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...first world war was the partial suicide for the western nations," Embree declared. "This war is the beginning of a new era," he concluded, in stressing the numerical superiority of the world's colored peoples and the need for better understanding between different racial groups...
Canada's Government had tried to solve its November reinforcements crisis (TIME, Nov. 13 et seq.) by adopting partial conscription: at least 16,000 of the Dominion's 60,000-odd home-defense draftees would be compelled to serve overseas; 5,000 would be sent in December, 5,000 in January, 6,000 in succeeding months. The commitments had been met, General McNaughton now admitted, only because the Government had anticipated substantial desertions, had moved enough troops to ports to "insure embarkation of a full complement of reinforcements." Undeniable was the fact that thousands of Canadian draftees simply...
...coalition was loosely formed. But it recognized two political facts of life: Franklin Roosevelt needed pressure from the left to stay "a little left of center"; and this was presumably the President's last term in office. From their first skirmish and hasty retreat, they claimed a partial victory: a Roosevelt promise to "consult" them next time...
...little hard to understand why the picture falls so flat, with so fine an actor as Mr. Lukas in it, as well as intelligent writing, direction and production. A partial explanation may be the fact that everyone paid too-loving attention to the film's chief virtues, which are nice to look at but are not the substance of good melodrama. The virtues: 1) some wintry Manhattan street scenes; 2) a memorable setting and costuming of the turn of the century; 3) Hedy Lamarr...
...moneys kept in the till for expansion instead of being returned to members - are taxfree. But repeal of Section 101 (12) would not stop co-op growth, because cash rebates to co op members, and "profits" withheld, if allocated proportionately on the books, would still be taxexempt. Partial relief for private business could be achieved by taxing co-op "profits" unless paid out in cash. But big cooperatives could find money for expansion in other ways...