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...Tobacco Road," the book, was the "Grapes of Wrath" of the Hoover era. Its coarse characters, crude action, and real-to-life plot made it a sociology text as well as a novel. It was a chunky, earthy portrayal of actual conditions on Georgia tenant farms by a writer whose pen had the realistic flair of Rembrandt's paintbrush. Adapted for the stage in 1933 "Tobacco Road" broke all records for longevity and attendance. Its dialogue was delivered not only with Georgia drawl but also with Georgia poor-white, obscene explicitness. The pathetic humor of the play prodded the social...
...remarked that all shipments will be send in one at a time, and that a group o. local committees will be set up to supervise distribution. Whatever rations the Nazis do manage to capture will be very small, as is shown by the success on the same plan under Hoover in the last...
...General John J. Pershing said on Feb. 16: 'From my own war experience and some knowledge of problems involved, I have every confidence that the salvation of these people can be worked out along the lines proposed by Mr. Hoover, without military loss or benefit to either side.' "The purpose of this Committee is to raise a voice for those millions of helpless among the little nations who have been our lifelong national friends. We believe it is a duty of the American people to interest itself in prevention of such catastrophes...
...Executive Committee: Henry P. Fletcher, Ferric C. Galpin, M. Preston Goodfellow, Herbert Hoover, Richard W. Lawrence, Chauncey Mc-Cormick, Dave Hennen Morris, Maurice Pate, Edgar Rickard, Lewis L. Strauss, W. Hallam Tuck, Allen Wardwell. - Lars Moen, an American chemist who was caught in Belgium by the Blitzkrieg, reported in his recent book Under the Iron Heel (Lippincott; $2.75) that scores of Belgians told him "perhaps the major" share of food sent from the U. S. to Belgium during World War I was diverted to feed the Germans...
...addresses by both members of the Harvard staff and by eminent outsiders. I suggest that these organizations make their position clear to the University authorities. I also recommend the matter to the attention of the Student Council, and urge that they take action as soon as possible. Paul C. Hoover, Advisory Council, Harvard Committee Against Military Intervention...