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...Supply Priorities & Allocations Board-set up last August as a cure-all for the bickering and delay in the U.S. defense effort-has itself bogged down in a morass of divided authority and red tape...
...beginning (the Lend-Lease Act) and the hoped-for end (a just peace everywhere) are easy to see. The path between lies across a morass. But last week such progress had been made that the State Department allowed word to leak out that both Governments would be ready within 60 days to publish a "Declaration of Intentions...
Never did Navy come as close to payoff humus as did Harvard on these two thrusts. Every time the sailor backs got going, the holes in Harvard's line mysteriously closed and swallowed the ball carrier in a morass of Crimson jerseys. HARVARD-NAVY STATISTICS H N Points Scored 0 0 First Downs 5 12 Net Gain Rushing 71 164 Passes Attempted 11 9 Passes Completed 2 2 Gained by Passes 37 22 Passes Intercepted by 0 2 Gained by Interceptions 0 13 Number of Punts 13 12 Average Punts 37 38 Punt Runbacks 15 36 Number of Penalties...
...trade-pact tariff-lowering policy, which they feel is a sock at their bread-basket. And what steps are being taken against the post-war flames of hate which make any sane treatment of a defeated enemy impossible? Lastly, is there any hope that Congress will knife through political morass and public let-George-do-it-iveness to solve the problem of wartime inflation, and so cushion the eventual shock...
This bit of tomfoolery manages to be engaging and downright funny in spots. Beauteous Miss Carroll's virginal retreats from the ruttish advances of her pursuer are performed in her best peaches & cream manner. But the script seldom rises above its morass of cliches, damp gags, trite situations, and occasional touches of propaganda. Mr. MacMurray's noisome conception of a vigorous American is on:: that most Americans would like to keep tied up in the backyard...