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# March 24, 1947 | Vol. XLIX No. 12 March 24, 1947 |  

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March 24th, 1947 | Vol. XLIX, No. 12 | U.S.

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## Table of Contents

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[THE NATION: Late Spring](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887320,00.html)[THE PRESIDENCY: Work & Rest](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887321,00.html)[National Affairs: Moment for Margaret](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887322,00.html)[National Affairs: The World & Democracy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887323,00.html)[FOREIGN RELATIONS: Specialist's Diagnosis](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887324,00.html)[National Affairs: WPB in Greece](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887325,00.html)[National Affairs: At His Post](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887326,00.html)[National Affairs: Shakedown](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887327,00.html)[ARMY & NAVY: Lash-Up](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887328,00.html)[THE CONGRESS: Congress' Week, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887329,00.html)[RADICALS: It Seemed Like a Good Week](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887330,00.html)[WISCONSIN: Tough Old Codger](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887331,00.html)[NEW YORK: Pilot Plant](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887332,00.html)[CRIME: Boomerang](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887333,00.html)[MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887334,00.html)[TRANSPORT: lnfo the Void](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887335,00.html)[THE NATIONS: New World](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887336,00.html)[International: For That or Nothing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887337,00.html)[CONFERENCES: New Definition Wanted](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887338,00.html)[REFLECTIONS: The Play's the Thing](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887339,00.html)[UNITED NATIONS: That Old Feeling](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887340,00.html)[GREAT BRITAIN: Fires Undying](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887341,00.html)[THE BAHAMAS: Chickcharneys at Munich](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887342,00.html)[THE PHILIPPINES: Two Freedoms](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887343,00.html)[SOUTH AFRICA: The Lice in the Blanket](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887344,00.html)[JAPAN: Labor's Love Lost](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887345,00.html)[SIAM: Sanuk Dee](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887346,00.html)[THE HEMISPHERE: Boy Wonder](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887347,00.html)[PARAGUAY: A Time for Decision](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887348,00.html)[ARGENTINA: Payoff](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887349,00.html)[Canada: Pat Tells All](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887350,00.html)[Canada: Roses for the P.M.](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887351,00.html)[Canada: Divide & Conquer](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887352,00.html)[Canada: MANITOBA: Probably Caviar](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887353,00.html)[Science: Sound Your A](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887377,00.html)[Science: Heavy Traffic](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887378,00.html)[Science: Fleas of the Golden West](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887379,00.html)[Medicine: High Pressure Convention](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887365,00.html)[Medicine: Who's Loony?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887366,00.html)[Medicine: Borderline Disease](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887367,00.html)[Medicine: Overdosage?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887368,00.html)[The Press: Admit One](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887380,00.html)[The Press: Down with Ba Gu](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887381,00.html)[The Press: Clothes Decision](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887382,00.html)[The Press: J. B.'s Boy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887383,00.html)[The Press: Paper Chase](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887384,00.html)[Religion: Social Blind Spot?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887385,00.html)[Religion: Coping with History](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887386,00.html)[Religion: Princes, Take Warning!](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887387,00.html)[Sport: Tops on Ice](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887362,00.html)[Sport: Mayhem, Limited](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887363,00.html)[Sport: How to Pick a Coach](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887364,00.html)[OIL: The Blue-Chip Game](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887388,00.html)[COMMODITIES: A Crash in Grain?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887389,00.html)[NEW PRODUCTS: Take a Wire](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887390,00.html)[THE WEST: Cheaper Steel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887391,00.html)[Education: The Curse of Bigness](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887358,00.html)[Education: Transition](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887359,00.html)[Education: Can You Read?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887360,00.html)[Education: Test Case](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887361,00.html)[Music: The Menuhins](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887355,00.html)[Music: Musical Messiah?](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887356,00.html)[Music: New Records, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887357,00.html)[Radio: The Children's Hour](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887369,00.html)[Radio: Watchful Eye](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887370,00.html)[Radio: Barrooms with a View](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887371,00.html)[Radio: Local Stations Please Copy](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887372,00.html)[Radio: Program Preview, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887373,00.html)[The Theater: New Musical In Manhattan, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887374,00.html)[The Theater: Old Operetta in Manhattan, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887375,00.html)[The Theater: Voice from the Past](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887376,00.html)[Cinema: The Oscars](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887393,00.html)[Cinema: New Picture, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887394,00.html)[Cinema, Also Showing Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887395,00.html)[Cinema: Current & Choice, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887396,00.html)[Books: Good Money, Bad Novel](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887397,00.html)[Books: Henry Doesn't Live Here](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887398,00.html)[Books: If Hitler Had Won](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887399,00.html)[Books: Philosophy as Pleasantry](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887400,00.html)[Books: Sinners In Chaos](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887401,00.html)[Miscellany, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887318,00.html)[Milestones, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887392,00.html)[People: People, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887354,00.html)[A Letter From The Publisher, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887319,00.html)[Letters, Mar. 24, 1947](https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887317,00.html)


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