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...Those things one sees in the East, in high circles, in both parties. It's all cheap, cheap, cheap! The sight of these cheap statesmen is certainly painful when one thinks of the terrible need to . . . save this country from the real faults of administration and from a political theory heading us to the rocks...
...great tragedies of World War II: that, having won a victory over an enemy who was certainly common, the victors might not be able to negotiate a common future. The thing which made this tragedy a real danger was the tendency of people at large and even some statesmen to speak in vague, fearful cliches without attempt to find out even what the Russians want...
...Most Germans do not yet believe that they will lose the war. Only among the upper classes is it said that Germany cannot win. Their policy is first, to defend the European fortress strongly enough to convince "sensible" Allied statesmen that "reasonable" terms with Germany would be cheaper than fighting; second, to exploit the fear of Russian Communism as it has never been exploited before. So far, every suggestion that Germany may lose the war has only stiffened the resistance of the German masses...
Morals. South Carolina's statesmen issued a 971-page report alleging sexual irregularities in prisons, the most voluminous publication in the South since Gone With the Wind. Limited to 470 copies, it is already at a premium...
Fulfillment Deferred? But to implement that progress, the need now is not for soldiers but for statesmen. Though the U.S. has the equipment and the experience no other country has, it is still poor in the pivotal bases on which world air transport depends. Those bases belong to U.S. allies -Britain, Russia and China. Unless U.S. statesmen can wangle the rights to their use, the U.S. will be left at the post. That is why airmen say that now is the time to face the situation...