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...during his preinauguration tour, Kubitschek stressed that his administration will welcome foreign investment. For the power and transportation sectors of the program, the administration will also need development loans from the U.S. Government. Urgently needed is U.S. aid in refunding Brazil's existing foreign debts so as to lessen the yearly bite. Just at inauguration time, the U.S. Export-Import Bank announced equipment loans totaling $55 million to Brazilian government-run enterprises ; obvious in the timing was Washington's intent to show its good will toward the new administration...
...NAACP has followed this course with notable success. In the North, NAACP groups have led civic campaigns to lessen race tension, using noise as a key weapon. Numerous state and municipal FEPC laws have followed NAACP-inspired pressure. The supreme court cases on segregation in education, transportation, and recreational facilities were argued by Association lawers, and pending Congressional legislation includes bills for national unsegregated public housing, medical care, and sanitation, sponsored by the NAACP...
...other hand, many Negro newsmen feel that rising living and educational standards will continue to lessen the demand for a Negro press. But few of them believe that the Negro's interests will be wholly integrated with those of the white man for at least another half-century. Says Ebony's Johnson: "When that happens we'll gladly go out of business...
...attempt to preserve American prestige, the code need not desert all standards. Rather, it should rely upon the instinctive, more sacred American justification for sacrifice; group loyalty, aimed at minimizing the hardships of fellow prisoners. Even if prisoners of war are allowed to confess their own "crimes" freely to lessen torture, they must not lighten their burden by betraying fellow prisoners. Each prisoner should be obligated to withstand torture whenever possible to prevent incriminating a fellow prisoner. Also disclosure of vital information, bringing danger to American troops, deserves the full punishment...
...monkey wrench. In a complaint filed under the Clayton Antitrust Act, FTC charged that the merger would give Farm Journal-Country Gentleman "approximately 51% of the total net paid circulation among the six largest competitors in the farm magazine field"-though only 24% of total farm magazine circulation-thus "lessen competition" and "tend to create a monopoly." The news surprised Farm Journal President Richard Babcock, who said that the FTC made a routine investigation but gave no indication that anything was wrong. The merger will go ahead. Said Babcock: "We are confident . . . that we have not violated the Clayton...