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Theodore Olin Thackrey used to be managing editor of the New York Post. Then he married his boss, Dorothy Schiff Backer, and became the co-publisher and co-editor. A fortnight ago, Co-Editor Thackrey dashed off "An Appeal to Reason," complaining of his irritation and dismay "at the intemperate and increasingly violent reaction to Henry Wallace's campaign...
...Dorothy Schiff Hall Backer Thackrey, Post publisher...
...prevailing moderate liberal political temper and membership of the organization is such as to discourage them from joining and keep them in the background when they come in. AVC is a supporter of action through the U.N., a strong Marhall Plan supporter, and domestically, a backer of such measures as the Taft-Eilender-Wagner housing program and the recent subsistence pay raise for vets. On the negative side, they have opposed a Federal bonus and the Taft-Hartley labor bill...
Toshiyo Oda is a contractor, poet and philosopher who lives in Tokyo. Recently he has become a political backer of General Douglas MacArthur. Last month, when MacArthur declared his willingness to run for the U.S. presidency if nominated, Oda painted two large signs over the two-story office of his Japan Instant Construction Co.: "We wish MacArthur for President United States...
...strong party which opposes the Communists can make use of their most influential offer, land reform, for fear of losing its strongest backer and wealthiest landholder in the country, the Church. Communists have been able to win power by playing on the one peasant devotion stronger than Catholicism, their love of the land. CP members all over the country have been visiting the poverty-stricken farms, asking the peasants what they need, and promising fulfillment if they vote for the Democratic Front. They insist the anyone can be a Communist and a Catholic at once...