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...Democrat. For the Republicans, the problem was to find a candidate as well known in the state as Bob Wagner. Former Governor Thomas E. Dewey, U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. and Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall have so far said no. That left State Attorney General Jacob K. Javits, four times a New York Congressman and the only Republican to win statewide office in '54. Jack Javits was willing and eager, but there were some counts against him. Some state G.O.P. leaders felt that his congressional record had been too "liberal." Moreover, there was the fact that...
...head of the Fed. A banker's banker, Martin has educated a whole new generation of Federal Reserve officials in the classic function of U.S. central banking: keeping money in balance with production with as little direct Government interference as possible. Says FRB Governor (and Truman crony) J. K. Vardaman: "Martin has a better mastery than any man I know of the intermingling of private enterprise and federal supervision in this mixing bowl of the system. He has done more than any man to ensure continuation of the system by Congress...
...Brooklyn, Stockbroker Freeman Koo, 33, Harvard-educated son of Nationalist China's longtime (1946-56) Ambassador to the U.S. V. K. Wellington Koo, took the oath of U.S. citizenship...
Some churchmen are trying to spread the notion that the Chinese Communists are really being kind to Christians. A fortnight ago, Anglican Bishop K. H. Ting of Chekiang appeared at the World Council of Churches meeting in Hungary (TIME, Aug. 13) to say that Christian churches in Communist China are free. The Chinese people, said Bishop Ting, have come to regard Communist rule as "an act of God and a demonstration of His love." Last week brought further evidence of just how "free" Christianity is in Red China. After keeping him prisoner for five years, the Communists released Henry Ambrose...
...U.S.S.R. (in the judgment of the U.S. State Department), above all else, wants no war at this time, and has played a less mischievous role in the Middle East since Eden warned B. & K. in London that Britain means business there. But there are always secondary gains to exploit. Russia is winning an inexpensive popularity in the Arab world by its pro-Egyptian propaganda blasts, and also sees in the London conference an opportunity to end the historic Russian fear of Turkish closure of the Dardanelles to Russian vessels. (The Montreux Convention of 1936, which guarantees passage of the Dardanelles...