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...stooge or satellite or pawn or hireling of anybody. Just as Egypt is determined to have political independence, so also Egypt is determined to have and maintain ideological independence from all foreign ideologies such as Marxism, fascism, racism, colonialism, imperialism and atheism, all of which, incidentally, are European in origin...
After reading your explanation [Sept. 24] of the name of London's Elephant & Castle, may a Londoner give you the name origin of another famous London pub, The Goat & Compasses? During the Great Fire...
This plan works well when it is intended to prevent block-voting, by national-origin or religious groups, or even by large fraternity groups. No such groups exist here, and the plan effectively solves a non-existent problem. The main effect it can have is to elect the big-name football player to the class committee if he is put down as a ninth choice and works...
...airlines last week took a big step toward hiring Negroes for flight crews. The lines, all of which fly into New York, announced a joint policy of "judging applicants in all categories of employment and upgrading on the basis of merit, without regard to race, creed, color or national origin." In addition, they agreed not to solicit job seekers from agencies and schools that bar Negroes...
...major religious groups. The program emphasizes five "moral and spiritual cornerstones which are so commonly accepted as parts of our democracy that they can be taught in the public schools." Samples: "Man is a spiritual being of dignity and worth by virtue of the fact that he has his origin and destiny in God his Creator"; "All men are created equal in that they have equal worth in the sight of God . . ." The program can be accepted or not at the discretion of individual schools. ¶ To the mountain of statistics already amassed on the school population, the U.S. Office...