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Because of increased revenues, said Ike, "we can now propose the expansion of certain domestic programs." And with that muted trumpet blast, the Administration turned away from three years of stern domestic budget-trimming to heed the clamor for some home-front expansion. The State Department, Ike said, needs an $89 million raise "to strengthen" its staff, to build a new wing on its main building in Washington and new embassies and consulates abroad. The new federal school-construction program (see EDUCATION) requires a substantial down payment on the $2 billion to be spent over the next five years...
...typing privileges has risen for a number of years at the end of every term. Because course papers are now almost universally typed, more and more students have become proficient typists, and the clamor is increasing. The Administration should recognize its obligation and consider the situation--this time before the January exam period...
Smiles are rarely seen in Moscow's streets. Below the clamor of traffic there is the sound of millions of shuffling feet, never the click of a woman's shoe. Occasionally, there is a whiff of rank perfume (called Kremlin and sold in bottles shaped like the Spassky clock tower), but no man turns for another glimpse of a trim ankle. Lovers do not stroll hand in hand in Moscow. There is no searching of faces, and a person looked at will turn away. Gorky Street may be as crowded as Fifth Avenue at lunchtime, but there...
Calming the Clamor. Ever since the government published its inadequate white paper (TIME, Oct. 3), the press has clamored for more explanations. Who protected and promoted Burgess and Maclean? Who tipped them off that the jig was up? Who let them escape...
From Bonanza to Reality. Ezra Benson, no politician, knows as well as the politicians in the Eisenhower Administration that the political clamor about the farm situation is dangerous. The farm belt, which could swing the 1956 Presidential election one way or the other, is uneasy. Democrats have been making and will make a lot of political hay out of this uneasiness in some farm areas, e.g., Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. But Ezra Benson will not be stampeded. After his conference with the President last week he said firmly: "This Administration, according to the President . . . will not attempt...