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...determined by the committee, the official policy of the peace strike will be "no convoys, no A.E.F." with a subordinate plank against racial discrimination in the armed forces, which constitutes almost complete acceptance of the program advanced by the temporary committee...
...three plank petition, summing up in substance yesterday's CRIMSON editorial on the subject, request that "the Student Council raise the allowance for an orchestra for the Jubilee to $1500; that tickets to the Jubilee be reduced at least a dollar in price; and that definite action be taken in an attempt to make arrangements for girls to spend the Jubilee weekend in Straus and Lionel...
...became more deeply involved in his crusade, Muñoz Marin became increasingly ironic about politicians. Once some social service workers asked him about the prevalence of homosexuality in Puerto Rico. "Can't be very popular," snorted the reformer, "or some political party would make it a plank in its platform." Program of the Popular Democratic Party includes abolition of the 1?-a-pound salt tax, the 2% sales tax, tax exemption for homes valued at $1,000 or less, restrictions on mortgage foreclosures, establishment of a social-security commission. Beyond that Muñoz Marin wants a reform...
Last week, in a long, apocalyptic editorial, Colonel McCormick virtually despaired of the U. S. As bitterest gesture of all the Tribune junked its eight-plank "Platform for Illinois and Chicago" (railroad electrification, a lakefront airport, tax cuts, etc.). Replacing it was a single apoplectic plank: Save Our Republic...
Dorothy Thompson walks the plank next Monday for deserting the Republican ship to endorse Roosevelt instead of Willkie last fall...