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...Washington, ailing Cordell Hull, 80, onetime Secretary of State, presented the Library of Congress with his personal papers, some 33,000 documents covering the years from 1910, when he was a young Congressman from Tennessee...
Because of its long, slim prow, the United States is racier-looking than most ocean liners. Its hull is black, its superstructure dazzling white. Around the spacious sundeck, 24 aluminum life boats (capacity: 3,280) glisten in the sun; above it all stand two gigantic red, white & blue stacks. They are the biggest stacks in the world-not because the engines need them (actually the stacks are crammed with air-conditioning equipment, blowers, etc.), but because only stacks of their proportions would look right on such a giant...
...size, the hull is as sleek as a shark to help her outrun submarines. Fore & aft, her plates, instead of being riveted together in overlaps, like the Queens', are welded end to end, making the hull lighter, smoother and faster. Much of her superstructure is made of aluminum to cut down weight and lessen the ship's roll. In her compact white engine rooms (two separate rooms to lessen the danger from torpedoes in time of war), oil-fired boilers supply high-pressure steam to power the turbines that drive four giant propellers. These generate enough power...
...Navy got what it wanted: a fast ship that can be quickly converted into a troop transport capable of carrying 14,000 men halfway around the world, nonstop. The United States' reinforced decks are strong enough to hold gun platforms; her hull is divided into watertight compartments whose doors can be closed automatically to seal off damage...
...life, however, he at least practiced what he preached. He was an old-fashioned liberal who was never afraid to act. He worked tirelessly in behalf of the poor of Hull House, or crusaded for Sacco and Vanzetti, or thrust himself to the forefront of the fray wherever he spotted a Cause. "As the philosopher has received his problem from the world of action," he once wrote, "so he must return his account there for auditing and liquidation." Last week, John Dewey. long ill in his Manhattan apartment, finally settled his account. At 92, he left the world still growing...