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...people who seemed to have put destalinization to some advantage so far were some deviationists in Russia. In a burst of articles the Moscow press last week revealed that party meetings called to criticize the "cult of personality" frequently became critical of the party itself. Said Pravda: "We cannot disregard the fact that some rotten elements are trying to make use of criticism and self-criticism for all sorts of ... anti-party assertions [and are] repeating the hackneyed, slanderous inventions of the foreign reactionary propaganda...
...hierarchy or shared their terrors, there was evident confusion. In Moscow the large number of people seeking to file through the Lenin-Stalin tomb (possibly out of curiosity, to check whether his body was still there) caused a reinforcement of security guards. In Georgia, birthplace of Stalin, the official disregard of the third anniversary of his death (March 5) aroused wide resentment. Next day, following a number of unofficial party meetings, thousands of young Georgians demonstrated in the streets of Tiflis, carrying portraits of Stalin and shouting his praises. Three days later, to appease this outburst, the official Georgian Communist...
Local politicians sling mud with such obvious disregard for the validity of their charges, that the interested citizen can usually gain only a dramatic diversion by following their activities. The latest explosion at City Hall, however, reaches much deeper than the usual headline-grabbing maneuver. In effect, it is a public announcement that all efforts at either implementing Urban Renewal or continuing planning work have for the moment ground to a halt...
...twenties has made young poets mistakenly believe that they, too, do not have to write for an audience," Muir asserted. But these experiments were made to get poetry out of what seemed a dead end. Since they succeeded, Muir said, there is no longer any excuse for a similar disregard of the need for an audience...
Because Santee's disregard for the amateur rules was so open, it was bound to backfire, and last fall it did: the Missouri Valley A.A.U. suspended him for accepting excess expenses. It took the enthusiastic support of Kansas Senator Frank Carlson to get him reinstated. Then, at its national convention, the A.A.U. ordered a special committee to reinvestigate Santee. The committee dug up new evidence, decided that Wes Santee had illegally pocketed $1,500 for participating in eight track meets. Last week the A.A.U. set Santee down for life...