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...defense-of-democracy and fear-of-appeasement protest against adjournment that did not ruffle the Prime Minister any more than the Opposition's 195 votes scared him. But when Critic Churchill said: "I have the feeling that things are in a dead balance. . . . The situation in Europe is graver now than it was at this time last year. . . ." the House sat up to take notice...
...jewel-like permanence of color and patience of workmanship in their best pictures-two reasons why collectors short on verve but long on taste have made a safe hobby of Early Flemish masterpieces. The finest U. S. collection of Flemish primitives was formed by a lawyer, the late John Graver Johnson of Philadelphia...
...Administration's social-control tax theories, was permitted to cry a truce on all legislation unsettling to Business. Secretary of War Woodring even made a speech last week in which he deplored "spending and taxing," apologized that spending was necessary "because we are not prepared to face the graver alternative -depression and chaos." By the time Harry Hopkins arose (in a rented tuxedo) at Des Moines to address its Economic Club, the U. S. (and by shortwave, Europe, South America) was attuned to hear a speech of historic New Deal appeasement...
...even graver view was taken by the leader of His Majesty's loyal opposition, Laborite Clement Attlee: "We have witnessed a degeneration of the world, due to failure to deal with economic difficulties created by the [Versailles] Peace Treaties, and by failure to deal with force. . . . This is not the time for Four-Power Pacts and new alliances of Power and Politics. This is the time for a new Peace Conference-an All-in-All Peace Conference to which should be called America and Russia . . . Chamberlain has been duped...
...outset of the Japanese invasion of China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek saw that he had millions of men who might line up the sights of a rifle but only thousands who could read a newspaper. Realizing that China would be in graver need of bright men after than brave men during the war, he requested students to stay in school and college. Consequently, in China's 13 U. S.-aided colleges,* enrollment remained within 1,800 of normal capacity. In the U. S. last week, the National Emergency Committee for Christian Colleges in China announced that an emergency fund...