Word: majorities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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They could not speak out, but last week several retired officers did so in a symposium published by the United States News. Gruffest was Major General George Van Horn Moseley, who last September directed a blast at the New Deal when he retired. Last week he wrote: "Much of our present weakness is in the fear and hysteria being engendered among the American people for ... political purpose. ... A nation so scared and so burdened financially is not in a condition to lick anybody. And then, who in hell are we afraid of? With Japan absorbed . . . with the balance of power...
Columnists, correspondents, Congressmen and such military critics as astute Major George Fielding Eliot (The Ramparts We Watch) wanted to know whom and where the U. S. expects to fight with an expanded Army. Just as big a question after the President's press conference last week was whether he was talking politic bosh with "pay-as-you-go," or whether he was about to haul down his trial balloon, restore Messrs. Craig and Leahy to command, and reduce Rearmament from big talk to a small practical matter for Army, Navy and budget...
...There's a big pickup of interest in the game this year," Chester E. Sargent, a major in the field artillery and mentor of both Varsity and Freshman polo, declared yesterday as he sent his men through their third week of drill...
Twenty-eight candidates have reported to the Yardling squad, from which no cut will be made until next year. In the words of Major Sargent, their coach, "eight or ten of the Freshmen have had some polo experience, while three have played quite...
...cold, to remain at home until he feels better. Particularly for those traveling long distances, such infections can easily become serious en route to Cambridge. Students should realize that the responsibility for keeping well rests with them and not with their physicians. If they will cooperate, fewer cases of major sickness will result and the amount of valuable study time lost for Mid-Years can be materially reduced...