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President Eisenhower's recommendations on labor law, which went to Congress this week, were cut out of the same cloth as his State of the Union message. He recognized that the Wagner Act, passed "by bipartisan majorities" in 1935, was necessary to protect the workingman. He noted that the Taft-Hartley Act, passed "by bipartisan majorities"*i n 1947, was necessary to cope with the new power of unions. Taft-Hartley is sound legislation, Eisenhower said, but experience gained under it "indicates that changes can be made to reinforce its basic objectives...
...entertainment program, including the plaintive nose-fluting solos dear to the heart of every Tongan despite the fact that their music is limited to three notes. There were triumphant rustic arches, bearing the legend "I Love You" to be made for the royal route of march, tapa cloth banners to be cut and painted, pigs to be killed, pineapples to be picked and the Royal Tongan Military Band to be drilled...
...first thing I had on was a chemise, then my corsets, a corset waist, a pair of pantsies, a little flannel skirt, the bustle, a white skirt, then the dress. The dress was made with a skirt lining and wigging stitched on up to the knees, and the dress cloth went over that, a long skirt reaching to the floor. Then an overskirt over that, that reached the floor and was tucked up on the sides and the top. Long stockings, black, and high-buttoned shoes . . . Then I had a stiff high collar and white linen cuffs. My dress...
...refortify battered North Korea-plainly showing that they have no intention of yielding it to a unified all-Korean government at the peace table. Last September Russia granted $250 million towards North Korea's "recovery.?' Last week Red China agreed to send $317 million in "coal, cloth, cotton, grain, building materials, communications equipment, metal products, machinery, agricultural tools, fishing boats, paper and other daily necessities of the people." Red China also agreed to-cancel North Korea's war debts incurred up to next Jan. 1 (apparently a way of saying that North Koreans must pay occupation costs...
...they strikingly augmented the material resources of their mission. To replace the wheezing, borrowed Fiat which had become their trademark, Franciscan Toschi walked into a Bologna automobile dealer's to take delivery of two new Fiat station wagons (bought on the installment plan). Out of respect for his cloth and his impatience, the dealer hustled Father Toschi through the formalities of the sale as quickly as possible. Snapped an irritated lay customer, unwittingly confirming the success of Toschi's mission: "These damn Flying Friars are always taking off without waiting their turn...