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...unfamiliar among the conquered, Chief Cabinet Secretary Wataru Narahashi and his fellow Constitution-makers closely paraphrased U.S. political literature. From the Declaration of Independence: "All people shall be respected as individuals, and their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness shall be . . . the supreme consideration." From the Gettysburg Address: the Government's "authority . . . is derived from the people," its "powers are exercised by representatives of the people," its "benefits are enjoyed by the people." From the Atlantic Charter: "We recognize . . . that all peoples have the right to live in peace, free from fear and want...
...Guffey, who had twice ridden into the Senate on Franklin Roosevelt's vote appeal, now hoped that the state ticket would help carry him through. For a candidate for Governor, the Democrats settled on John Stanley Rice, former Air Forces colonel, a mild, well-to-do Gettysburg apple grower whose political star had never risen higher than the state Senate. For Secretary of Internal Affairs they found Colonel Rice a G.I. running mate: Philadelphia's blind hero Al Schmid, former Marine sergeant...
...Japs in the audience-half of them women, most of them students and office workers-seldom applaud the recital of the Gettysburg Address; they are seldom sure, for that matter, whether Lincoln or Drinkwater wrote it. But afterwards many Japs slip backstage and tell the actors how much they admire the speech. Most Allied civilians who attend the show (the theater is out of bounds for the military) find it so long-winded that they duck out before the end. The only criticism they have voiced is that Lincoln's trousers are much too nattily creased. Accordingly, before...
...Avenue and the honor of marching for all U.S. foot soldiers, living and dead, who had "walked through the mud" of World War II. They had jumped and fought from Casablanca to Berlin. Now, in the biggest U.S. victory parade, they marched as though they heard the bugles of Gettysburg and the Little Big Horn, of San Juan Hill and Château-Thierry, sounding with their bands...
agents found among Japan's "secret war maps" a series depicting the Battle of Gettysburg...