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...Civil Rights Committee flatly recommended outlawing the anti-Negro practices of the South. Such fiery Southerners as Fielding Lewis Wright, governor of Mississippi, forthwith raised the cry of secession-from the Democratic Party, not the nation. When President Truman urged Congress to enact his committee's recommendations into law, the outcry could be heard from Charleston to Little Rock...
...killed (TIME, Jan. 12). This was a subject for a first-rate movie. Canon City is not that good, but it is exciting, intelligent and unpretentious. It begins as a straight documentary, presented with gratifying simplicity and quietness, then gently eases in among the professional players, who re-enact the break and the man hunt...
Whose Oligarchy? The issue this time was the Labor government's Parliament Bill, already twice approved by the House of Commons. The bill would reduce the time needed for the House of Commons to enact legislation over the Lords' disapproval, from two years to nine months...
Theater Workshoppers will carry "Henry IV" to the Boston air waves this evening in the first roel of a three-night radio adaptation. The same cast which staged the play last fall will enact a shortened Act I and Act II over WHDH tonight at 9:35 o'clock. The remaining acts are scheduled for Thursday and Friday evenings...
...people-all the American people-with a grave danger. Unchecked inflation can bring on a serious depression that can cause untold hardship. . . . The American people look to the Congress to pass legislation adequate to perform this all-important task. I trust that when the Congress returns it will promptly enact an effective, workable program...