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...skeletons of unforgiven deals, the shadows of shadowy doings. But in Houston, men say: "Well, we'd rather have Houston the way it is today, with all of Jesse's sharp goings-on, than no Jesse and no Houston." Jesse Jones operates now in a higher, brighter sphere. Power is his passion, but now he is equally passionate over the benevolent use of that power. If he drives a hard bargain, as he did last week over Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co., it's in the interest of the Government-which is supposedly all the people...
...Britain's refusal to recognize Russia's sphere of influence in the Baltic that caused the breakdown of Anglo-Franco-Russian talks in 1939, and the subsequent Russo-German Non-Aggression Treaty...
Admiral Sankichi Takahashi, former Commander in Chief of Japan's Combined Fleet: "It will be constructed in several stages. In the first stage, the sphere that Japan demands includes Manchukuo, China, Indo-China, Burma, Straits Settlements, Netherlands Indies, New Caledonia, New Guinea, many islands in the West Pacific, Japan's mandated islands and the Philippines. Australia and the rest of the East Indies can be included later." Hinodé: "When will Japan and America fight...
...plans for taking the Dutch East Indies. British power at Singapore will be unable to stop the advance, because England cannot afford to spread her navy too widely. Any action taken to stop Japan must come from America, and must be based on a sensible policy of strengthening our sphere of influence as far as Hawaii, where we already have a foundation...
...attention focused on lesser domestic affairs. His motto had always been: first things first. Wendell Willkie had cajnpaigned honestly for things Americans had always believed in: liberation of free enterprise from Government controls; relief of profits from tax burdens (especially punitive taxes); and a steady restriction of the sphere of Government activity...