Word: specter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Britain's hobos were haunted this week by the specter of Government planning. A fortnight ago the Berks, Bucks and Oxford Vagrancy Committee was much impressed by a miniature Beveridge Plan for tramps titled: The Rehabilitation of Britain's Hobo Population. Chief points: 1) compulsory medical examination of tramps by qualified specialists, with diplomas in psychological medicine; 2) new hobo training homes and hostels...
...holds that education is not a luxury for those able to afford it, but rather a social necessity for all capable of profiting by it, then the Federal Government, the one instrument equipped to reach all the people, must be partially responsible for assistance. Federal subsidization always raises the specter of Federal control; but it seems likely that if both educators and non-educators agree that Washington should have no voice in educational matters, a satisfactory plan could be evolved. Only this way can educators, students, and public receive fair and equal treatment...
...specter of World War III was conjured up by writer after writer on the atomic bomb, notably John Hersey in the laconic, harrowing Hiroshima; and also by the New Yorker's E. B. White in his earnest tract, The Wild Flag; by Sumner Welles in Where Are We Heading?; by a long series of pro-or anti-Soviet special pleaders. Probably the standout pro-Soviet pleading of the year was Soviet Politics by Williams Professor Frederick L. Schuman. The most widely read (75,000 copies) attack: I Chose Freedom, by disillusioned Soviet functionary Victor Kravchenko...
Broadway saw another Ben Hecht opening last week-a propagandist pageant for free Palestine called A Flag Is Born. It swelled to five the current Hecht attractions in Manhattan: a third play, Swan Song (with co-author MacArthur), and two movies (Notorious and The Specter of the Rose...
Inner Sanctum (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). The Specter of the Rose, an adaptation of the movie, narrated by its author-producer, Ben Hecht...