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...project Todd last summer had won the cooperation of Chinese Nationalists and Chinese Communists. But last week the Communists were demanding a five-month postponement of further work on the river. In Yenan, Communist Spokesman Chou En-lai gave the official Communist reason: "It would destroy the lives and property of several million people" living in the path of the river's projected diversion. The Reds charged that resettlement of these millions had been delayed by the Nationalists' failure to make good a promised $15 billion CN ($4.5 million U.S.) relief payment to local Communist authorities...
Starting with an attempt to appease all pressure groups, the House's gestation period has brought forth a bill that satisfies none completely. The proposed five-month holiday is merely a subterfuge by which the burden of decision is to be shifted to the already weary shoulders of President Truman, whose responsibility it will be to resume the induction of selectees in October. For many years the House complained of its subordinate position, yet having been given the ball by the executive authority, it held it only long enough to throw it back...
Merle Oberon, almond-eyed cinema siren, five-month wife of Cameraman Keith Ballard, was reported "doing very nicely" after an operation performed "to increase likelihood of motherhood...
William Beebe, 68, past master at best-selling exploration (Jungle Peace, Jungle Days), returned to Manhattan from yet another expedition, reported that he had done his latest wildlife-peeping from the cool veranda of an unused Venezuelan luxury hotel. He broke his leg and spent most of his five-month stay peering at the jungle through binoculars. He found the view so good that he now would like to build the place into a sort of scientists' center...
Into extremist Perlinger's shoes stepped Rear Admiral Alberto Tessaire, a moderate nationalist. At an end was a five-month palace battle. Whether the war was over remained to be seen...