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...added that, contrary to the belief of Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey, confidence in the economy cannot "be lost in a day. The idea that candor would imperil economic stability is, almost certainly, ill conceived, if the economy were vulnerable to words, it would have succumbed ages...
...biggest change of all is the flood of pension money going into the stock market. Up to 1950, few companies dared put more than 5% of their funds in common or preferred stocks, for fear that capital losses might imperil benefit payments. Today, many firms have as much as 50% of their pension fund in the market, and most of it in common stocks. Dr. Robert E. Wilson, chairman of the $2 billion Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), calls the pension funds "the strongest source of new capital going into the market." Where Stanolind once had 60% of its funds...
...Francis J. Connell of the Catholic University of America defended Roman Catholic censorship and authority to decide what books are fit reading for Catholics. "Whatever advantages may accrue to one through the use of his personal freedom," he said, "they have no real value if they impede or imperil the attainment of his eternal destiny. Hence it is not an evil but a good when those in authority . . . regulate the use of liberty by those subject to their jurisdiction...
...reformed and came on again; this time he overran the summit. Of three ROK companies which disappeared under the Red tide, 175 survivors were rounded up later. The Chinese were finally stopped at the southern foot of Triangle's steep slopes. If they advanced any farther, they would imperil the U.N. supply bases and communication lines around Kumhwa...
...believe that nations either in the process of birth or taking their first steps would risk their national lives by hooting at, say, China when the United States and the UN has discarded them, is a sickening commentary on their approach to foreign policy. Scrapping collective security would only imperil the United States far more than at present. There is no need to belabor this point further...