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...Britain there was uneasiness about High Commissioner Templer's highhanded methods. Said Laborite Lord Listowel, onetime Colonial Minister: "Collective punishment will turn many people . . . hitherto unconcerned about politics, into Communist sympathizers." In the House of Commons 124 Labor M.P.s introduced a motion protesting collective punishment in Malaya. But Templer had more in mind than mere reprisal...
This did not mean that France was back on its feet, or that Pinay had succeeded. But he had already passed one political miracle: proving that the hitherto solid Gaullist bloc could be split, and that a government could be formed without kowtowing to the Socialists (TIME, March 17). Now he was gambling, double or quits, on a return of confidence. If tax dodgers went on dodging, if France's hidden capital stayed in hiding, if stores raised prices and labor pushed up wages, the defense of the franc would collapse. Pinay had done his best; the rest...
...appealing, pastoral style, strongly reminiscent of Vaughan Williams. The first three movements became slightly monotonous because of the similarity of their musical ideas, though this impression may be due to the uniformity of the tempi with which they were performed. In the fourth movement, Mr. Davison departs from his hitherto placid style and attempts, I think successfully, a more elaborate plan. Especially noteworthy are the many long, beautifully constructed melodies which appear in the course of this composition...
...Youth Shoe Factory, workers promised to improve the quality of their shoes, hitherto declared only 80% satisfactory...
Four Yale players dropped in more than ten points that night for the second straight game--they did it to the Crimson on Saturday--indicating the varsity's hitherto porous defense may have trouble tonight...