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Camp v. Camp. Many a Friend believes that Philosopher Blanshard has "outrun his Guide" and landed plump in the middle of an "unsoundness." But there is little chance that Quakers will disown him. His views too clearly reflect the peculiar conflicting feelings of Friends toward World War II. Several Quaker families have one son in uniform, another in a C.O. camp. One Philadelphia Meeting has as many young members in one as the other, corresponds with them all. Last spring a Long Island Meeting wrote this facing-both-ways sentiment into its minutes: "We hold in equal respect any member...
...enthusiastic TD men, all this is kid stuff. Except for some new, secret destroyers which the General is trying out for the Army, it is all too slow. Their dream is a 65-m.p.h. gun with practically no heavy protection. If it is fast enough to outrun the tanks, they argue, it will not need the armor anyway. Conversely, slowing a destroyer down with the weight of armor only makes armor necessary. As one of the General's men says: "The idea is if Joe Louis is sitting in the corner with his back turned, you hit him behind...
...machines are of no use," Mumford points out, "if they are run by little men. During the last two generations, in particular, the community has been paralyzed by the fact that our material organizations have outrun our moral and intellectual capacity to make good use of them. In their technical refinement, our machines have often approached perfection; but no similar development has been visible in the education of men. On the contrary: the typical human product of our time, especially among the leaders of our society, is either a paranoid personality, warped by delusions of grandeur and an insatiable lust...
...result of this combination of rising taxes and costs has been an economic phenomenon: for the first time industrial production is going up faster than profits. In other periods of expanding business, profits have outrun production: in 1937's March quarter, when production was 28% over the corresponding period of 1936, profits rose 47%; a 20% production rise in the final quarter of 1933 boosted earnings 900%; even in 1929's first quarter a 14% rise in production lifted profits...
...their slowest ship. Submarines go about eight to ten knots submerged, 16 to 18 on the surface. The Norwegians argue that the British should mount antisubmarine guns and anti-aircraft guns on fast Norwegian ships, let them travel independently as some fast British vessels do now. They could then outrun submerged submarines, outshoot surface ones, and take their chances against air attack. > The British make each ship wait its turn to unload in British ports, regardless of cargo value and ship's speed. The Norwegians want port priorities for fast ships carrying only precious cargo...