Word: took
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...assaults from within and without the un-American fortress failed to curb the spirits of Dies or J. Parnell Thomas. While Dies took on the brunt of the opposition, Thomas counter-attacked vigorously. His main target was the Administration. In 1939, he urged Wall Street brokers to lobby for their own interests in Washington, against the "radical" and "subversive" groups in the country. For Thomas, those two adjectives were firmly welded together. Later, he said the New Deal was in a "hand-in-glove" conspiracy with he Communist Party, and that "the fifth column in the United States has flourished...
...early 1944, he sought in vain to connect it with the Administration. The PAC was not only legal, but it made things so hot for Dies down in Texas that he decided not to try for another term. Glumly muttering imprecations, he "retired," and his fellow-southerner, John Rankin, took over...
...another phase of boys work, PBH hands out tickets in College sports events. Last Saturday N. Conant Webb '49, the special events director took 81 boys to the Freshman Holy Cross football game at the Stadium and an even large group will probably watch the Dartmouth freshman game next week...
Perfection was still the goal for the Crimson's single wing offense as everybody in sight took part in an hour-long exercise. an encouraging sign in this in this department was some sudden progress in the passing game. Chuck Roche, Jim Noonan, and Jim Kenary were all throwing, and, incidentally, completing nearly eighty percent of their heaves...
...draft is one cause for overcrowding, he added. The College expected to lose several hundred men this year and took more Freshmen, but no one will be drafted until June, and only four have volunteered...