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...been questioned in the RFC scandal, and who had so far avoided the chance to straighten it all out before the investigating Fulbright subcommittee. Had the President asked Dawson to go clear himself? That, thought the President, .was the committee's business not his. "You don't intend to fire Mr. Dawson from the White House?" No, said Harry Truman curtly, gesturing at Dawson sitting three feet behind him. Dawson was right there, wasn't he? That was all there...
Farmers are not planting as much this year as the Department of Agriculture wants. According to department estimates last week, farmers intend to plant 366 million acres, about eight million more than last year but four million less than in 1949. The biggest disappointment is in the prospects for corn, needed for meat, dairy and poultry production. The department wanted 90 million acres in corn this year, but farmers are boosting their acreage only slightly, to 85.6 million. Agriculture still hopes that farmers will boost plantings before it is too late, thus keep food prices from going higher...
...Whom do you intend to see in Petersburg...
Ober had insisted that Conant implement a policy the President had backed earlier in 1949 as a members of the National Education Association Committee: that communists should not teach. But, Clark said, the University did not intend to allow a witch hunt. Conant had already allowed the University News Office to state" . . . the report of the N.E.A. Committee dealt with judgments . . . and did not attempt to discuss legal or procedural aspects of the appointment and possible dismissal of teachers...
...office also revealed yesterday the results of a survey it made on what careers seniors intend to follow after graduation. The poll, which was made at spring registration, shows that law is the top choice of the class of '51, followed by medicine. Of 1,018 seniors who were asked, 753 returned their questionnaires, and 108 of the indicated that they wanted to be lawyers. Both professions rank ahead of manufacturing and production, which top the list of non-professional jobs...