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...them, the Century's elegances were a glimpse of unknown comfort, a far cry from the jolting realities of everyday railroad travel. The truth was that the U.S. citizen, in his capacity as a passenger, had generally been regarded by the railroads as a damn nuisance. Until very recent times, the railroads have been mainly interested in freight. Empire Builder Jim Hill, gloomily contemplating one of his Great Northern Railway's Limiteds, once remarked: "A passenger train is like the male teat-neither useful nor ornamental...
Peasants are forced to give up a fixed quota of their crops even if the harvest is bad and they have not enough left for themselves; recently, peasants in the Banat burned their crops in protest against the system. A recent visitor described Bucharest as a "city with the air of a pawnshop." The only way the Rumanian middle class can keep alive is by slowly selling its possessions. The few men who still run their businesses actually hope for nationalization. New laws covering "economic sabotage" may land a businessman in jail for carrying out any simple deal...
...Pauker, personally incorruptible, started sweeping the day she became Foreign Minister. For two days, her ministry was surrounded by troops while the housecleaning was in progress; she even purged three elevator men. In recent weeks, Communist big shots have toppled into jail like so many drunks on Saturday night; Ana has had to transform two theaters into prisons. Among those arrested: beautiful Florica Bagdasar, Minister of Public Health; General Michael Lascar of Pauker's own Tudor Vladimirescu division; General Constantin Ionescu, chief of the General Staff; Constantin Doncea, deputy mayor of Bucharest, colonel in the Red army, member...
...Please Do Something." One recent Thursday, the suppliants in Chiang Ching-kuo's office included a grey-gowned businessman, a woman soothing a black-diapered baby, and a laborer in loose jacket and black cloth coolie pants. Trim in an open-necked, short-sleeved white shirt, Chiang listened like a good ward boss to his visitors' problems. The businessman had a complaint about taxes; the laborer vehemently reported that though the rubber goods plant where he worked was well stocked with raw materials, the boss had decided to close down rather than sell his products...
Volunteer Firemen. The history of the Moina Michael commemorative was fairly typical. About 75% of recent stamps, commemorating everything from the Palomar Mountain Observatory to volunteer firemen, were based on sketches submitted by Congressmen or their constituents. But when the busy Bureau designers are given a slightly freer hand, as with the Fort Kearny commemorative to be issued next week, they do not do perceptibly better...