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...with a subject which is naturally of special concern to one of the groups preparing this critique, and of great interest to the other. This is the treatment of democratic socialism in Ec 1 readings. However, this should not merely be viewed as a special interest plea. Governments professing democratic socialist beliefs are in power through free elections in almost twenty countries in the world, including many of the most important countries in Western Europe. Although the systems currently existing in these countries are not socialist at the moment, democratic socialist governments are working towards those ends, realizing that they...
...what jobs to start phasing out. Workers were even photographed symbolically shaking hands. Since then, the deal has been sidetracked by complaints, confusion and court suits at increasingly higher levels. Last week another delay was ordered at the highest level of all. The Supreme Court, acting on a plea for protection by three smaller railroads-the Erie-Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson, and Boston & Maine-agreed with the complainants and put off the merger once more...
...proposal goes along with the administration in requiring the instructor's permission to get into a course on a pass-fail basis. But it adds a "plea" that pass-fail students "not be deprived of the opportunity of taking courses that are oversubscribed...
...recently as two months ago, with FBI Boss J. Edgar Hoover and Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen both vociferously opposed to the pact, its chances seemed nonexistent. The turn ing point came on Jan. 31, when Kentucky's Republican Senator Thruston Morton rose to deliver a moving plea for passage of the treaty...
Udall's list was the first issued under the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. Unfortunately, the law gives the Federal Government almost no muscle to back up the Secretary's urgent plea. Udall's only real prerogative is to publicize the list and add hopefully, "An informed public will act to help reduce the dangers threatening these rare animals...