Word: rationalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some Parallels. Mindful of those days, and what followed them-ration books, black markets, hoarding-many a U.S. citizen (considering himself just as patriotic as the next one) was jamming into the nation's department stores and automobile rows as if this time everything would be exactly the same. It wouldn't be. There were some parallels, but also deep contrasts...
...refute from observation. What really happens, at least in Burma: somewhere between an elephant's 70th and 80th years, his big, coconut-size heart becomes as worn-out as his teeth. Too tired to follow the herd any longer, he grazes alone, but finds gathering his daily ration of 600 pounds of fodder a mammoth task. Thin and feverish, he moves down to water during the dry months and stands around keeping cool...
...will now taste more like the fresh; powdered milk and milk fats will be shipped overseas separately, whipped together just before mealtime to seem more like bottled milk; canned bread and poundcake are guaranteed to hold their shape and taste for two years in any climate. The old "K" ration even has a new name-an "assault food packet"-and will be fortified by a new variety of canned meats, besides old familiars: crackers, chocolate, cigarettes, matches and toilet paper...
Silver Lining. In Bexhill, England, Mrs. Elsie Hayward opened a letter,' found her lost ration books-minus the tea and candy coupons-and a religious tract exhorting the reader to give thanks for daily blessings...
...Sheriff Ed Lemkull was playfully roughed up (see cut). Red flags were hung all over the main street and road blocks established. One oldster complained bitterly about standing in line for a permit to buy each glass of beer. "That's the severity of it, Al," explained the ration clerk...