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Nile Kinnick correspondence, June-August 1942
1942-07-25: Page 02
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war. Not since the Fall of France has the Allied cause looked darker. The prospect is awfully grim. And yet, with everything we hold dear at stake - human dignity and freedom, democratic government and a way of life - in spite of all this we see our administration playing politics, refusing to levy the taxes, put a ceiling on prices, act on the rubber problem, and in general welshing on their responsibility of making this country sacrifice in the measure necessary to win the war. It is a sad, sad situation - deplorable. And yet at the moment the whole mess only serves to turn my thoughts to tender, cherished recollections. Do you remember, grandma, how you used to fix all of us brown sugar and toast when we were but small children chasing around your
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war. Not since the Fall of France has the Allied cause looked darker. The prospect is awfully grim. And yet, with everything we hold dear at stake - human dignity and freedom, democratic government and a way of life - in spite of all this we see our administration playing politics, refusing to levy the taxes, put a ceiling on prices, act on the rubber problem, and in general welshing on their responsibility of making this country sacrifice in the measure necessary to win the war. It is a sad, sad situation - deplorable. And yet at the moment the whole mess only serves to turn my thoughts to tender, cherished recollections. Do you remember, grandma, how you used to fix all of us brown sugar and toast when we were but small children chasing around your
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