Leaders ignore honest foreign policy warnings over false prophets
The piece argues officials who warned of China turning Communist and Vietnam difficulties were dismissed as biased while outcomes proved their forecasts. It cites E J Kahn on China Hands and contrasts Ike’s hire of I I Rabi with broader government dismissiveness, asking how to distinguish true from false prophets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Foreign Service
Far East
China
State Department
Washington
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Johnson
Nixon
I. I. Rabi
Columbia
Dwight Eisenhower
Rabi
Ike
U.S
New Rating System for Old Accounts Draws Fire
The piece argues against credit investigators relying on rumor and hasty reports to deny credit. It contrasts modern quick ratings with historical figures like Abraham Lincoln and Joseph of Nazareth, suggesting such methods would misjudge character and finances. It mocks the idea of developing personal details from whispers and rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional
Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Washington
Springfield
Joseph of Nazareth
Mary
Carpenter
Joseph
City of David
The Mail Must Go Through Declining Postal Morale
A letter laments the decline of the U S Postal Service morale and reliability citing late deliveries and rising rates. The author recalls past pride in postal workers and warns that increased postage and service failures threaten freedom of correspondence and small publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Postal Service
Grandma
America
Sleep breathing aids labor and other medical notes
Italian doctors report eighty to ninety percent of women can use self induced respiratory training to ease labor and shorten delivery. The method, sleep breathing, may require five to ten minutes to expel the fetus and can cut labor by four hours. A Brooklyn physician says patients can deliver with minimal drugs. Alka Seltzer helped uterine cancer patients undergoing radiation reduced diarrhea and gas. London researchers link metal sensitivity to metal to metal hip implants and advise metal to plastic prostheses. Fenfluramine may help obese arthritics who struggle with diets.
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Gennaro di Bernardo
International College of Psychosomatic Medicine
Rome
D. D. Friedman
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn
N. Y
Medical Tribune
Physicians
Royal Marsden Hospital
London
England
Lancet
Will Rogers Save
New studies show unintentional reduction of food intake during fenfluramine treatment. Dr Odd A Kogstad of Norway reports weight loss and reduced arthritis discomfort at the European Rheumatology Congress as cited by Internal Medicine News. Dopey the pony obituary expresses profound family grief after nineteen years of companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd A. Kogstad
Norway
Internal Medicine News
Physicians
Columnists Represent Viewpoints on Opinion Pages
December 16 1934 columnists are selected to show diverse views and may not reflect the newspaper's editorial stance.
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Postal Service
Councils of the Mighty
E. J. Kahn
Sydney Harris
George Robeson
A. Lincoln
Dale
Los Angeles
Sixth Street
Orizaba Avenue
Los Altos District
East Fifth Street
Compton
Mark Clutter
Medical Science Editor
Will Rogers
Dopey
NEA Ine
Opus Bong
Dilday
Onire
Long Beach Chapel
Pacific Ave
Pacific At
Anaheim
Lakewood Chapel
Woodruff Ave
Woodruff At
Carson
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