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When Snow first wrote the State Department asking for permission last May, he was turned down because his publishing house, Random House, Inc., was not one of the 30-odd news-gathering agencies authorized to apply for passports to Red China. He promptly got himself designated as the representative of Cowles's Look Magazine and applied again. The State Department felt-and frankly told Cowles executives-that Snow could hardly be considered an objective reporter. "When we instituted this program," explained a State spokesman, "we wanted objective reporting in depth, and now Cowles comes along with someone we feel...
...words of valuable background material on Ambassador MacArthur and postwar Japan for this week's cover story, constantly wired the running story as the demonstrations crescendoed. Campbell found that his green tin hat, with "TIME-LIFE" in white letters on front, proved to be a passport. In their polite Japanese way, police and demonstrators alike stopped to clear a path for him as he crossed back and forth through the embattled lines. From a rooftop vantage point in Premier Kishi's compound, which was conveniently across the street from the Diet, Campbell had a bird...
...command and the caretaker government of Acting President Huh Chung. Outraged that Huh had arranged Hawaiian exile for fallen President Syngman Rhee (TIME, June 6), student mobs marched in Taegu and Seoul last week, chanting "Huh Chung, quit!" Answered Huh: "I could not refuse this unfortunate old man a passport. Besides, I thought his departure would help clear up rumors of counterrevolution...
...France, tourists can save up to 20% in local taxes by paying in traveler's checks. In England, the local tax can be saved by showing a U.S. passport and having the goods shipped to the airport or ship, or directly to the U.S. In Switzerland, the tourist can cut about 15% off the list price of watches by some haggling (a reliable 17-jewel watch costs about $25, a self-winding watch about $40). In Belgium, best buys are handmade lace in Bruges (at Durein) or Brussels (at Diane Dirgent), hunting rifles from Bury Donckier in Liege...
...only frozen apples-to take. So I took what there was." Emphasizing his view, he added: "Gauguin went to Tahiti, but the Gauguin who painted before Tahiti remained. Van Gogh in Holland-The Potato-Eaters-is very important. Experience, yes. Gauguin had an experience. But experience is not a passport to the company of Rembrandt." What is? "Genius...