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...till last week, Young had not seemed to be making much headway in his battle for the road. In the last vote on ICC's plan, the bondholders had heavily opposed him, were skeptical of his promises. But last week, there were signs of a shift. Word spread that MoPac bondholders had started buying MoPac common stock, just in case Young should...
...acceptable treaty, continued Chou, would 1) grant Red China control over Formosa, the Pescadores and other islands off the China mainland, 2) approve Russia's Yalta title to South Sakhalin and the Kuriles, and 3) bar U.S. armed forces in Japan. Knowing that they could make no headway against the U.S., the British and the French, the Communists evidently hoped to keep India, Indonesia and other Asian governments from accepting the treaty...
...Socialists, who support Baudouin, are agitating for new elections (their slogan: "For the new King, a new Parliament!"), are expected to make headway. Catholic Premier Pholien's fence-sitting cabinet is expected to offer Catholic King Baudouin its resignation, may soon be replaced by a Socialist-Catholic coalition. But Belgium's biggest problem is outside her borders: the threat of Russian aggression. By 1952, Belgium has promised to contribute to the NATO army one full armored division, two infantry divisions, two reserve divisions...
...when emergency relief ends, U.N. members have pledged $250 million to cover the first year of an estimated five-year rehabilitation program. But until Korea's political future is settled, rehabilitation can make little headway...
...best available reports coming out of China indicated that Archbishop Riberi's letter had put a sizable sprag in the Communist wheel. The Independent Catholic movement, which a few months ago had looked like a threatening schism, seemed to be making little headway, with clerical support limited to a handful of obscure priests...