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...ALVIN M. BENTLEY House of Representatives Washington...
...State Department announced that it had granted visas to eleven churchmen from behind the Iron Curtain-Czechoslovakia and Hungary-to attend the second Assembly of the World Council of Churches Aug. 15-31 in Evanston, Ill. To Michigan's Republican Representative Alvin M. Bentley (now recovered from the shooting by Puerto Rican terrorists, TIME, March 8), the admission of "these servants of world Communism" seemed "naive"-and headline-worthy as well. He announced that the House subcommittee to investigate the communization of Russia's European satellites would begin hearings during the Evanston conference. Said Congregationalist Bentley: "I will...
...World Council, Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, replied: "The decision . . . will make a healthy impression in other countries .. ." Best answer to Representative Bentley's alarms (which found little echo in the U.S.) was the State Department's statement that "this small group" was not going to subvert America, while a look at U.S. life might actually inspire them to take a stiffer stand against "ruthless pressure" from Communism at home...
...Gissen and Researcher Ruth Mehrtens spent days interviewing their subject, even following him on a trip to the Bahamas to finish their research. Later, after the novel Melville Goodwin, USA was published, Marquand made a confession to Gissen. He had used them as an inspiration for his characters Phil Bentley and Myra Fineholt, the writer-researcher team in his novel. However, Marquand assured Gissen that Ruth Mehrtens was not at all like his researcher Myra Fineholt. "Miss Mehrtens," he said, "is a charming girl...
...Alvin Bentley of Michigan...