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Deported Fritz Kuhn, 52, prewar U.S. Bundesführer, had lost some weight, but still talked as big as ever. Appealing a ten-year rap as a major Nazi offender before a court in Munich, he bellowed that the Bund had been strictly "an American patriotic organization," had used the swastika only because it was "an old American Indian design," had patterned its uniforms after the U.S. National Guard rather than the SS. As to his 1944 meeting with Hitler: "Purely a social call. If I went to England today, I would naturally like to call on King George...
...files of our Committee, running back over a ten-year period, show that the Communists have always found the teaching group the easiest touch of all the professional classes for actual Party zealots and fellow travelers...
...immediately and achieve ultimate repeal of the draft law, YPH will also pursue an independent educational campaign, Gordon stated. This campaign, he claimed, will reflect the Progressive attitude on the "Wall Street" and other aspects of militarization, and include an indictment of President Conant's recent plea for a ten-year military training plan...
...mobility; his work, his vacations, whether or not he travels would all depend on his local unit. The value of weekly training from a military stand-point might well be compared to Boy Scouting; it would be enormously expensive and highly complicated to set up; and, as a ten-year indoctrination program, it is wide open to the attacks of those who fear militarism in the United States. Although the Draft Law of 1948 is unsatisfactory, the alternative which President Conant discusses contains quite as many undesirable aspects...
...Lines eight years ago at a cost of $17,586,478 (of which the Government paid one-third), the America was bought by the Government for $10,853,791 in 1942 for use as a troopship (the West Point), was reconverted at a cost of $6,883,424 and chartered to U.S. Lines in 1946. Last week the company bought the America back for only $7,500,000-25% of it cash and twelve years to pay. Even with these easy terms, the America was obviously no bargain: the commission had to throw in a ten-year operating subsidy before...