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...General (correct title: Lincoln Finds a General). President Folk's diary was interesting, too, and so was Washington's. Why, during the Civil War, said Student Truman, a Senate committee got hold of General Meade and used him like a pickpocket. The reporters leaped at the bait. Did that mean "General MacArthur was likely to be used as a pickpocket?" He was making no inferences, said Harry Truman, just pointing out that history had a way of repeating itself...
...argument did not settle a question which deeply troubles the U.S. press. But it did throw a light into the heart of the matter. The columns, for all their faults, are good reader bait, and at their best, often give news and views that the mine-run newsman does not produce; they will continue to be popular as long as editors rely on them for the work their staffs are unable...
Later he shouted: "I am not here to red-bait. I'm not here to witch-hunt. I'm not here to smear innocent persons." Who, then, was he there to smear? Dorgan was evasive. M.I.T.'s Dirk Struik? "Struik, they asked him if he was a Commie and he said, 'Of course not, but I'm a good Markist' (sic). And you all know what Karl Marx was. That's like saying, 'I'm not a thief but I'm a good pickpocket...
...suborn those inside it? They are careful to see that they do not do anything that can be construed as illegal. They operate through lawyers- men who are known as clever lawyers a cleverness which is like the instinct of the rat that knows how to get the bait without getting caught. Many businessmen, ostensibly reputable business men, employ these knavish lawyers to circumvent the law and enrich then selves at Government expense...
...with almost identical investment policies; it was wasteful, said Randolph, to keep two sets of books, hold separate meetings, etc. Randolph had long wanted to merge the two; at last the time seemed ripe. To stockholders went a complicated plan for a stock swap. Part of Randolph's bait was an $8.70 dividend on one class of Selected Industries stock (the convertible) should the merger be approved...