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President Conant declared that in his opinion there will be no war with Russia as he spoke at the Eliot House dinner last night. Lloyd K. Garrison '19, Dean of the Wisconsin Law School, echoed his remarks, calling for "patience and a willingness to cooperate" to untangle the present Russian-U.S. misunderstandings...
...Garrison, long a key figure in the National Labor Relations Board, drew a parallel between the early stages of union organization here and in Britain and the present policy of the Soviet Union...
...usual, the worst news continued to come from Manchuria. During the week the Communists stormed and captured the critical port city of Yingkow. The Reds boasted that the garrison had gone over to their side. In beleaguered Mukden itself, freezing citizens tore down walls and rafters for firewood...
Three hours later, Major Ehrgott swung up on a borrowed horse and rode out of Komotini with 50 cavalrymen. Ehrgott, as the regulations require, was unarmed. His companions carried rifles, Bren guns and Tommy guns. Amazed inhabitants, unaccustomed to night activity by the garrison, hung out of their windows as the troop jostled...
From Cape Horn, where González ran into stormy weekend weather, it is just three days' sail to the Graham Land outpost that the Chileans belligerently call Port Sovereignty. There this week, properly furred and parkaed, González is scheduled to go ashore, inspect the little garrison, and rechristen the base Camp Bernardo O'Higgins (after the hero of Chile's War of Independence). That would be his answer to the British, who this week sent the cruiser Nigeria steaming toward the disputed waters...