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With the cooperation of both national committees, the Forum will present Kenneth B. Keating (R-N.Y.), and Katherine St. George (R-N.Y.) to hammer at the administration, and J. Vaughn Gary (D-Va), and Leo O'Brien (D-N.Y.) to defend the Fair Deal, and stress the solidarity of their party...
...introduced a steel dome to give an impression of greater interior height. And there were other troubles-problems of riveters who were almost unable to hammer in the oversized rivets needed to brace the Secretariat against the wind, of a tiny decoration budget that had to be eked out with paint, plaster and imagination. Harrison was asked last week how he ever managed to get the U.N. built. "The same way you build a railroad," said Harrison. "Foot by foot...
...which would create a federal Fair Employment Practices Commission, but which would also encourage the federal commission to stay out of any state which had an effective FEPC law of its own. In a speech accepting the presidential nomination of New York's Liberal Party, he continued to hammer at the civil rights theme, and went on to denounce the filibuster. Said he: "The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions . . . but no man has the right to strangle democracy with a single set of vocal...
...most important job does not begin until long after dark. The Free Officers Committee, which meets each night, is the real ruler of Egypt. Its nine members, mostly captains and majors, all under 45, hammer out the policies that Naguib-and Prime Minister Aly Maher-are expected to carry out. As chairman, Naguib wields important influence. But he dares not act alone. Faced with a major question of policy, military or political, Naguib invariably comments: "I'll have to get the committee's opinion on this...
...came clear evidence that Swedes are too easily impressed by the hard-boiled school of American detective fiction. Reporting on Tourist Margaret Truman's visit to Stockholm, Swedish newspapermen gave the impression that the President's daughter was being escorted around Europe by Sam Spade and Mike Hammer...