Word: ironed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From an adventurous idea, the Seminar has after two years established itself on a permanent basis. Its success and the welcome it has had in Europe have persuaded other colleges to make plans for similar institutions elsewhere. It has proved that national boundaries and even the "Iron Curtain" can be transcended. Last month President Conant wrote of the Seminar. "At a time when there is a great deal of talk about international good will and altogether too little evidence that such good will is on the increase, it is heartening to know that the experiment at Schloss Leopoldskron is becoming...
...India, which began: "Re: change of address due to Punjab massacre . . ." For many of our subscribers in China, a change of address is now out of the question and communications like the following have been coming to us: "Unfortunately, the Communists are approaching my native city (Wuchang), and an iron curtain will soon be tightly drawn between us and the West. American publications, especially, will be prohibited . . . For the sake of my safety, please stop corresponding with your humble reader...
Last week the State Department peremptorily called a halt. It ruled that the visas of 17 Iron Curtainers were no longer valid, ordered the men to leave the country as soon as possible. Before they left, the visitors got a quick look around, and did a little shopping. One night Composer Shostakovich slipped quietly into a balcony seat at a Manhattan concert to hear the forbidden "formalist" music of Hungary's late Bela Bartok...
German authorities reported that they had been arrested by Czech police for illegally crossing the border, and were being held in jail behind the Iron Curtain. U.S. officials were refused the right to visit them. The U.S. embassy at Prague protested repeatedly, and its protests were either ignored or evaded. Three months went by before the Czech government made a terse announcement: Hill and Jones were being held for espionage. Last week the Czechs broke their silence again with an even more chilling report. The pair had been secretly tried as spies, had been sentenced to long terms at hard...
Come On Over. Last week everyone this side of the Iron Curtain was beckoning the tourists and reaching for the $500 million in Yankee dollars that the visitors would leave behind them. Everywhere, hotels were getting a sprucing-up, and red tape an unraveling (many countries- had abolished visas). If not yet back to prewar standards and costs, foreign travel was getting simple enough to be good fun again...