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...Avert Floor Vote...
...George J. Evans of Middlezex, the other co-chariman, had hoped that the Committee would refer the original five bills to the Commission on Communism to avert a floor vote. The only recourse left to the opponents of any such measure now, he said, is to request another postponement of the vote to obtain an advisory opinion from the State Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the bill...
...slender skyscraper in Manhattan, a message sped halfway around the world to the desk of Chou Enlai. Premier and Foreign Minister of Communist China: the Security Council of the U.N. respectfully invites Red China to participate in a debate of ways and means to stop the shooting and avert a full-scale war over the question of Formosa. R.S.V.P...
...Black's plan is to secure IFC's money with debentures, a cross between stocks and bonds which pay a fixed interest, fluctuate in value, represent ownership in the company but carry no voting rights. With this device, rarely used in international finance, IFC can avert the stigma of creeping socialism (it will have no voice in management) while realizing capital gains. Black expects most debentures to be convertible into common stock, so that IFC will find a ready market when it is ready to take its profits out of a smoothly running new business...
...avert a loss of Cyprus' good-will, the British should allow a vote of self-determination on the island. The Greeks and the Cypriots have already expressed their willingness to negotiate with the British for the continuation of the military bases. And the U.N. voted in September to undertake control of any election, should the British allow it. Britain must realize it is no longer the Imperial power of old, and that relaxation of its grip on Cyprus will best serve its national interests and the free world's defense of Europe...