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...made clear that "General Eisenhower has not been asked to assume any of the responsibilities of the presidency until he takes the oath of office." Before Ike left, Harry Truman handed him three loose-leaf volumes summarizing U.S. policies through the world, and top-secret plans in case of all-out Communist attack on Korea, Yugoslavia or Iran...
...Fairchild C-119 cargo planes for the Air Force at a cost of $1,200,000 apiece, whereas the same planes made by Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corp cost only $260,000. The Senator, who will head either the Armed Services or Appropriations Committee in the new Congress, demanded an all-out full-dress investigation of this "almost incredible disparity...
...much more healthily, Europe's businessmen are conducting an all-out campaign for "Trade, Not Aid." Last week, five U.S. allies-Denmark, The Netherlands, Canada, Australia and New Zealand-charged that U.S. tariff restrictions on imported dairy products are a flagrant violation of the worldwide General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). "It is incomprehensible," said a Danish delegate to GATT, "that the U.S. prefers to continue to assist us through dollar grants from the American taxpayer . . . instead of allowing us to pay in goods for dollars we urgently need to buy American products." The Dutch, even angrier, slapped...
...closing days of the campaign, the long-simmering "softness to Communists" issue finally came to full boil. Two weeks before, the Republicans had opened an all-out attack with a nationwide TV broadcast in which Richard Nixon detailed Adlai Stevenson's part as a character witness in the first Alger Hiss trial, and concluded: "His actions, his statements, his record disqualify him from leading . . . the fight against Communism at home and abroad . . ." Last week the Democrats launched a defense and counterattack...
...second solution is the opposite of its first, all-out war on China. Besides emasculating the United States' other military positions, this plan would consume bushels of money and hordes of men in an invasion which, against the numbers and modern equipment of the Chinese, would be fruitiness. In the battle's midst, the public would sicken at the drain of blood and dollars, and the campaign, if not already shattered by a Russian advance elsewhere, would grind to a farcical halt...