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...mark of the President's own stubborn brand of loyalty that he chose to overlook the damage some of his underlings were causing to the record of his Administration-on which the voters will pass long before the historians get around...
They were the men who had ordered a boycott of the Wage Stabilization Board a fortnight ago when three of their colleagues had been outvoted on a 10% wage-boost formula (TIME, Feb. 26). They were confronted by a stubborn, wrathful Wilson, who had already agreed that Stabilizer Eric Johnston should sign the formula and make ft law. For 2½ hours the men of the U.L.P.C. argued, mostly in billingsgate; a neutral observer described labor's bosses as behaving "like six-year-olds." Chiefly -and raucously-they demanded more say in the whole mobilization program. Particularly, they wanted...
...Laufman suspects that alcohol may have had something to do with Johnny's stubborn survival. She had been drinking heavily. He does not think that the alcohol acted like anti-freeze in an auto radiator, but he believes it may have had some effect...
...months of battle experience, U.S. evaluation of the Chinese enemy has fluctuated widely. At first the Chinese seemed to burst from their Manchurian "sanctuary" like a limitless, indoctrinated, irresistible horde. Gradually they slowed down, passed from advance to a stubborn holding action. Weaknesses became more apparent: deficiencies in air power, tanks and heavy artillery; primitive supply lines, relying in part upon oxcarts and manback; pitiful lack of medical care...
...delegates' lounge at Lake Success, the vote getters were working harder. Delegates and their assistants nervously circled the bar, collaring other delegates, totting up changes in the probable voting lineup. The U.S. was putting on more heat. The British and Indians, fighting a stubborn delaying action, were giving ground. Both Australia and New Zealand came out for the U.S. resolution...