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An opinion piece defends generals for following orders on prisoner treatment in the Korean War. It argues Washington pressured leniency toward Communist prisoners to influence truce talks, cites Geneva standards, and claims a propaganda backlash followed. The author critiques U.S. policy and urges reevaluation as the war drags on.
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Colson
State Department
Joe
Gen. Dodd
Washington
Kose
United States
Sven
England
France
Germany
Italy
State
Pentagon
Kojo
Korea
United Nations
Yalu
L.A.C
Town Meeting Editor Notes on Letter Submission
A terse editor note explains space limits forcing letters to stay under twenty words, requiring signatures and addresses though a pen name may appear. It warns the subject matter may reveal true names and declines responsibility for unsolicited letters.
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Unica
Cold War Victory Echoed by Paris Arrests
Independent editor recalls a French police action against the French Communist leader and seized munitions aimed at revolutions across Europe. The piece cites 1848 revolutions, Stalin’s Moscow speech, and asserts a global struggle led by Marxist doctrine against free nations.
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Independent
the Free World
Free World
Airline Lobby Triumphs Over Hoover In Pan Am Case
Washington reports that Pan American Airways won a key committee reversal on mail pay, aided by a heavy lobbying effort. The coalition included the airline, a labor union, and several editors, altering a cost based versus rate based payment dispute and boosting Pan Am by about 17 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
United States
Congress
Pan American Airways
Hoover
Pan American
House
Interstates and Foreign Commerce
Pan Am
Aire Transport Assoc
Ierbert Hoover
ATA
Capitol Hill
Massachusetts
John Kennedy
John Heselton
Senate
Owen Brewster
Maine
Ken McMahon
Connecticut
Ed Johnson
Colorado
Hoover Commission
House Committee
Belle Haven Country Club
Virginia
J. Carroll Cone
Oren Harris
Arkansas
Harris Tade i
George Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Pan Am Airways
Hartman Barber
Washington Daily News
Daily News
John T. O'Rourke
London
Paris
O'Rourke
Suk House Committee
Robert Crosser
Cleveland
Boss Miller
Crosser
Miller
Milk
Hesekion
Kennedy
Coteen Priest
Tennessee
Tiarris
Rogers
Florida
Klein
New York
Mr Guire
Willian
Mississippi
Thornberry
New Jersey
Hinshaw
Californi Hall
O'Mara
Minnesota
Hale
Hattian
Illinois
Chenoweth
McGuire
McMahon
Pan Ams
Sam Pryor
Four Freedoms Scrapped by Bonn Commitments
Acheson faced questions as reports claim U S pledges with Bonn undercut Roosevelt Churchill four freedoms. The article argues the shift marks a major revision in foreign policy with potential unrest in the Middle East and Asia, and warns Washington has abandoned crusading ideals for realism.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Britain
France
Germany
European Defense Community
Tucker
Bonn
Roosevelt
Churchill
Truman
United States
Acheson
Capitol
Hill
House
Senate
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Town Meeting
Karl Heinrich Marx
Stalin
Soviet Russia
Red Square
Moscow
Bernhard Cannard
Drew Pearson
Pearson Itself
New York Times
Times
Reginald Cleveland
Ray Tucker
Democrats
Four Freedoms
Israel
Indonesia
Free States
Roosevelt-Truman
Netherlands
Far East
China
Middle East
Philippines
Japan
Tunisia
Sistence
Mediterranean
Acheson Litewise
Ege
Air Comm
Roosevelt-Churchill
Woodrow Wilson
Ples
Weington
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