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Murphy's refusal all but ended Harry Truman's hope of prompt action against malefactors in government. All week long he had searched in vain for two other cleanup men with the stature and prestige to make the commission an effective weapon against the charges of corruption. Without Tom Murphy, the search would beharder than ever...
...been willing to let outsiders in for a look around. Cautiously pleased but wary of booby traps, Joy's team prepared a list of 21 questions which they wanted the Reds to answer. For example, just what countries would the Communists consider neutral. Nam II promised a prompt answer...
...cases of murder by the Reds, Colonel Hanley's larger figure is open to suspicion of being "atrocity propaganda." The Allies carefully avoided such propaganda during World War II for an excellent reason--if backfires. Inaccurate charges of enemy brutality actually spur the enemy to further violations, and prompt our own troops to commit similar acts in revenge. Atrocity charges also stimulate the home-front hotheads (several senators called for "immediate atomic retaliation" Last week), and stiffen the enemy's will to resist. Colonel Hanley's inaccurate statement not only countered our attempts to arrange a speedy truce in Korea...
...sensible plans; one permitting all night parking around municipal parks and playgrounds, the other allowing it on one side of most streets. The City Council talked them over at its next meeting, then turned over the plans to a pair of local administrative boards for "recommendations." The boards promised prompt action, but there the plans still sit. Every night those plans stay there will mean more cars hauled away...
Because of the President's speech, the dining hall has changed its schedule for tonight. It will open at 5 p.m. and close at 6:15 p.m. Freshmen are asked to be prompt to the evening meal...