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...Houston from Manhattan's West End Synagogue only three weeks be fore the principles were adopted. But he stood by them. Said he: "If I had written the principles I would have made some changes. I endorse them in the main. . . . Our congregation does not oppose Zion ism. We simply do not participate...
...Inevitably the people of the United States before long are going to have to make up their minds whether they want to gamble their lives and happiness on some Socialistic scheme of state capital ism, entirely theoretical, or whether as free individuals to drive ahead to achieve a still higher living standard. . . . When we reach the end of the war, this country will confront a problem almost as big as preparing for war. If there were the same desire in government as there is out of it to enable capitalism to meet this test there could be more intelligent planning...
...away from Giraud. He decided to switch sides. He approached an influential colonial family with contacts in the De Gaullist camp. A plan was devised. Peyrouton would send a letter of resignation to De Gaulle, who would accept, give Peyrouton an army commission. Later, his good faith and patriot ism established, Peyrouton would be returned to civil office...
Sirs: Your recent discussion of R.A.F. expressions (TIME, March 22) was read here with much interest, especially by our friends in that organization. Americans regret, however, that you omitted reference to one RAF-ism that we take an extremely dim view of: "U.S." as an abbreviation for "unserviceable." We are browned off by it, and hope it will...
...world is getting tired of German-provoked wars," Allport said, and for that reason, a 30 year "government by commission" headed by German as well as by international leaders, could solve the problem of eliminating Nazi-ism and preparing the German people for the time when they will govern themselves and take part, unaggressively, in a world federation...