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...Neither hen nor lion had much to crow about. A year of Conservative government had seen no sensational improvements. Britain was still plagued by shortages. Its defense program was drastically cut and far behind its goals. Chancellor of the Exchequer R. A. ("Rab") Butler reported that Britain was now out of the red at last, thanks to a favorable trade balance of ?24 million ($67 million) for the first half of 1952, but his shining news was tarnished by an unexpectedly large internal budget deficit of ?293 million. Nevertheless it was Butler's honestly stated mixture of good...
...looked possible. Anthony Eden, freshly back from his chat with Yugoslavia's Tito, with his new bride at his side, was cozily reassuring about the global future. "We have gone ahead at a pretty good jog-trot," he said. It remained for the top Tory himself to crow the loudest...
...latter Fund was on the C.C. list the year before, and at that time some students had protested because its group fostered segregation. "It is apparent that the Council purposely changed the name of the Jim Crow Weed this year to deceive students," the club fumed...
Fully aware of New York's highly developed social conscience, Dewey first turned his attack on Alabama's Senator John J. Sparkman. The Democrats' man, said Dewey, is "the Jim Crow candidate for Vice President." Sparkman, who had just completed a three-day tour in upstate New York, "brings into this state the worst record of hatred and warfare against minorities of any man who ever walked into this state." Twice, said Dewey going to the record, Alabama's Sparkman voted against anti-lynching bills, and twice he voted against bills to abolish the poll...
...June 7, 1948, said Dewey, John Sparkman became the "busiest Jim Crow agent in America."* On that he voted against 1) abolishing segregation in the armed forces, 2) an anti-lynching measure to protect members of the armed forces, 3) exempting servicemen from paying poll taxes...