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...doubtful that this official delegation "will be anything approaching representative, if last year's group is an example of the Committee's handiwork. The Budapest "representatives" of the U. S. had this to say of their country last August: "...The greater part of American Youth have no jobs. America is run by economic royalists and military brass hats...To the ever-louder demands of our youth for jobs, all Wall St. men can answer is 'Join the Army...'" What the Committee is most interested in this year is illustrated by requests in its blurb for information on: "Southern Schools...Dismissal...
...training offered will not be on a professional level since all the type will be hand set. Because the library is bearing the major cost of operation, students will not be allowed to sell their handiwork...
...children had a gift to exchange for the elephant presented to Tokyo's Ueno Zoo by India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (TIME, Oct. 17). Tokyo's Master Toymaker Jiro Aidawa had promised to make them something free of charge. Last week he displayed his handiwork to the delighted youngsters. It was an animal band. A toy monkey waved a baton, a bear scraped on a fiddle, a giraffe shook a tambourine, an elephant pounded a drum. The tune they would play for Nehru's ear was strictly made in the U.S.A. It was Oh! Susanna...
...Jolson Sings Again," is a prime example of their handiwork. "The Jolson Story," to which the present effort is a lame sequel, made very good business for the box offices when it came out two years ago; a movie about the "mammy" singer of the twenties, with Al Jolson's voice on the sound track, was almost a sure thing from the start. But there were a few of Jolson's top numbers that couldn't be fitted in. When the film turned out to be a hit, the moviemakers couldn't resist the temptation to have Jolson sing again...
...Britain took a stand against nationalization of industry. (The Laborites have also indicated that their nationalizing drive is almost spent.) On social services, however, the Tories go as far as Labor-if not a bit farther. Said the Tory pamphlet: "We regard [the social services] as mainly our own handiwork. We shall endeavor faithfully to maintain the range and scope of these services, and the rates of benefits." The Tories promised increased government spending on farm subsidies, rural housing, roads and forests, pensions to widows, spinsters and the aged, and free drugs to "private patients" who choose to stay outside...