negroes, and nine of the twelve white soldiers hail from the South. There has not been one instance of racial friction since I have been here. We play cards together, borrow each other's books and stationery, bum each other's cigarets...
...anyone can see who knows or cares anything about the seriousness of the subject, the makers of the film have not included any of the dynamite implicit in a truly forthright treatment of the subject. There is no mention of segregation, of friction between Negro soldiers and white soldiers and civilians. But Carlton Moss, a Negro who wrote the film's script, was overall adviser for the production and acted in it, assured white friends who were discouraged by its mildness that the picture would mean more to Negroes than most white men could imagine...
Last week, throughout the historic period of grinding friction between the President and Congress, the U.S. knew only that the President was "out of the city." He often rests for days at a time at Hyde Park. He may or may not have been there last week. For much of the time the U.S. doesn't know where the President...
East of Greece General Wilson must keep an eye on the uneasy neutrality of Turkey. Below there lies the tinderbox Levant and the peninsula of Arabia. In Palestine Jews and Arabs live in a state of ancient and dangerous friction. Farther east, at the separate British command for Iran and Iraq, Wilson's territory touches directly the problem of Russian influence in the north Persian area where Russian power is a historical threat to India...
Moscow censors permitted a Reuters correspondent to spell out one reason for the recent friction between Russia and her allies. The cabled reason: "Widespread belief among Russians that the date of the second front has been postponed...