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...Reuther returned to the U.S. last week after a shining fortnight's good-will mission. He had sat in as a drummer at a village folk dance, got dolled up in a turban, been festooned with countless flowers, made 118 speeches. In a Calcutta auto plant, he had eaten lunch with the workers instead of in the bosses' dining room, explaining, "Hell, I wouldn't eat with them in the States. Why should I eat with them here?" Onetime (1933-35) Russian Auto Plant Worker Reuther drew new applause from approving Indians with a well-worn point...
Paper Profits. In Montreal, an irate businessman asked the cops to X-ray the stomach of a colleague who had just torn up their tentative contract and eaten...
...rare moments of freedom from the strict regimen come, strangely, at the table. Breakfast-eaten usually in state-subsidized clubs or officers' messes-is a souped-up repast of coffee, rolls and hefty portions of eggs and ham. Lunch provides plenty of soup, meat and vegetables, topped off with the sweet desserts, e.g., palaczinta, so popular in Hungary. Suppers are generally light, but no one frowns on wines or beer. "We don't like our athletes to be ascetic," says Sir. "It doesn't go with the Hungarian character...
...more to see and do: the handsome Philippine Capitol at Malacañan Palace, where President Magsaysay enjoys shaking hands with visitors, tours through the tropical countryside which include a look at native dancing and cockfighting plus a whopping big Filipino meal (a barbecued pig, prawns, coconut ice cream eaten out of a coconut shell). One local delicacy for the daring: balut, a duck egg ready to hatch...
...Birds. In Lindenhurst, N.Y., the case against Frank Richards, charged with allowing a rooster to run loose and perch on the hat of a twelve-year-old girl, was dropped after Richards showed up for trial, informed the court that he had eaten the evidence...