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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: March 17th, 1947 | Vol. XLIX, No. 11 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # March 17, 1947 | Vol. XLIX No. 11March 17, 1947 | Vol. XLIX No. 11  Issue name March 17th, 1947 | Vol. XLIX, No. 11 | U.S. Issue date March 17, 1947 Location U.S. Related categories [Society](/vault/subject/society/) [Generations](/vault/subject/generations/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Education](/vault/subject/education/) [Browse issue pages](/vault/issue/1947-03-17/page/1/)[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents Others [THE NATION: The Beachheads](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793383,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Fiesta](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793384,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: Digging In](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793385,00.html)[THE CAPITAL: Like Elizabeth Arden](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793386,00.html)[THE JUDICIARY: The Overriding Loyalty](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793387,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Collective Interests](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793388,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Congress' Week, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793389,00.html)[LABOR: Hungry Enough?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793390,00.html)[CRIME: Mother Knew Best](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793391,00.html)[MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793392,00.html)[National Affairs: Ruffled Feathers](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793393,00.html)[National Affairs: File Quickly Past](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793394,00.html)[National Affairs: NO HAVEN](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793395,00.html)[KANSAS: Nice at a Price](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793396,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: 8-to-1](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793457,00.html)[THE NATIONS: Opportunity](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793397,00.html)[CONFERENCES: Reunion at the Yar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793398,00.html)[UNITED NATIONS: Where We Stand](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793399,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Woof!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793400,00.html)[Foreign News: One Should Not Peel an Orange](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793401,00.html)[Foreign News: A Lady's Last Words](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793402,00.html)[Foreign News: Captain's Table](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793403,00.html)[INDIA: Convertible](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793404,00.html)[PALESTINE: Hippo](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793405,00.html)[Foreign News: Zindabad & Murdabad](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793406,00.html)[GERMANY: What Would You Do?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793407,00.html)[AUSTRALIA: To Mother, with Thanks](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793408,00.html)[Foreign News: Permanent Form](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793409,00.html)[CHINA: The Long Reach](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793410,00.html)[THE HEMISPHERE: Dollars to Peanuts](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793411,00.html)[BRAZIL: Home Again](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793412,00.html)[CHILE: Next Stop, Easter Island](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793413,00.html)[Canada: THE DOMINION: Tax Cut Ahead?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793414,00.html)[Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Storm Lookout](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793415,00.html)[Canada: QUEBEC: Happy Accident](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793416,00.html)[Medicine: It's All in the Spine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793434,00.html)[Medicine: No Boiling, No Burps](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793435,00.html)[Medicine: The Nonessential Stomach](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793436,00.html)[Medicine: Pills & Paste](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793437,00.html)[The Press: Southern Exposure](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793421,00.html)[The Press: 60 Years of Hearst](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793422,00.html)[The Press: Onward & Rightward](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793423,00.html)[Religion: Liberalism Lives](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793424,00.html)[Religion: Divisive Doctrine](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793425,00.html)[Religion: Two Loves](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793426,00.html)[Sport: Hero Without Spurs](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793431,00.html)[Sport: Jack in the Armory](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793432,00.html)[Sport: Box-Office Blues](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793433,00.html)[THE ECONOMY: End of the Year?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793439,00.html)[CORPORATIONS: Family Party](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793440,00.html)[Business: Wind-Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793441,00.html)[AVIATION: Hardheaded Healer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793442,00.html)[Dancing Feat](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793443,00.html)[TRAVEL: Deck Chairs Ahoy!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793444,00.html)[RAILROADS: A Kiss & a Slap](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793445,00.html)[Education: The Challenge](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793438,00.html)[Music: Sugar Chile to the Rescue](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793418,00.html)[Music: Tireless Toscanini](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793419,00.html)[Music: The Year's Best](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793420,00.html)[Art: 70 Against the World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793427,00.html)[The Theater: Hsi Chu](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793428,00.html)[The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793429,00.html)[The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793430,00.html)[Radio: Between the Ears](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793446,00.html)[Radio: What Will Socrates Say Next?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793447,00.html)[Radio: Program Preview, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793448,00.html)[The New Pictures, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793450,00.html)[Cinema, Also Showing Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793451,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793452,00.html)[Books: Prizewinner](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793453,00.html)[Books: Tropic of Cancer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793454,00.html)[Books: Bruff Stuff](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793455,00.html)[Books: Here Comes the Yogiman](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793456,00.html)[Cinema: Cinema, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793458,00.html)[Books: Long Sleep](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793459,00.html)[Miscellany, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793381,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793449,00.html)[People: Old Complaint](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793417,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 17, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793382,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 17, 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