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...have made common cause with Great Britain. You cannot therefore disown responsibility for anything that her representatives do in India. You will do a grievous wrong to the Allied cause if you do not sift the truth from the chaff whilst there is yet time. Just think of it. Is there anything wrong in the Congress demanding unconditional recognition of India's independence? It is being said: 'But this is not the time.' We say: This is the psychological moment for that recognition. For then and then only can there be irresistible opposition to Japanese aggression...
...Whilst I am writing to you, will you also allow me to mention the article [in TIME, April 27], entitled "Belgium's Finest," which speaks of Belgium as a "conquered" country, whereas all the Belgians maintain, and not unreasonably, that the country is occupied but certainly not conquered. This is of course a secondary point, inasmuch as all the Belgians are certainly very much pleased with the article...
...Addressing forces of the Union of South Africa recently, whilst on a tour in the East, General Smuts told the men that they were building 'a greater South Africa which will ultimately stand foremost in a U.S. of Africa...
...successful prosecution of a war. . . . [If anyone] feels confident that he can give me good advice in the war which I am to conduct, let him . . . go with me to Macedonia. . . . If anyone thinks this too much trouble, let him not try to act as a sea pilot whilst he is on land. . . . Is that a classic? asked the President triumphantly...
...Murray was a footsore, angry man with just enough dry humor left to make one crack. Accepting a gavel from Pittsburgh steelworkers, he remarked wryly that he had had to stop Milwaukee delegates from presenting him with a piece of Wisconsin cheese. Said Murray with his thick Scots burr: "Whilst the intent is good, it obviously would not be in good taste for the President . . . under these circumstances to either accept a ham or a piece of cheese...