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...high time, concludes Woodward, that the historian reassert himself as the guardian of the integrity of American history. "The historian must never concede that the past is alterable to conform with present convenience, with the party line, with mass prejudice, or with the ambitions of powerful popular leaders...
...Northern and Western plants-other companies also do that-but that Harvester has carried a clear-cut policy of nondiscrimination into the South itself. Partly because of Jo Anderson and partly because Harvester has found that Negro workers in general are just as good as white, it declined to conform to the local policy of discrimination when it opened plants after World War II in Memphis and Louisville, and the results, said the Urban League, are an object lesson for U.S. industry...
...nation's fight against Communism, the President said, "we are defeating ourselves if either by design or through carelessness we use methods that do not conform to the American sense of justice and fair play . . . Obviously, it is the responsibility of the Congress to see to it that its procedures are proper and fair...
...Meeting in New York, the strait-laced U.S. Lawn Tennis Association loosened amateur standards enough to conform with International Lawn Tennis Federation rules. Main changes: amateurs (beginning at 21 instead of 35) may now work for sporting-goods firms, may teach tennis in schools and colleges if employed as regular faculty members...
...attacked the "recent unprofessional, and at best misguided, activity of at least a few teachers" who have been pressing for more conformity. "One cannot successfully oppose indoctrination or fight communism, in which everything works towards conformity, with increased pressures to conform...