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...workers, peasants and intellectuals loyal to the regime were entitled to any freedom; a promise of religious freedom was hedged by a demand that the church preserve a "loyal" attitude; "stern punishment" was threatened to "the counter revolutionaries"; "certain unemployment" would have to be faced; "various public figures and nonpartisan experts" would be consulted, but no minority party would be tolerated in Hungary; ousted Premier Imre Nagy was denounced as a traitor...
...Accepted reluctantly the resignation of Dr. Arthur F. Burns as chairman of his three-man Council of Economic Advisers. The new chairman: fellow CouncilMember Dr. Raymond J. Saulnier (pronounced Soh-Nyay), 48, like Burns a Columbia University economics professor and specialist at Washington's nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research before joining the council last year...
...Forum, the most expensive personal propaganda mill in the U.S., came to a halt last week. Launched five years ago by Dallas' Haroldson Lafayette Hunt, 67, whose oil, natural-gas and farmland interests give him an income of $200,000 a day, Facts Forum billed itself as a "nonpartisan, nonpolitical educational organization." But in its monthly Facts Forum News (reported circ. 100,000), a clutter of radio and TV shows, e.g., Reporters' Roundup, Topic of the Week, and widely distributed "public-opinion" polls, Hunt's nonprofit-and tax-free-foundation promoted a far-right, McCarthyist line that...
Bidwell's book, What the Tariff Means to American Industries, was sponsored by the nonpartisan Council on Foreign Relations. To get the facts on both sides of the tariff story, Bidwell assembled a standing team of 28 top bankers, educators, editors, businessmen, government officials, and had them scrimmage in round-table discussions with leaders of the eight industries: iron and steel, synthetic chemicals, electrical equipment, watches, bicycles, chinaware, glassware, woolens. Represented were both ardent protectionists and advocates of free trade...
Upon reconvening in January, Congress would, the men felt, approve a new, permanent appointment. Furthermore, the choice of Hand would be a nonpartisan one, which in an election year would be an advantage. The choice would also be "a grand gesture of recognition to the 84-year-old judge," Freund added. Though not mentioning Hand as a possible appointee, Ernest Joseph, also professor of Law, mentioned him as "outstanding." Braucher added that he had heard the suggestion made by others of his colleagues...