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...read what he saw, guide his acts by what he read. And the People watched the President. Of all the great peoples on earth, only they were utterly free to look, listen, judge, speak. Men and women called upon their President to be statesman, peacemaker, warrior. He was none of these. As in no other week since he entered the White House, he was the President of a political democracy, a ruling servant who could safely do no more, go no farther down his chosen road than the people were willing to allow...
...expansion of the regular Army and National Guard; a program to insure a supply of raw and manufactured material to equip and supply land & sea forces of at least 1,000,000 men for a period of not less than one year. It also demanded a Navy second to none, bases at Guam and Wake Islands, an impregnable Panama Canal, an Alaskan National Guard. With no less passion it asked for legislation to outlaw the Communist Party...
Wrens. Another able War I veteran runs the Women's Royal Naval Service ("Wrens"), a unit of 2,000 who work at naval bases as cooks, bookkeepers, cipherers, but none on ships. Their head is Mrs. Laughton Matthews, daughter of Sir John Laughton, the naval historian, and sister of a lieutenant commander on the Royal yacht. A weatherbeaten lady seadog, she was the first woman administrator sent to base in the last war, spent the peace with the girl scouts. Her women wear navy blue (with blue rating marks instead of the Navy's red), get paid...
This fact also indicates that Holles is none too sure of Jack Wilson as the stroke of the 1940 varsity. While Wilson turned in a performance last spring that spoke well for his ability, especially since he only stroked sprint races, he certainly doesn't have the power of the rangy men that make up the rest of the crew...
...ends Ivy Williamson has plenty of material--none of it more than adequate. Joe Zilly, the only letterman, is a tall rangy Junior, especially adept at snaring passes in the old Kelley manner, and may be developed into a first-class end if he can overcome his weakness on the defense. Brownie Brinkley, another Senior, played well early last season but was forced to drop football. Al Bartholemy, a Sophomore, and Tom Lussen, another Senior, better noted for his pole-vaulting prowess, are due for plenty of active service...