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...hearings, the committee received information and advice from some 200 witnesses. Arguing for the Administration program were such officials as Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon. Budget Director Kermit Gordon, and Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz. The A.F.L.-C.I.O. also spoke up, along with the National Association of Manufacturers, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Americans for Democratic Action, the Girl Scouts and, in the person of Ralph Bellamy, Actors Equity...
...House activities that have always managed to flourish, perhaps because of their noncompulsive nature, are the Drama Society and the Music Society: the first is notable for the gusto of its annual Shakespeare productions, the second for the variety and scope (and general excellence) of its recitals and chamber concerts...
...second half of the program, the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Arthur Weisberg, performed Le Marteau sans Maitre (1955). The title and conception of the work derive from a set of poems of the same name published in 1934 by Rene Char. The poems are cruel, surrealistic visions of the war Char anticipated, and it is unfortunate that the program included none of them. An example (in translation...
...Powell's defender, had asked for two hours of debate time. But Roosevelt took the floor only to announce that "unfortunately, the chairman of the committee is ill today with influenza and cannot be here." The statement drew hoots of laughter from both sides of the House chamber...
From the Bark. Endocrinologist Conn got his lead from what seemed like experiments in a torture chamber. To help the armed forces cut down World War II manpower losses from tropical heat prostration, he kept volunteers working at 90° F. and a relative humidity of 80% to 90%. After about a week, the men became acclimated to the artificial weather...