Cart Before the Horse Excerpt on US Strength and Fear
The Associated Press reports General Eisenhower urges continued military buildup while stressing fear must not drive policy. The piece argues nations, like individuals, should replace fear with reason and maintain strength without panic. It notes Europe’s free countries fear Russia less than the United States and warns against Communist manipulation of fear.
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Stoop Shouldered Adults Defend Youth Against Joad
The piece scoffs at Cyril Joad’s critique of younger people labeling adults as alarmed while noting adults often overlook their own youth’s flaws. It argues American children compare well to their British peers physically mentally and morally despite claims of early maturity.
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Cyril E. Joad
Truman Plays Trap With Taft Hartley On Steel Policy
The article argues President Truman uses a political trap to shift blame to Congress over Taft Hartley and steel policy. It suggests Republicans and Southern Democrats face a tough task countering his campaign strategy as he girds for the 1952 race.
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Witness chronicled as modern man’s struggle and tragedy
Reviewers hail Whittaker Chambers and his book Witness as a bracing autobiography of a century. They call it a personal tragedy of a man drawn to communism and later entangled in the Hiss case, yet warn his narrow experience cannot guide the nation on all public questions.
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Whittaker Chambers
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Soviet Union
Hiss
Ed Johnson
Colorado
Endar
Johnson
Tobey
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Whittaker Ember
A. A. Berle
the of Mercy
New Jersey
Alcoholics Anonymous
Maintreet
Panmunjom talks stall prompts three day recess
Communist negotiators were startled when our spokesmen walked out declaring a three day recess. The article accuses Red propaganda of drugging listeners and notes fatigue after seven years of Russian bunkum and weariness in the free world.
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Panmunjom
Taft Labor Support Debate Headlines Washington Strife
Taft supporters push back on claims he lacks labor strength citing ties to the Taft Hartley Act. The article notes snippets from Capitol Hill debates and a lighthearted exchange about a veteran official choosing a dinner over a garden party.
Winchell's New York Reel of 1939 Stage and Screen Goss
Walter Winchell surveys New York theatre and film as summer previews loom and box office trends sag. He notes productions and stars including Eddie Dowling and Julie Harris, mentions box office pressures from high production costs, and cites critics as weaker than ever while preview season hints at a poor summer.
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James Barton
Joey
King
Julie Harris
Julie
Virginia MacWatters
Met
Valentine
Furehier
Stalin
Paramount
Son John
Marilyn Monroe
Freud Proust
Press conferences fade as political theater and bias emerge
The writer argues that modern press conferences resemble shows rather than professional discourse. He cites Eisenhower and Truman as examples, contending such events distort policy, invite mob-conditions, and mislead the public by theatrical questions and selective messaging.
Nation quotes spark debate on defense and leadership
Public figures including W Averell Harriman Francis Cardinal Spellman Konrad Adenauer William K Harrison Bernard Baruch and Robert A taunt discuss defense economy and national direction. The remarks touch on security policy and postwar world order amid concern over civilization and family life as the nation faces strategic choices.
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Francis Cardinal Spellman
Roads Rivers And The Alcoholics In Alamance County
Fragmentary column fragment discusses roads around Alamance County farm and state infrastructure. It quotes politicians on rivers floods power plants and civil rights, notes societal passions and public issues, and ends with a commuter joke about a Monthieu Bus.
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Alamance
Yancey
North Carolina
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