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...America in a hot spot. "The Man," as the Senator fondly refers to himself, typifies the pro-poll tax bloc. Saturday, their filibuster technique led them into hiding from the Senate to prevent a necessary quorum. That this absurd burlesque of American government was soon righted with a warrant for their arrest in no way diminishes the Axis delight and Allied dismay it must have inspired. The United States, home of democracy, fighting a war in which democracy struggles to survive, can't function because of a small minority group...
...rumor, "The Magnificent Dope" was originally titled "The Magnificent Jerk." It doesn't make much difference, no matter how thin it's sliced. Henry Fonda has played a country yokel so often that Li'I' Abner is not even a good second. Lynn Bari looks appealing enough to warrant the trouble the orchestra goes to whenever she shows up. Don Ameche gives a performance of a go-getting success salesman that wouldn't even do justice to Alexander Graham Bell. You can make some money taking bets about who's the "Magnificent Dope," Ameche, Fonda, or the innocent customer...
...falsely identifying the New Deal with communism, the Post jumps the political fence, dividing the American people into two groups: the elite and those who are "relatively useless." This second group "are unable to contribute enough to society to warrant more than a minimum human living standard." Not content to attack progressive, democratic government, these editors flatly deny that millions of Americans have the potential ability to achieve a security and a dignity for themselves...
Under a system proposed for the regulation of cutting, exemption would still be made in the case of honor students; probably only men in the lower groups would come under its jurisdiction. The Council, however, feels that the need is not yet strong enough to warrant imposing a system "so alien to all the traditions of Harvard education...
...view was the fact that the Crimson envoistanced their opponents in average yard-ago gained by punis. Before the contest Harlow had been worried over the fact that he had very few talented kickers. Those he did have did not seem to have enough all-around ability to warrant a place in the lineup...