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Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, bearing a mandate from the British cabinet to present Britain's views, was not due until tomorrow. An authoritative report from London said British and United States representatives there had reached "broad and general conclusions" on how U. S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall's proposal on European aid could best be approached...
...Ernest Bevin...
...assassinated by Greek Communists. 35. Other evidence that the U.S. would move swiftly toward democratic reconstruction was the agreement among Marshall, Bevin and Bidault to give France...
...Palestine terrorists whom Ben Hecht admires lack the atomic bomb. However, the scientifically inclined among them have been working on a person-to-person substitute which may have a great and grisly future. Last week they sent exploding cream-colored envelopes to Ernie Bevin, Anthony Eden and other prominent Britons. Nobody was hurt-largely because of the British Government's long experience with unfriendly mail. But the packet was ingenious. Within an inner envelope, marked "Private and Confidential," were 1) a cardboard folder containing enough powdered gelignite to kill the opener, 2) a pencil-sized battery...
Like the Congressional Record, Hansard can be fascinating reading-or unbearably dull-depending on who says what. Its reporters either euphemize or ignore profanity (Hansard tactfully fails to hear Ernie Bevin when he says, as he often does, in debate, "By God"). They will take down cries of "Hear! Hear!" but do not record laughter, cheers or jeers unless the context of speeches requires it. Unlike the Record, it is uncluttered with Members' undelivered speeches. The editors will let an M.P. replace only such Parliamentary divots as split infinitives and wrong dates...