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...universal appeal to all men. They serve to arouse sympathy for one's fellow man, and also emphasize . . . that the fundamental virtues of charity and love of neighbor ... in this spiritually rudderless era still are a more powerful influence for world peace and unity than the strictly negative Hoover Plan or a revitalized Fortress Europe, or an all-out atom bomb attack on the hydra-headed monster of Communism...
Prof. Donald C. McKay (government)--"If we can have only one law the country will obviously be prey to inflation and paralysis, the Soviets will feel free to carry out the Hoover Plan, and we might as well look sharply each one to his own special interests...
...Fortress Illusion. "It is the idea," said Dewey, with unspoken but unmistakable reference to Herbert Hoover, "that fortress America could survive alone." Said Dewey flatly: "It could not . . . fortress America is an illusion." The fall of Europe would mean Russian domination over Africa and Asia. Essential raw materials of munitions-chromite, manganese, bauxite, uranium-come from the mines of Africa and Asia. Without them, "our industry would grind to a halt." U.S. troops to Europe are a matter of "necessity for our self-preservation...
...before sending troops, 2) make certain that the other NATO countries are doing their share, 3) give Congress periodic reports on how things are going. This week there was not much left for Connally to do but hear Robert Taft ("the American people are being deliberately misled") and Herbert Hoover. Next step: the committees will smother the Wherry resolution and substitute Connally...
...where he is serving a two-year rap for bookmaking). But the committee pulled in Underworld Big Shot Meyer Lansky, Gamblers Gerard Catena and James ("Niggy") Rutkin, who entered the hearings protesting: "I'm small peanuts. Why don't these Hollywood investigators retire and get J. Edgar Hoover up here? He'll tell them all they want to know in two days." The committee also called two of O'Dwyer's intimate friends...