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Other points made by the Catholic bishops: "We echo [Pope Pius'] burning reproof of those who have dared to unleash the hounds of war . . . With him we plead for a renewal of that basic sanity among men and nations which will establish peace upon its only enduring foundations of justice and charity. With him we urge upon the world not the counsels of despair which would describe the situation as beyond salvation . . . Foremost, inevitably, in our thinking are the heroic people of Hungary. For centuries they have been a bastion of Christendom against the outer perils . . . Now again they...
...street from a Tampa cigar factory last week, the two leading contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination interrupted their Florida primary campaigns just long enough to exchange a few good-humored jeers. Spotting an unopened box of cigars in Estes Kefauver's hand, Adlai Stevenson asked in mock reproof, "You're not accepting corrupting gifts publicly?" then added, "I got corrupted ahead of you, Estes. They gave me a box at the first factory I visited...
Time and again, witnesses were allowed to contradict themselves and change their stories without reproof. Sample: Thief Willie Manoch testified that Jungschlaeger brought an arms-laden ship into Djambi in May. The defense replied that, due to low tides, the river port could not be entered in May. Said Manoch: "Oh yes, that's true. It was in October.'' Soothed the prosecutor: "One can make a mistake." Jungschlaeger himself pointed out that the Americans, Dutch and British were supposed to be involved in this "secret" operation. "And why then," he cried, "am I standing here alone, like...
...seized a microphone and panted at the crowd: "I had a lot of things to say, but they will have to wait until a better time. I thank you for this great reception, but you have spoiled part of my happiness by this confusion." Unable to hear this gentle reproof because the mike was dead, the crowd at last dispersed, tired but happy. As Nehru sank into a comfortable seat in President Prasad's car, the police gathered up the casualties and carried them away on stretchers beneath an archway inscribed with the glowing words: "Welcome, Great Messenger...
...sent his blast at Khrushchev to Milan's Communist L'Unità. and seemed hurt when L'Unità refused to publish it. Finally, he put it in his own Trieste Il Lavoratore. The reaction in the ranks of Italian Communists was sensational, but the reproof that followed was sensationally mild. Italy's No. 2 Red, Luigi Longo, scolded Vidali for having expressed "the wrong attitude, probably due to hurried and superficial evaluation." Longo probably dared go no further because 1) a good many Italian Communists were as horrified as Vidali at Khrushchev's cringing...