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Genuine liberals owe the New Leader a note of thanks for printing the letter of Greenberg which the Nation tried to suppress...
...miles from Richmond when a strong force led by General Robert E. Lee caused him to retreat from his ill-starred Peninsular Campaign. Bitter because he had not been given reinforcements, McClellan telegraphed Secretary of War Stanton: IF I SAVE THIS ARMY NOW, I TELL YOU PLAINLY THAT I OWE NO THANKS TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON IN WASHINGTON. YOU HAVE DONE YOUR BEST TO SACRIFICE THIS ARMY. McClellan Was Soon openly antagonistic toward President Lincoln and his Administration and his criticisms became a major scandal. Lincoln removed McClellan from command in November 1862, after McClellan failed...
...clock and the opposition began with Representative Putnam. He complained that there were no copies of the bill, saying "I don't know whether I'm for or against this bill; I haven't seen it." Representative Donlan shouted that the Committee had been unfairly accused. "I think you owe this Committee an apology...
Nostalgic Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch, 80, class of 1884, turned up for the diamond jubilee exercises of Manhattan's Public School 69. For his free pencils, books and early education, said the Old Grad, "I owe an obligation to the City of New York, and I hope to repay it . . . Teachers, lay and religious, do the most for the community, and are the least recognized and the least paid...
Secondly, there is a clause in the Senate bill which lets the Chief Executive defer 75,000 men for the next few years (until 1954) as the Defense Departments have requested. These men will begin their advanced education after finishing a four months "training period," and will owe the other 20 months of "service" which they can make up after their education. But the House bill does not even have this provision. Vinson would rather leave determination of deferments up to the military and the president; he does not like writing them into...