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...knew Donald as I, and countless others, know him, he would readily understand the seemingly "incongruous case of hot pants" of which he accused the duck. Personally, I didn't blame Donald a bit for his enthusiasm in regard to the young ladies. EDWARD C. BUHRER Captain, U.S.A.A.F. Newburgh...
Arguing the affirmative position in the question: "Resolved, That the Constitution be amended to permit the passage of treaties by a simple majority in both houses," were Ronald G. Newburgh '46 and Arthur D. Sporn '47. Their opponents were Leonard Zariman and Donald Hackel, Judges for debate included Kurt W. Lessen and William F. Weeks of Lowell House...
...poll. Beside him sat Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, shivering in a lightweight topcoat, his nose and chin blue with cold. The sky was lead-colored, the wind sharp. Franklin Roosevelt coughed occasionally and his eyes watered behind his pince-nez. But at Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls, Kingston and Newburgh, he waved his arm, grinned, bobbed his head vigorously, spoke cheerfully to the street crowds...
...overall news was the defeat of Republican isolationism and the re-elections of Republicans with non-isolationist or liberal record. In New York, to the nation's delight, down went rabid anti-Roosevelt isolationist Hamilton Fish, after 24 years in Congress. His successor: liberal Augustus W. Bennet, 47, Newburgh lawyer. Another surprise was the defeat of the Chicago Tribune's alter ego, isolationist stalwart Stephen A. Day. Against Day and the odds, intelligent, serious Emily Taft Douglas, wife of a Chicago economics professor (now in the Marines) won her first try at big-time politics. Rednecked Marine Colonel...
...Wartime, Yes. Since the spring of 1783, when the idea was first hailed by General Washington at Newburgh, when he advocated a "hardy and well-organized militia," the U.S. has often thought, many times debated and done exactly nothing about peacetime conscription. Unlike most other nations, the U.S. has preferred to forget entirely about war between wars.Considering that in the intervening years the U.S. has come out betterin its wars than most nations, the evidence is not conclusive that thiswas a completely bad idea - in the past...