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...countries the world over, the press struggles in the toils of one I form of oppression or another. Of course, in the Communist world, where press control is traditionally total, there is no perceptible struggle. But in freer countries there are subtler means of entrapment. There are the subsidized newspapers (and editors), the "guided" press, censorship, newsprint allocations, and more. All operate in the same direction-away from the people's right to know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, may 11, 1959 | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

While they worked behind the scenes, President Eisenhower appeared at the meeting to make a plea for his foreign-aid program. Part of that program, said Ike, is "a freer flow of world trade. We must do this without prejudice to our national security and without inflicting undue hardship on our local producers. Especially among the less-developed countries we must use every available means to assure that these people not only add to the free world's strength, but eventually become valued participants as both sellers and buyers in the markets of world trade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD TRADE: Officially Neutral | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

Using Harvard as a basis for comparison, class discussion is much freer at Wellesley; there is less fear of saying the wrong thing. Wellesley's faults carry along with them merits; and although the instructor confesses that he consciously pitches the level of the discussion a little lower than he would prefer, he has the satisfaction of almost one hundred per cent participation...

Author: By Charles I. Kingson, | Title: Wellesley College: The Tunicata | 5/8/1959 | See Source »

...that when successful they are then rejected on grounds which should have precluded their invitation. Secretary Dulles, hard pressed, conceded this "imperfection," but found the decision satisfying. His remark failed to comfort the British government, which, often at its own political expense, has supported the American policies of freer trade and economic interdependence. It has managed to stabilize the pound, increase convertability, maintain debt payments, and encourage sales efforts in the dollar area-all objectives which America has been encouraging. Now, with elections approaching, it appears that the United States is abandoning these objectives and is helping the Socialists...

Author: By Bartle Buli, | Title: Trade Not Aid | 2/7/1959 | See Source »

...White House that a big Government contract would go to Philadelphia's Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp. Few outside Philadelphia paid much heed to the matter then. But last week, when the contract was formally announced, an international storm erupted over the order and the Administration's freer-trade policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: What Price Security? | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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