Word: questioned
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...Even if a good percentage of them were Muscovite zealots, they could still be no more effective than their fellow employees' morale allowed. The Presidential and Republican pretense that the more exposure of Federal workers to such employees' Marxism means automatic conversion, is something less than believable. The question here is academic, of course, because few modern Communists publicize their affiliations. This evasion has provided a field day for the witch hunters, who now define a Communist as anyone who is friendly with anyone who is a Communist--who is in turn defined as a Communist because . . . and thus these...
Dean Bender said that the final decision as to where the 61 Claverly tenants are to be moved would be taken this afternoon following a meeting of the deans. The question of whether the moving is to be compulsory will also be decided at this conclave, he said...
Much Need, Little Hope. Wedemeyer's mission meant no basic change in U.S. policy. There never had been any question but that Chiang Kai-shek's government should be helped. The only question was how, and on what terms. Nanking's immediate needs were higher than ever. Inflation ran unchecked, her armies were in danger of losing most of Manchuria, popular support was at a low ebb. Money was desperately needed to rebuild railroads and port facilities, to construct power plants. Nanking's own estimates of her needs ran to $2½ billion...
There was a small-hours conference with local professionals, and a dinner given by Kansas Governor Frank Carlson. Dewey admitted with a grin that he and his family "have seen more Republicans in the last five days than I ever thought I would see in my life." Answering a question about the Kansas City vote frauds (TIME, June 16), he took a swipe at Harry Truman: "It is a national story-one of the most important in the nation today." Complimenting Kansas City on coming to grips with the Pendergast machine, he said: "With the help of the Kansas City...
Marshal Henri Pétain of Verdun and Vichy, now serving a life term for collaborating with the Nazis, was reported looking poorly. But when a Chamber of Deputies committee tried to question the old soldier about his War II activities, he got his back up. "I know nothing," he gruffed. "I am 92 years old. If you want to question me on the war of 1914-18, I can answer you. I won that...