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...years since V-E day the U.S. has never let its sympathy for Europe's 1,000,000 displaced persons interfere with its airtight immigration laws. At the first hint of a leak last summer, Mississippi's frog-voiced John Rankin had trumpeted the considered opinion of many another quota-conscious Congressman: "There are too many so-called refugees pouring into this country bringing with them communism, atheism, anarchy and infidelity." But last week a House Judiciary subcommittee gingerly got ready to hold hearings on a bill by Illinois' Congressman William G. Stratton, which would admit...
...sprawling Todd Drydocks, workmen this week put the finishing touches on a strange vessel. On its flush deck were a twin-motored seaplane and a radio tower. On port and starboard decks were long rows of machines connected by conveyor belts; in its hold were gleaming, white, airtight compartments...
...close to the center of the total continental problem. It is a policy which demands action in arriving at decisions for a unified Germany, where the real core of Europe's recuperation resides, and where the problem must be considered as a whole rather than in four airtight compartments in four zones of military occupation...
...most gilded and exclusive union. Its members earn salaries like $9,000 (pilot on a domestic run) and $12,000 (senior pilot on a transatlantic schedule). Most of them shudder at the thought of taking in other airline employes such as mechanics or clerks. But they have their own airtight method of enforcing a closed shop...
Unable to move Sorensen-or break his airtight contract-Canaday moved himself from the board chairmanship to a newly created office of "chairman of the finance committee." Then he moved Sorensen to a back seat as vice chairman of the board. Thus the stage was set for a new president and board chairman, who proved to be none other than handsome, globe-girdling James David Mooney, 61, for 19 years head of General Motors' overseas business. Mooney will be both president and board chairman, thus hold the jobs formerly held by Canaday and Sorensen...