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While sending balloons into the air over Russia carrying messages of freedom, why not also attach some American-made Russian currency? Imagine the feeling of independence each Russian citizen would have if he were to become suddenly wealthy. Of course, Russia would have inflation, but it might jar loose a revolution. The beauty of my proposal is that Russia could not very well retaliate because they couldn't print our money any faster than we're spending it right...
...week's end, Indonesia also took steps to prevent Ambassador Wang's Red seminary from growing any larger. On grounds that the Chinese "willfully ignored" diplomatic courtesy-by establishing a Jakarta consulate general without permission, running in two military attachés without warning, and sending in 16 "diplomatic" personnel without prior notice-the Indonesians refused to let Wang's 16 reinforcements get off the boat...
Colonel Dave Barrett, now a U.S. military attaché in Formosa, is an old China hand known for his plump amiability and his fluency in Mandarin. In 20 years of service in China, he saw the warlords fade, the Japs come & go, the Nationalists driven before the Communists. None of these great events startled easygoing Dave Barrett more than a shrill accusation by Radio Peking last week. Colonel Barrett, said Red China's government, is the ringleader of an "American imperialist" plot to murder Chairman Mao Tse-tung and other high Chinese comrades...
...Then, with hundreds of little shears flashing, it went back to pruning away the Government controls in the Defense Production Act. Whatever Usher Burdick thought about it, the House preferred to take a chance on inflation (which few members regard as a real danger) rather than let the Administration attach itself to any more of the U.S. economy. All last week the House worked, leaving the Administration a few snippets, but cutting out the things which Harry Truman said he needed most...
Stud-Shooter. Remington Arms brought out a new portable stud-driver which uses a .32-cal. blank cartridge to "shoot" a steel stud into such tough construction materials as concrete, steel, brick and asbestos siding. (Studs are used to fasten tough surfaces together or to attach fixtures.) Lighter than most other stud-drivers (5 Ibs.), Remington's Model 450 is also faster, will drive five studs a minute. Price...