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Answer, Concession. This was an answer to the Communists, who have demanded postponement of the Assembly scheduled to meet on Nov. 12. But the Generalissimo also made concessions. The Government, he said, would consult "all leaders" before convoking the Assembly, would also "consider a reasonable increase" in delegates. (Meanwhile, Communist Leader Mao Tse-tung, still conferring in Chungking with the Generalissimo, publicly reiterated the Communist demand for a meeting of all political parties to arrange elections for the Assembly...
...Economic and Social Council is empowered to call international conferences and draft conventions for submission to the Assembly. It may consult directly on a regular basis with non-governmental agencies such as business and labor groups...
...King." King Leopold's plight drew Europe's dynasts together. Off to London to consult with Britain's Dowager Queen Mary, Leopold's relative, dashed Belgium's Dowager Queen Elizabeth, Leopold's mother...
Then he added: "We are prepared to consult with industries continuously . . . and modify our policies as fast as new circumstances make it desirable...
...prohibitions covering Crime, Sex, Vulgarity, Obscenity, Profanity, Costume, Dances, Religion, Locations (i.e., bedrooms), National Feelings. (Sample rule, under Crime: "The use of liquor in American life, when not required by the plot or for proper characterization, will not be shown.") Under its provisions, the 28 member-companies of M.P.P.D.A. consult the Hays Office on every step in the making of a picture, from the purchase of a story idea to exhibition. If critics com plain that such prohibitions result in a childishly unrealistic portrayal of American life, cinemen reply that political censors would probably distort the picture even more...