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...China crisis makes me curious to see what the Chiang Kai-shek haters will come up with this time after all those variations on "I have seen the future, and it works," after each visit to the Communists. Also to be heard from are the ChiCom dreaders, with their dire forebodings about the mighty Red Chinese nation, a dedicated monolith poised to crush all Asia at any provocation...
Disaster & Disarray. The G.O.P.'s new direction and drive prompted a dire warning last week from one of the most articulate Democrats around. Address ing New York's Democratic Forum, former J.F.K. Speechwriter Ted Sorensen said that the 1966 election had plunged the Administration party into such "disaster and disarray" that Johnson's chances for re-election have been gravely "endangered." Sounding for all the world like an oldtime Tammany ward heeler, Sorensen bewailed the fact that "the unions can no longer deliver their members; their preachers can no longer deliver the Negroes; and the ward captains...
Wall Street's dominant bears have greatly accelerated their short-selling. They are obviously hedging against any and every dire possibility - higher taxes, tighter money, rougher inflation. Though the U.S. Labor Department reported last week that wholesale prices stayed stable in September for the first time in six months, most economists still expect prices to inflate in the months ahead. The bears predict that earnings after taxes will drop next year...
Before Medicare took effect on July 1, there were dire predictions of imminent chaos. Every oldster with a hangnail or bellyache would demand a hospital bed, pushing admissions beyond capacity. Thousands of hospitals would fail to meet federal standards and thus be unable to serve Medicare patients. General administration of a plan covering 19.1 million persons could easily break down. In the first eight weeks of the program, Medicare has had its problems, but they have been surprisingly few and far less serious than expected...
...indefinite postponement" of the Algiers summit, declaring: "We cannot sit side by side with reactionary elements." That seemed to kill any chance of a summit. Then last week, Feisal announced that Saudi Arabia would not go along with postponement. "More than ever before," said Feisal, "there is dire necessity for Arab summit conferences, in order to unify the Arab effort." Moreover, said Feisal, his country, which is the Middle East's second highest contributor ($22.4 million) to Arab summit organizations, would refuse further payments unless the meeting were held. In the end, only Jordan rallied to Feisal...