Word: intents
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...broader scale Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sought to counteract the softening effect of the Soviet manpower cut on Western alertness. The U.S. welcomes the cut, he said, "if this proves to be evidence of an intent to forgo the use of force in international affairs. However, the obvious explanation is a need for greater manpower in industry and agriculture. It would be very foolish for us to drop our guard...
This re-orientation has, of course, brought problems with it, Foremost among these is the type of play which the Festival should produce. How far should the group--or how far will it have to--please popular taste? In other words, will the admirable intent of the Festival be undermined by its sudden new desire for a permanent, sound financial basis? Another closely connected problem concerns casting. Should the Festival seek big-name stars, regardless of their classical acting ability, or should it seek to form a permanent repertory group, which might not have as much popular appeal, albeit considerably...
...Prohibition of Anarchy Law," under which Struik was indicted, was clearly contravened by Congressional action in the field--specifically, the Smith Act, the Internal Security Act, and the Communist Control Act. The decision, according to Ephraim Martin, the Middlesex Country District Attorney prosecuting Struik, "indicates an intent on the part of Congress to occupy exclusively the field of sedition, at least where the offense charged is a Federal crime...
First, Struik could be reindicted if the State Attorney General successfully appeals the Gilbert decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the high tribunal would be unlikely to accept the case after its contrary Nelson ruling. Second, Congress itself could broaden the intent of Federal Communist control acts to tolerate existing state laws. But such an interpretation would be valid for the 84th Congress only, and could not legally be held to apply retroactively to a case like Struik's. And, finally, in response to the petition of 42 state Attorneys General, the Federal court could hear re-argument...
...night at 7 o'clock, an angry, chunky Soviet colonel named Ivan Kotsiuba called a press conference in East Berlin. Purpose: to protest the building by "American organizations" of a secret tunnel under East German territory, "with the criminal intent of spying." Offered a chance to see for themselves, the Western newsmen were taken to a site some 500 yards from the radar station at Rudow...