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...theoretical atmosphere with repertorial articles that are ample reply to any charges of "hot air" that may be levelled against this post-war forum. The active anti-Nazi cooperation of Czech and Polish students, as well as the fear of Oriental liberals of the native reactionaries who may oppress them when the foreign oppressors leave, is not well known, but certainly worth knowing...
...work and now talks like a fascist. Nazi agents, who immigrated as refugees, help to spread his ideas. Though General Amaro's followers are few, his nuisance value is great. Among rumors floating around Mexico last week was one that backers of Cardenas would persuade him to "oppress" General Amaro, thereby driving him to insurrection. If a "state of unrest" exists at election time, the election can be postponed...
...Vatican City-is being established on an estate one mile long and half a mile wide in the Valley of the Loire." At this Pravda of Moscow jibed: "Two things particularly worry Sikorski: first the absence of a capital city; secondly, the absence of a national minority to oppress. Sikorski is hesitating whether to import the latter or ask local French authorities for the loan of a few peasants to ill treat...
Although the U. S. Constitution guarantees freedom of the press against statutory attack, there is only one Federal law which guarantees it against attack by individuals. This is Title 18, Section 51 of the U. S. Code, directed against persons who "conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution. . . ." Passed in 1870 as a weapon against the KuKluxKlan, Section 51 has since been used occasionally in cases involving intimidation of witnesses or voters, such as last year's Kansas City vote...
...isolationist in foreign affairs, Beard had personal experience of idealistic dabbling in European matters when he served as adviser to the Yugoslavian Government in 1927-28. Serbs appreciated his advice, but continued to oppress Croats, Macedonians, Hungarians. "That cured me," Beard says. He thinks Europe is just a big Balkans, that Americans can never solve Europe's problems. A long-term optimist, Beard believes that Fascism cannot come to the U. S. "Democracy," says he, "is a cause that is never won, but I believe it will never be lost...