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...investigation adduced very little information about the Klan unknown to the Justice Department. Nor did it lead to any convictions or indictments, though Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton, four grand dragons, a kludd and a kladd were cited for contempt of Congress. Yet the inquiry served a useful purpose, if only by giving an opportunity to a sorry klutch of knackers, knarks and Knipperdollings* to document for themselves that "the invisible empire" is moved as much by dollar lust as by racial hatred...
However, the most troubling aspect of an otherwise helpful discussion of the modern Presidency is Burns's utter contempt for the other branches of the Federal government. With his theory of four-party politics in America (developed in his earlier volume, Deadlock of Democracy), Burns seems to suggest that Congress might just as well be retired completely. The Congressional wings (as opposed to the Presidential wings) of both major parties, he says, are lodged in an antiquated institution which has merely slowed down the business of American government and threatened personal liberty...
Castro's Loss. Piqued by the setback, Peking called Castro a liar and accused him of unfairly juggling trade figures. Castro hit back last week with charges of "grand hypocrisy" and "contempt for smaller peoples." The feud could well lead to a break in diplomatic relations, has already gone far enough to impair Red China's hold on its one major base for espionage and subversion in the Western Hemisphere...
...Alfred's harsh unvarnished view that the turn-of-the-century Irish were bewildered ex-peasants yearning for feudal authority, a leadership that became polarized in two figures: the priest and the politician. The priest, astringently played by Barnard Hughes, is torn by a mixture of pity and contempt for his people, and he exerts his authority as though he were a bouncer in a perpetually unruly bar. The politician, an arm-twisting, Jim Curley-like charmer, played with resourceful guile by Tom Ahearne, has one key speech in which he punctuates a list of catastrophes with the words...
...NCAA is not trying to show contempt for the Ivy viewpoint on athletics. But unfortunately the Ivy league often looks upon the NCAA with a cynical eye, viewing a as a power-hungry organization eager to harass college athletics. Critics forget the essential role of the NCAA to protect and improve amateur sports for the 645 member colleges. The NCAA has become increasingly effective in curbing recruiting violations, creeping professionalism, a growing television network control over game conditions...