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...knew some folks, too. She worked in Matt Connelly's White House office, where she was friendly with Mrs. Merl (mink coat) Young. Called to the stand, Green had to be excused for incoherence. "Have you been drinking anything today?" asked Senator Joe McCarthy. Green replied with the partial admission and justification that has been standard in all phases of the recent hearings: "I had one Martini at lunchtime . . . only one. Is there anything wrong with that...
Wilson & Co. announced last fortnight that it will shut down its slaughtering plants one week every month (the union calls such partial closings "black weeks"). In Cleveland, the Koblenzer packing house has closed. Said its president: "Last month we killed 740 cattle and lost $6,700. They've taken my surplus, but they aren't going to get my capital. I'll sit till hell freezes over." Meat controls had created such a mess that even top Office of Price Stabilization officials were talking last week of abandoning them...
...Will Be Said . . ." In the end, he won only a partial victory. The Spaniards were gone, but Venezuela remained riven by petty local interests and provincial narrowness. Bolivar's dream of a Latin-American federation came to nothing...
These representatives are perfectly aware that this type of testimony can wreck a man's name and career, even if it is later refuted. They have had several years of experience dealing with like situations. By allowing the accusations to go on record without immediate challenge they took a partial stand where they should have been impartial...
...Anticipation of a long period of partial mobilization during which a young man will sooner or later have to spend at least two years with the armed forces...