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...four Ministers were unable to reach agreement," the final Berlin communique said bluntly. Where there was division when the Ministers met-in Ger many, Austria, Europe-division still stayed when they parted. The conference broke up cleanly, and exactly on schedule. No unhappy cleanup party of subcommittee specialists was left behind to carry on. The hard fact was that in Europe at least, nothing was left to discuss. On Asia, the Big Four agreed to meet again, this time with Red China and the other nations who fought in the Korean war, on April 26 in Geneva...
...gloom, that has encompassed auto dealers around the country for several months settled in Detroit last week. This time it was not just the independents who were being hurt. Chrysler Corp., hard hit by the slow cleanup sale of its 1953 cars, laid off some 9,200 workers. Nash has already announced an eight-day shutdown to help dealers trim inventories; Studebaker is shut down until early next month; Hudson and Packard cut their work forces. Still unaffected are General Motors and Ford Motor Co., both of which are planning higher output of their cars in the first quarter...
...Post-Intelligencer (circ. 184,301) picked up close to 50,000 readers and more ads than it could print, but the Times confidently expects to hold its circulation lead. Striking editorial staffers found temporary jobs, from unloading bananas and canned salmon on the city's docks to doing cleanup jobs for the park department. Said Federal Mediator Barney Toner: "Negotiators from both sides never raised their voices and debated issues as quietly and carefully as two old men playing chess...
...service, Ruiz Cortines had never given Alemán trouble, and there was no reason to believe he would. On his record, Ruiz Cortines was honest enough to satisfy public opinion, and "safe" enough to satisfy the men around Alemán. So Alemán himself chose the cleanup...
...startling as his cleanup was the skill and authority with which Ruiz Cortines carried it out. Mild and unassuming personally, the new President nevertheless grasped his great powers firmly. His methods reminded one subordinate of the story of Abraham Lincoln polling his Cabinet, finding all eight opposed to his view, then announcing: "Eight nays, one aye; the ayes have it." Though he has held only two Cabinet meetings since taking office...