20 AUGUST 1943, page 22

Mr. Welles Is Probably The Least Well Known Of The

spokesmen of the Roosevelt administration. His past career has - not saved him from charges of imperialism, his openly professed and practised democratic principles have not......

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IF Mr. Graves and Mr. Hodge had taken Disraeli's advice never to explain, then to call their book stimulating, instructive, even inspiring, would not be to raise the suspicion......

In The Service Of Youth. By J. Macalister Brew. (faber.

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Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS INVESTORS who have been disappointed at the market's response to the fall of Sicily would do well to remember that the Stock Exchange began to capitalise this event......