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...that FCC approval is at hand, intermural wrangling among manufacturers and networks will get hotter. RCA claims to have the best transmitting system; CBS, which introduced a new receiver tube two weeks ago, insists it is better than RCA's tube and furthermore, easier to massproduce. What does it all mean to televiewers? Color TV sets may be on the market by next fall; screens will be small (about 14 inches) at first; prices (on early sets) about...
Lewis' sort of talk is bound to be heard more frequently as the debate over trade gets hotter. It is the kind of talk which has a particular appeal to Congressmen who think, erroneously, that their districts have no stake in the export market. Already the economic nationalists have slowed the Administration's campaign to get freer trade. If the campaign is to succeed, the Administration must speak its answer to Lewis and his fellow economic nationalists clearly and often...
Turkey in the Straw. After that, things got hotter, and Greek Ambassador Athanase Politis called a square dance. Said an admiring guest: "He never saw a turkey or knew about straw, but he is one hell of a caller." Senator Estes Kefauver, onetime presidential candidate, boyishly hooked his arm around a tent pole and spun three complete turns. The Tennessee statesman, as usual, had a word to say. "Whee!" was the word. Speaker Joseph Martin grinned his friendly, lumpy grin. Senator Styles Bridges rang a locomotive bell and shouted "All aboard...
...merged with United Paramount Theaters. Inc., he expects the parent company will pour about $35 million into broadcasting. "Of that," he says confidently, "I hope $1,000 will come down to me." As for TV, Berns feels radio can survive: "If TV had come before radio, radio would be hotter than ever. I can imagine a housewife saying, 'What a terrific machine! You don't have to watch it at all, and it's so restful on the eyes...
...taxes and living costs have been going up, while the trend of prices for their farm products has been down. Farm policy -Republican v. Democrat promises to farmers-has not developed as a burning 1952 issue in Iowa. Other issues, e.g., Government corruption and the Korean war, are hotter...