Word: partisan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since its inception in 1861, the Historical Division of the State Department has worked on a non-partisan basis to compile and publish complete records of United States foreign policy. Until World War I this job was neither a particularly big nor important one. The Division had no difficulties in keeping the records up to date simply because of the relatively minor role this country played in international affairs...
...devoted and doctrinaire New Dealer, his forces believe he can pull strong conservative support in the West as well as in the East. They count, for example, on some spotty strength along the Harrimans' Union Pacific Railroad. They think Harriman has a two-way appeal. Says a partisan: "Because of his liberal record, he stands well with labor; because he's a businessman, the really big businessmen know that he's no crackpot...
...suppress information of value and interest to the nation were never so rampant as now." Thus, the American Civil Liberties Union last week summed up a report on the suppression of Government news by official agencies, usually hiding behind the subterfuge of classified information. Government secrecy is not a partisan issue, the report made clear; the Truman Administration was guilty of the same kind of suppression. But, it added, "invisible government is now worse than at any time in many years...
...couple of other crime shows came through with stories equally uninspired. In Appointment with Adventure (Sun. 10 p.m., CBS), an Italian mother (Lili Darvas) broods about the murder of her partisan son by the Germans, but "instead of seeking revenge on the Germans, somewhat irrationally goes after the U.S. soldier who commanded her son's unit. In Justice (Sun. 10:30 p.m., NBC), a schoolteacher is framed by a tart and a fake cop, and pays blackmail until it is about time for the show to end. Then the schoolteacher rebels and the blackmailers get their comeuppance...
Voters in Boston's mayoralty election tomorrow will choose either a "not strongly partisan candidate"--incumbent John B. Hynes--or State Senator John E. Powers, an "ardent Democrat," Robert C. Wood, assistant professor of Government, said last night...