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...program, proposed by James H. Landis, aims to relieve members of the commission from the delay and inefficiency caused by its present obligation to handle petty matters. The delegation of routine decisions to small panels of commissioners or to staff members will not remove the commission's power to restrain the chairman on important matters...
Chances are that the new moves will not seriously restrain some of the giddiest speculation. Wall Street is less worried about speculation in listed stocks-though they, too, have their fast ups and downs-than about the speculation in new issues. Most new offerings first appear on the volatile over-the-counter market, where they are harder to control than on the exchanges. Datamation floated 80,000 shares at 2 in February, now is selling at 12½-even though it was in the red last year. Sealed Air Corp., which offered 100,000 shares at 1 last October...
...fear Gizenga assassins under his bed-and also asked U.N. protection. When he finally ventured out of hiding, he was still nervous. Startled by a commotion in the hall outside his fourth-floor office in Bukavu's Riviera Hotel, he leaped for the window; friends had to restrain him from jumping out. One day last week Anicet Kashamura quietly vanished, and was last seen speeding down the road toward Stanleyville in the custody of Gizenga's agents...
...State Department, Army, and Navy have so far managed to restrain them in spite of last fall's gold rush. Next year's conventional forces have not been weakened, although the government has quite understandably asked the other NATO countries to contribute more troops. If the deficit is to be reduced, this is the manner in which it ought to be done; Kennedy should quash any more squabbles like those of the last two years as extra-ordinarily irresponsible. He should also remind the European countries that the dollar shortage is virtually over and that it is time for them...
...really turning into quite a romance: the U.S. press, which Democrats have long loved to label Republican, could hardly restrain itself in its fondness for President-elect John F. Kennedy, his policies, his appointments, his family and his pastimes...