The Rival Candidates by Herbert Kaufman
A call to voters to support disciplined wartime leadership and an efficient Congress. The piece urges electing competent incumbents, warning against demagogues and urging unity in financing and mobilizing for a prolonged global conflict. It stresses seamless national mobilization, stable governance, and avoidance of patronage.
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Herbert Kaufman
Berlin
Europe
Food Administration and Hotel Profiteering Critique
An opinion piece condemns hotels and restaurants for profiteering during wartime shortages. It cites increased prices for meat and bread, calls for government oversight, and argues travel, taxes, and tariffs strain workers while officials must prevent opportunism across distributors and purveyors.
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Uncle Sam
Food Administration
When the swords are sheathed the flags are wreathed
The passage speaks of returning home to plough after war, counting losses and costs, and seeking healing and a dawn of peace. It envisions understanding a higher plan, ending hatred, and establishing right and law. It declares hope for children and a future free from force and fear.
The Value of Patience in Innovation and Failure
The piece argues that reliance on theory over experience leads to defeat and that failed projects often seed future progress. It praises persistent, iterative work, crediting past predecessors and noting that many ideas are built on earlier contributions. Copyright 1918 Herbert Kaufman.
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Adam
Goitre Belt Revealed Through War Era Health Data
Wartime health surveys expose regional goitre patterns in the United States as draft statistics drive large scale data collection. Researchers link terrain to disease prevalence while surgeons, scientists, and demographers analyze fitness for service over years.
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United States
America
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