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To New England's Ben Toland, 24, his parents gave a good physique, a good education, a conscience and part of a modest estate (some $3,000).

At St. Paul's School, in New Hampshire, he captained the hockey team, excelled in scholarship, debate and occasional horseplay. At Yale, he developed these talents, added new ones, worried mightily over the nation. He was graduated summa cum laude, just in time for the war.

Headed for Iwo Jima and all that he knew it would mean, Marine Lieut. Toland sent a solemn charge home: "Take care of and nurture what we're fighting for!" Then he scribbled a will.

In the midst of angry labor debate last week, New Hampshire's Congressman Sherman Adams read the terms of the will to his colleagues. To the cause of labor-management peace, Ben Toland bequeathed 40% of his estate (10% each to the C.I.O. and A.F. of L.; 20% to the National Association of Manufacturers). To the Congress, for research toward a "farsighted foreign policy," and better government for "all the people in the country instead of merely the organized pressure groups," 20%. To St. Paul's and Yale, 20% and 10%. To the New York Times annual Christmas charity fund and to the Protestant Episcopal church, 5% each.

To the nation. Congressman Adams added, Ben Toland had thereupon given his life.

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