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...farms of the U.S. last week, there was still a gnawing uneasiness about prices. There was also uneasiness about Elder Benson and his free-market ideas. But, for the most part, U.S. farmers seemed prepared to give him a chance. Said a Kansas corn man: "We're holding judgment on Secretary Benson like on the new country preacher whose sermons may run out in a few Sundays." Meanwhile, Ezra Benson was putting his faith in the Lord-and cooperative free enterprise. Said he: "A completely planned and subsidized economy weakens initiative, discourages industry, destroys character and demoralizes the people...
...second argument is that Harvard, as a "free-market for ideas," must present the Christian viewpoint. This presupposes that Harvard's "free-market of ideas" is merely a battleground of beliefs. It is no such thing; professors are hired to present a subject objectively in class and convictions are secondary...
...Another reason derives from Harvard's role as a free-market for the exchange of ideas. In line with this, the student makes an evaluation and a rational choice. Therefore the complaint that this form of truth would be forced upon the student or that Harvard itself would espouse any particular religion is logically invalid...
...Prepare yourself for the worst," warned Rio's O Globo the evening Brazil heard about the new war in Korea. In Santiago, the dollar sagged from 109 to 81 pesos in brisk free-market trading. Crowds gathered quickly to read news bulletins in Mexico City's Bucareli Street, radio stations increased their newscasts. "The measures which the great nations now take," said Bogota's El Tiempo, "will affect all of us. We enter into a grave period...
...British have objected from fear that the free-market which the French propose for the franc will inevitably affect the pound adversly. If large amounts of pounds flow through Paris, the British government feels that it will also have to devalue, making foreign commodities more expensive at a time when exports are beginning to climb to a level high enough to cover imports...