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August 7, 1940

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CLASH ON DRAFT; Holt Attacks Sponsors of Bill Who Met Here at Harvard Club MINTON DENOUNCES HIM Accuses Him of Speaking for Hitler and Assails Record of Family in World War Holt Opens the Attack Gillette Opposes Guard Bill CLASH OVER DRAFT IN SENATE DEBATE He Also Charges 'Propaganda' Minton Defends the Sponsors Holt Returns to the Attack Vandenberg Charges Errors

By Frank L. Kluckhohn Special To the New York Times

Sen debates bill; Holt attacks Mil Training Camps Assn and its officers who started drive for bill; Sen Minton replies to Holt; Sen Vandenberg scores Mil Training Camps Assn propaganda for bill; House com debates bill

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Jean-Luc Dehaene

1940Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2014)[†]

Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "The Plumber", as well as "The Minesweeper", for his ability to negotiate political deadlocks.

Uwe Nettelbeck

1940Uwe Nettelbeck, German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)[†]

Uwe Nettelbeck was a German record producer, journalist and film critic. He was best known as the creator and producer of the German krautrock band Faust and changed the face of German rock music in the early 1970s. He was also one of Germany's leading film critics in the 1960s.