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...Canadian Bar Association President Walter S. Owen: "Perhaps the most important task of lawyers today is to help to build the international legal order on which the hopes for world survival so largely depend . . . Creating a satisfactory system of world law means raising legal standards and promoting as much uniformity as possible so that international investment and commerce and the free movement of people can be carried on in an atmosphere of confidence and security...
...Rhineland to escape state and established-church persecution for their beliefs, soon followed their prophet-leaders out to till 18,000 acres (since increased to 25,000) of rich Iowa prairie; they set up blanket mills and furniture shops, quarried sandstone and dug red clay for bricks to build austere homes and churches...
Ideally, the testing standards for early admittance should include not only mental ability but physical build, health, and social and emotional maturity. Schools are not generally equipped to handle such exhaustive testing, but proud parents would probably be happy to foot the bill for a private psychologist. Over the country, many youngsters who miss the cutoff point attend private schools for a year and then go public in the second grade. In Houston, where the whole matter has been put on a cash basis, eager mothers gladly shell out a special head tax of $90 to break the cutoff rule...
Under Mitchell's urging, President Eisenhower released the report to quiet a rising congressional chorus for action by the Administration. Ike hoped that by publishing some indisputable facts on the impasse and admonishing both sides to bargain harder, the Administration could build up public pressure for a quick peace without breaking his promise not to interfere directly. To offend nobody, Mitchell called in both combatants beforehand, showed what he intended to release, made some minor changes suggested by each. Neither side quibbled with the final report, but neither was moved. Said Mitchell: "Management and labor already know these facts...
Bullish economic news generally tightens the money market, encouraging more borrowers to compete for the available supply. For the nation's bankers, home builders, corporations and consumers, the tightening means that they must pay more to get the money they need to make loans, build houses, expand industry, buy autos, appliances and TV sets. Money has been gradually tightening up since spring as the economy spurted to new highs; last week it got a heavy turn of the vise...