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...respects irreconcilable. Nothing that we can say or do here will change that fact. However, it is not always necessary that people should think alike and believe alike before they can work together. The essential thing is that none should attempt by force or trickery to make his beliefs prevail." They were there, said the President, to "inject a new spirit into our diplomacy," "to generate and put in motion the new forces needed to set us truly on the path to peace." Then Ike listed the West's choice of chief topics for discussion : German unification, European security...
...produce enough oil to supply his country's needs and to staunch the wound that bleeds the economy of some $200 million a year. Perón last April signed the contract with California Standard, subject to legislative approval. Its main provisions were those that in general prevail throughout the world: 1) a 50-50 split of profits between government and company, 2) commitments aimed at requiring the company to make discoveries fast, and 3) assurances that local oil needs will be met first at fair prices...
After more than two years of knocking at the door of GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), Japan was invited in. The invitation extended last week represented months of hard negotiation by the U.S., which had to prevail over the fears of several nations (notably Britain, France, Australia) that Japan's admission would loose a flood of cheap Japanese goods on the world. The U.S. argument is that Japan must have the trading opportunities of GATT to counter the economic blandishments of Moscow and Peking...
Their dilemma resolves itself in essence into a series of perplexing questions: "Should considerations of personal friendship and the desire to shield friends from public humiliation prevail over the demands of national security?" "Do I as a teacher have greater moral and legal obligations than my fellow citizens?" "Should I accept departures from the historic ideal of due process in apparent questions of national security?" "Have I the right to question the power and motives of a committee which claims to uphold national security...
...These can be dictated to us only by ourselves, who thoroughly know Belgian Africa. We know what imperatives are imposed upon us by our sovereignty, and this sovereignty must be exercised by us -without sharing." In other words, Belgium's particular paternalism (TIME, May 16) would continue to prevail...