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...Chairman Dies' continual peeves was the fact that this same suspect New Deal was hostile to his committee. His relations with the Department of Justice and Attorney-General Biddle were particularly strained. Just before Pearl Harbor, Dies sent Biddle a list of 1,124 federal employees alleged to be Communists or members of subversive organizations. A year later, after an exhaustive FBI investigation, Biddle announced that of Dies' 1,124, only two--were discharged. Dies quickly called the report a "white-wash." But his batting average never was very high...

Author: By David E. Lilienthal jr., | Title: Americanism, Inc.: III | 10/20/1948 | See Source »

This year's edition contains features and pictures on all College activities, Freshman affairs and sports, and photographs of the members of the Class and a mid-year '51 Dean's list...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Red Books Ready For Class of 1951 | 10/20/1948 | See Source »

Dean Bender backed his statements by quoting statistics that show "phenomenal records." Last year, he said, the proportion of dean's-list students was the highest in Harvard history, while the percentage of the student body who were fired from the University was the lowest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students' IQ Beats Fathers'---Bender | 10/19/1948 | See Source »

...lifted from one steel platform to another-so workers can walk around the tractor and do several assembly jobs-instead of being pulled along a continuous assembly line. Ferguson expects to turn out 100 tractors a day within two months, 500 when his production line hits its stride. List price: $1,470, more than $200 higher than Ford tractors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comeback in Tractors | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...Answers. Freeman sees Dr. Richards once a week, Saturday at 11 a.m. for 20 minutes, when they discuss the past week's work and Freeman tells her what he wants for the week following. At 8 a.m. each day, while Freeman is broadcasting, Dr. Richards picks up a list of questions he wants answered and leaves the answers to those he asked the day before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Virginians | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

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