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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...chief aims: 1) to insure a review of international decisions by the world security organization, especially those made under the stress of war; 2) to infuse into the cold, bureaucratic Dumbarton Oaks proposals a measure of justice, i.e., to add to Dumbarton Oaks a Bill of Rights for the world. He already has this satisfaction: his proposals have been accepted by the U.S. delegation and the State Department and will be offered to the convention...
...generalized "international bill of rights," recognizing that a given country's treatment of its nationals is no longer the business solely of that country. Practically, no country would be willing to surrender sovereignty of its nationals to the world organization. But, ten years from now, the signatories might review their minimal bill of rights, their world, their organization. They may find that, working together, they have made enough progress as sovereign nations to undertake still further commitments, as member of an international community...
These pictures of John Benjamin ("J.B.") Powell, onetime editor of the Shanghai China Weekly Review, show him 1) last week at Manhattan's Presbyterian Hospital and 2) when he returned on the Gripsholm after spending the winter of 1942 in a Japanese prison camp (TIME, Sept. 7, 1942). He lost part of both feet from gangrene acquired by squatting for hours on the cold prison floor. Surgeons first tried tiny grafts of skin, later had to resort to large pieces of flesh from Powell's thigh. Since January, wearing two shoes on each foot (cost $212), Powell...
Thanks for your interesting review of Victoria Through the Looking-Glass (TIME, April...
...Better Understanding Sirs: After your fine review of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (TIME, April 2), it may interest your readers to know that the entire proceeds of the American premiere were given to our Society for our rehabilitation program to aid and teach servicemen interested in a career in the graphic arts...