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...Senator said. "Hoover suggested the same thing some time ago. He suggested that we ought to start ... a campaign to save food and eat less. ..." Only then did Bob Taft seem to realize that he had been thrown a cue. He began qualifying: "I know there are a lot of people who can only just get enough, but there are many who could take that advice and save a lot of money...
...Nerves. Fortnight ago, the C.I.O.'s eleven executive officers had wriggled away from a flat decision not to sign, had waited for a cue from the A.F.L. Now that it had the cue, the C.I.O. would almost certainly follow suit...
...Cue Takers. New Jersey's crinkly-haired Representative Fred Hartley, co-author of the Act, was its only vocal defender during the week. He lambasted labor's "brazen effrontery" and called for a congressional investigation of "any and all efforts to by-pass the law, whether by unions working alone or in conspiracy with employers." Employers perked up their ears and wondered what sort of merry-go-round they were on now. Many, for the sake of labor peace, had taken their contract cue from Co-Author Bob Taft. He had found "no illegality" in the coal operators...
...democratic order followed heretofore." For the long-hatching plot of Dominican exiles to overthrow him (TIME, Aug. 11, 18) Trujillo had a characteristic answer. Halfway through his oration he paused, barked: "Whoever tries to disturb the peace will find that we are willing to defend it." Right on cue, sirens went off all over the city, and armored cars rumbled toward the Senate Palace in a roaring hint of what might be in store for rebels...
Candid Mike already looks like a solid hit. Last week 800 enthusiastic listeners wrote in-including some sociologists, scientists, radio technicians-"the most literate fan mail" Funt has ever seen. The dissenting minority, if there was any, could take its cue from the Pittsfield (Mass.) Berkshire Eagle, which said: "With this new Machiavellian inspiration, radio crosses the last threshold of privacy. . . . The whole country seems likely to be plagued with hidden microphones...