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...request of Secretary of State Dulles, recently conducted four Air Force Symphony concerts in Iceland: "If I could put a Sputnik into the air, I would like to have it wired for sound and have it play 'Peace on earth, good will to men,' instead of 'beep, beep.' I mentioned this to President Eisenhower. My idea got across, because he did send such a message up with our last moon. Next time I hope it will play music." ¶ House Majority Leader John McCormack insisted on turning over his chairmanship of the exotic new Committee...
...Needed Lift. At year's end the U.S. had many more reasons for hope and confidence than at year's beginning under Sputnik's beep-beep. The U.S. was solid on holding Berlin, unifying Germany by free elections, strengthening NATO, defending Formosa and Quemoy, adding to deterrent power, pressing and pressing again the need for more trade and aid. The strong foundation: the health of the U.S. economy and way of life as evidenced in 1958 by recovery from recession at home (confounding a basic Marxist proposition) and by the popularity overseas of U.S. staples that ranged...
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Shafer: It wasn't either one of us. BEEP no, we were too hot on that BEEP of a BEEP...
Shafer: They got a deal over there, boy. Those union men can go over there and get any BEEP BEEP thing done you want done. They are stronger than BEEP over there...