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...powers, China, strengthens that body. On the basis that talking is usually preferable to fighting, and China's presence makes talking easier, the U.N. action deserves support. Recognizing the People's Republic of China also accords with the wise policy, supported by Senator McGovern, of recognizing regimes in de facto control of a country. Recognition does not imply approval. On that basis, the simultaneous decision to exclude the Republic of China (Taiwan) demonstrates the limits of the U.N., already noted in regard to the Arab-Israel conflict...
...House with a House Committee on Educational Policy (HCEP) consisting of nine official members: two Faculty Associates, two resident tutors, three undergraduates, the House Master, and one Senior Tutor as Chairman. The student representative from the House to the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life should be a de facto tenth member. The HCEP would be sensitive to the educational needs and preferences of the students it serves and would solicit individual and group suggestions for House Gen. Ed. courses. Ultimate authority for approving and funding House courses would rest with the Committee on General Education and the full Faculty...
...Brown v. Board of Education. Says Jack Greenberg, director-counsel of the N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund: "I think the court will protect racial minorities as it has historically. One of the things about conservatives is that they follow precedent." Precedent, however, is not strong on Northern-style de facto segregation, and the court may well not feel required to press into such new territory...
Twice chairman of the Boston school committee, Mrs. Hicks retains her reputation as the staunchest opponent of busing to end de facto segregation, a position that accounted for much of her support in 1967. Now the feeling is that her day-and the era of her particular appeal-may have passed. For the first time in her political career, Mrs. Hicks did not finish first in a Boston primary, and she has lately reversed many of her earlier positions. She supports the antiwar Mansfield amendment, while earlier she had been a raging hawk...
...Germany, even with unemployment under 1%, some businessmen are talking of a Wirtschaftskrise (economic crisis). Industrialists estimate that the import surcharge and de facto revaluation of the Deutsche Mark will mean a 30% drop in the sale of German goods to America. Steelmakers put 11,000 workers on short hours, and the angered men marched through the streets carrying signs of protest. While industrial profits are falling, the cost of living is nearly 6% higher than a year...