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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...admit that Uncle Sam, in the question of the Palestine Partition Plan, put his foot into it and now doesn't know how to get it out, gracefully or otherwise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 8, 1948 | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

...might recall that in that question, as well as in the all-important one about the . veto power, the Cuban delegation was the champion of the opposition. In San Francisco, Ambassador Belt's impassionate appeal, and at Lake Success Professor Dihigo's logical arguments, were crushed under the steamroller tactics of the all-powerful U.S. delegation, with the result that you now regret...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 8, 1948 | 3/8/1948 | See Source »

...stream, ever hopeful that things won't be too bad. If the Committee to Save the Marshall Plan admits that they will accept E.R.P. even without the basic changes, then the reactionaries will inevitably realize that the proposal amendments needn't be taken seriously. Thus it is a question of backing up fundamental aims with conclusive action rather than wishful drifting. Executive Committee Harvard Committee for Wallace

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Mail | 3/4/1948 | See Source »

Cutting sharply through varied and numerous lines of attack to the memorial question, the official Alumni Committee yesterday dealt a vigorous and progressive blow toward an early solution of the problem. That its proposal was unexpected makes it no less valuable; that it is inherently the work of sincere, disinterested persons makes it apparent that it should be judged on its merits and without prejudice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toward a Memorial | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

...recommendation for an "auditorium" to be added to Memorial Hall is perhaps the touches part of yesterday's announcement. The location is fine for a theater, and the proximity to Sanders may be valuable for rehearsal arrangements. The big question is whether an adequate new theater can be built, along with the other two parts of the plan, within the $750,000 limit fixed by the Committee. To skimp the theater would be inexcusable. It should be a theater, not an auditorium--a theater with at least 1500 seats, adequate dressing rooms, a modern stage, and a projection booth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Toward a Memorial | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

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