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Belated are the heated protests of loyal Southerners anent the picturing of William Tecumseh ("War . . . is all Hell") Sherman on a U. S. postage stamp (TIME, Feb. 22), for no precedent is the Post Office Department setting...
...many a philatelist can (and probably will) inform you, the violet-brown likeness of the acrid old Unionist who marched through Georgia adorned the 8? stamp of the regular issue throughout the decade 1894-1904. That 40 years back Sherman was thus licked by innumerable Southerners (without poisonous effect) and that his likeness underwent besmirchment at the hands of many a Southern postmaster makes the present sputtering of legislative bodies in South Carolina and Georgia seem pointless indeed...
...Sherman at Mt. Hope...
...such array of talent or of enthusiasm could the President muster on his side. The best he had were Hugo LaFayette Black, Alben Barkley, Sherman Minton, Henry Ashurst, Robert La Follette. From these the level of enthusiasm and ability fell rapidly away. His reliable wheel horses Robinson, Harrison, Byrnes and others were still true, but their attitude indicated that at heart they were no more than lukewarm. Not yet forgotten was the promise of the Democratic platform, made last summer, that if the aims of the New Deal could not be accomplished within the Constitution an amendment would be proposed...
...Monthly staff is made up of John Hay '39, president, Herschel Berman '38, managing editor, George Haskins '36, graduate editor, Jack L. Saltonstall, Jr. '38, business manager, and Alan S. Gelsmer '38, W. Sherman Gifford, Jr. '39, Sanford R. Gifford, Jr. '38, Norman W. Johnson '38, Alexander P. Saxton '40, and Charles M. Sargeant...