Word: musts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must be recognized that it is the man himself the commission is actually concerned with, that the associations are only evidentiary,* and that common sense must be exercised in judging their significance . . . The specific purposes for which he [Graham] had these associations were in keeping with American traditions and principles. Moreover, from the entire record it is clear in Dr. Graham's case that such associations have neither impaired his integrity and independence, nor aroused in him the slightest sympathy for Communism or other anti-democratic or subversive doctrines...
...officials were as greatly concerned with "evils of poverty" breeding Communism as they were with the growing strength of Markos' armed bands. From a long-term point of view, they were right, of course. But they were and still are faced with an urgent short-term problem that must be met first. Until the rebellion is quelled there can be no effective reconstruction or economic rehabilitation...
...convention. Such relaxation is the exception rather than the rule in the Indian National Congress. The Congress is not only India's biggest political party (10½ million members), it is also the largest association in the world of people pledged to puritanism (Indian brand). To join, one must give up liquor. If he entertains political ambitions, he must give up wearing anything but khadi (handspun cloth), and content himself with a modest salary. Recently the Congress press has been scandalized by rumors that Indian ambassadors abroad serve liquor at parties...
Last week, Chettiar set out to clean up India's film industry. His new code of film censorship: "No picture shall be passed [by the board of film censors] which lowers the moral standards of those who see it." Films must not contain any drinking scenes or obscene words, nor should gods and goddesses in the ancient Hindu epics go strutting about the screen clad in a light or frivolous manner. Cried one harassed producer: "If all these rules are enforced, 90% of our films [in production] will never reach the screen...
...Order of Lenin" (for outstanding production achievements), his "Medal for Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War," and two other medals. He knows the miner's medal was not given to him without a purpose. Recently, a Pravda editorial warned, "Stalin's solicitude for the miner must be responded to in deed...