Word: ve
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sirs: I've been waiting years for the chance to be one of the bright lads whose letters inform readers that "TIME erred," so you can understand my elation when I saw the picture in the Aug. 27 issue in which you have Partners Simon and Schuster confused...
...last week broke silence in an interview published in Country Home: "I never liked the Roosevelt type of man. They're too much for show, too quick on the trigger for safety, too cozy with idealistic leadership. The antics of the present Administration are the craziest I've ever seen. As a man who has had to run a business, I'll admit that you have to experiment a little, take a little risk; but I do object to a lot of new thought politicians up in Washington taking wild, unnecessary risks in my name, sending me the bill...
When the news was out, Secretary of the Interior Ickes, an oldtime Republican insurgent, chuckled: "That's fine! I've been hoping ever since 1912 that we'd have political parties divided on real issues. It looks like it's working out that way at last. . . . I'd like to see all the progressives together and all the conservatives together...
Wisecracking wearily along from Tokyo toward Moscow last week. Newsclown Will Rogers paused at Hsinking. the capital of Manchukuo's puppet Emperor to remark:*"This country is so mad at Russia they've broken off the diplomatic relations that never existed...
...shimmering white mansion actors in brown and green hold up white cotton stalks. King Mumbra is now a house servant. The White Mistress tells the story of Moses in Egypt. A rifle sounds. The lights flash back to the cotton field. The chorus sings "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen'' against a mounting counterpoint of cannon roar. "John Brown's Body" alternates with "Dixie." A clash of cymbals brings sudden silence. A Negro Abraham Lincoln reads excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation. From the cotton fields the crouching figures straighten up to sing ''Rise, Shine, Give God the Glory...