Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blowing Up. At week's end a State Department note went to the British. State agreed, in principle, that the U.S. should assume the commitments in Greece. The final decision would be Congress', which must appropriate the funds. But there seemed to be little doubt that Congress would vote them in the end. Senate Republican Boss Bob Taft, for one, did not think $250 million was really very much in a budget of many billions...
Eleanor Roosevelt's note, that stress upon training individual personalities has done away with some of the essential disciplines, and Director Taylor's remark, "When learning becomes drudgery, it usually ceases to be productive," taken together point the way to the fault of schooling today. Attempting to be good teachers and to eliminate drudgery, we have failed to replace it with useful work...
...week ended in Paris on a subdued but distinct note of fear. Albert Petitjean, who runs a small bar off the Champs Elysées, and who is our favorite average citizen, was outwardly unworried when I asked him this morning how he thought things would...
Most nostalgic note in the book: an exchange of letters between Melvin Hall's father and the Winton (automobile) Corporation, circa 1898: "Dear Mr. Winton: I am now in possession of my horseless carriage, which is giving me fine service. There is one feature, however, which disturbs me, and that is the question of repair of . . . puncture...
This sombre note led Bingham to talk about seating problems generally. "We have accomodations for 2,400 spectators in the gymnasium," he said, "but ever since the Cocoanut Grove fire we've been limited to admitting only 1,600 because of the size and number of the exits. This year, only half the stands have been set up for each game...