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...Vice-President Barkley's anti-filibuster ruling on Friday, exactly half were Republicans. Most of the GOP bloc was from the conservative Mid-West, led by Arthur Vandenberg. The issue, as Vandenberg put it, was not civil rights. The Republicans indeed clasped these rights to their bosoms many years ago. Vandenberg disagreed with Barkley on principle; he just felt that the Parliamentary rule in question did not apply to debate on a motion to introduce a measure. To pretend that it did, Vandenberg said, would be tainting the worthy end of civil rights by using unwholesome means...
Long about ten years ago, Hollywood historians dug into the exploits of the notorious James boys (of St. Joe, not Cambridge) and found enough material for two full-length movies. The mother lode has run out, though, and the golden moments in "I Shot Jesse James" are not worth anywhere near the 85 cents it costs to assay them...
...Aaron Gadd never seems to be the world of 1848. Doubtless there were revivalists as blunt as the Reverend Mr. Chippler, missionaries as self-seeking as Balthazar Harge and theologians as long-winded as Deacon Popplewood. But there were others, too. Whatever else Americans had or lacked 100 years ago, a belief in God was fundamental to most of them. In The God-Seeker, except for Aaron Gadd, Author Lewis leaves it only to Babbitts in frock coats...
...Committee stated that "the proposal was considered in relation to the over-all athletic program and the ruling was made in the best interests of all concerned." According to action taken by the Committee a year ago, a minor sports H is awarded to any wrestler participating in the NCAA or eastern intercollegiate championships. A man who wins an eastern title or places first, second, third, or fourth in the nationals is awarded a major H in minor colors...
Stalin, said Niebuhr, has maintained that all communist actions are correct because they are founded on absolute truths derived from science. At the other extreme, Pope Plus XII stated two weeks ago that the actions of the Church had validity because they were based on spiritual and never on worldly considerations...