Word: favored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Concerning the Pentagon reorganization plan: One would think from the testimony of General Pate [May 12] that the personnel of the Marine Corps are more in favor of defending the corps than the Constitution. But are we going to sacrifice the effectiveness of the defense of our country to preserve the fraternity of the corps? The corps was created by men to do a job, not ordained by God and to be preserved as such...
...other congressional actions last week: ¶ The Senate confirmed (67-13) the appointment of onetime New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacLean Tiffany as director of the new Commission on Civil Rights, despite Southern fury over Tiffany's admission that, as a last resort, he would favor the use of federal troops to enforce integration. ¶ The Senate passed by voice vote, and sent to the House, a bill requiring automobile dealers to display on new cars the manufacturer's suggested retail price, the cost of each accessory and a total delivery price. Bill's aim: to eliminate...
...Algiers, for nearly a week, the right-wing press had been working on the emotions of the city's French population by preaching against Pflimlin as an apostle of "abandonment," because he was known to favor negotiations with the rebel Algerian National Liberation Front. Then came the explosive word that Algerians had executed three French prisoners in reprisal for the execution of three rebels in Algiers' jail. Driven by uncontrollable fury, thousands of colons surged into the streets of Algiers shouting "The army to power!" and "Vive De Gaulle!" (see below). They were quieted only when General Massu...
...exploded. "You might as well try to explain about fishing without using the word fish." When the board complained that he was dealing with a controversial subject, he countered that "if some people are against adultery, and it is controversial, then some people must be in favor...
...utilities were operating legally prior to the law's passage, whereas Du Pont was found guilty of violating the 44-year-old Clayton Antitrust Act. The man who will decide what Du Pont must do is Chicago's Federal Judge Walter J. LaBuy, whose original ruling in favor of Du Pont three years ago was reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Last week he announced that it would probably be September before he could even start hearings on Du Font's proposal...