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Breadwinner. In Tokyo, Gin Hosaka, an unmarried expectant mother, told the court why she had been stealing: to sup port her lover, his wife and his six children...
Under the directive, State Shinto - part religion, part patriotic ritual - was to be stripped of public support and of its "ultra-nationalistic and militaristic" trappings. Henceforth the bare remnants could exist as part of sectarian Shinto, an un-privileged equal among other faiths, sup ported only by voluntary offerings...
...public funds could be used to sup port Shinto shrines or priests. The Emperor could no longer report on public matters to his ancestors in official visits to the shrines. But he and other officials could worship as private individuals. Shinto doctrine would "be deleted from text books...
...world outlook is in several respects today less promising than it seemed after [World War I]. There is none of the confidence now among men that they or their children will never see again another world war, as there was un doubtedly in 1919. It is our duty to sup ply the solid ground from which this hope may arise again - and live." Churchill then supplied the ground: British and U.S. collaboration on every thing, together always, and with Russia if possible (see INTERNATIONAL). Said he, giving President Truman's recent "Twelve Points," of U.S. foreign policy more weight...
Myth Dispelled. Propaganda could no longer conceal the fact that the Commu nist regime had relied for much of its strength on the prospect of Russian sup port. Despite its claims, Yenan controlled not more than a fifth of China and 70,000,000 Chinese. Even that control, in the sense of mass support, had yet to be impartially assessed. Its regular army did not exceed 450,000 men, and they had only 250,000 rifles...