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...CAB AT THE DOOR by V.S. Pritchett. 244 pages. Random House...
...timers still harboring old border-town images, Mexico City comes as a happy shock. No sleepy campesinos wrapped in serapes and buried under sombreros greet today's deplaning visitor. Instead, the tourist passes through the hands of efficient English-speaking customs officials and aggressively obliging skycaps into a cab...
After studying the airlines' voluminous claims and proposals, CAB Examiner Robert L. Park, 48, recommended a parceling of routes among seven applicants. They include the three Pacific veterans-Pan American, Northwest and United Air Lines-and three newcomers, including Trans World Airlines, Eastern and Western. Cargo-carrying Flying Tiger Line also got a piece of the action. Approval of the CAB's full five-member board and the President is required before Park's decision becomes final, but the $23,700-a-year examiner's 215-page recommendation gave the front runners a long lead...
...Wallace gets the people to weaving with him, and tells them, 'If you don't know what I'm talkin' about, ask the cab driver or the policeman... he'll tell you.' And he will. He'll be glad to use all the old words...
With the ability, wealth, imagination and governmental resources to meet its pressing problems, said the President at the swearing-in ceremony for CAB Head John Crocker, the U.S. has nothing to fear but fear itself: "I sometimes think we have the power to deal with any foe anywhere except within our own boundaries. A great deal of our weaknesses are caused by pitting our strength against each other and chewing on ourselves...