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Neat Paradox. "All's well that ends well," said Erhard cheerily in Bonn after the Brussels accord, despite pained cries that he had capitulated. "It means new hope for all questions of political and economic integration of Europe." Still, the price for Erhard was high: he promised to pay German farmers some $2 billion in extra subsidies between now and 1970 to enable them to adjust to the lower price levels for their produce. That was enough, presumably, to keep the farmers happy at election time next September...
...worried primarily about the "parallelism" aspects of the Act, accord- ing to Peter Orris '67, an organizer of the protest. Among the criteria to be used by the SACB in deciding whether a group is communist-affiliated is "the extent to which the positions taken or advanced by it from time to time on matters of policy do not deviate from those of any communist-action organizations, communist foreign governments, or the world communist movement...
...They often have not operated in accord with goals made explicit by Congress--to provide "a decent home, and a suitable living environment for all," and have sometimes even aggravated the housing problems of the poor...
...Left. Also slated to end its life as a military installation is Fort Jay on Governors Island just half a mile off the southern tip of Manhattan. A shrewd Dutch settler purchased the island in 1637 from Indians for-accord ing to legend-two axheads, a string of beads and a few nails. Parts of Fort Jay still bear the marks of British shells from the American Revolution. Since 1946, it has been headquarters for the U.S. First Army, which is to be consolidated with the Second Army at Fort George Meade, Maryland...
Comparing George Wallace to "a sky-rocket which will drop of its own accord," Durr expressed guarded optimism for the future progress of moderation in Alabama. Having "cut himself off from Washington," Wallace will face defeat on "bread-and-butter issues." But after Wallace, he said the "great silence" must still be faced...