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...pattern pieces for the new crazy quilt of U.S. life in wartime...
...Quilting. The world of gossip of 75 years ago, that lies silent, stitched into quilt by hands that long ago lost their taper & silkiness & eyes & face their beauty, & all gone down to dust & silence; & to indifference to all gossip." Says Bernard DeVoto: "We could have used those scenes, if Mark had found a way of using them...
...last week, with one eye on Lewis and the other eye shut, Phil Murray lashed out against the "crazy quilt of OPA," denounced Leon Henderson's 5% raise weasel and the whole attempt to keep wages in hand as "unfair . . . intolerant ... a victory for Hitler." Thus he gave the nation the spectacle of its No. 1 labor leader taking pot shots at a Government program primarily designed to protect labor's own standard of living...
...woman was raped 37 times. Another told how the soldier who was raping her became annoyed with the cries of her child, put a quilt over its head and smothered it. Any woman over ten and under 70 was eligible...
...women who want to help-but who are baffled by the civilian crazy quilt of air-raid wardens, spotters, first-aid workers, American Women's Voluntary Services, Red Cross, and local organizations bent on everything from driving ambu lances to shooting down parachutists-this bill looked like the answer. Day after Mrs. Rogers introduced it, her mailbag bulged enthusiastically. The only kicks came from women over 45, who wanted the age limit raised...