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...Stevenson has managed to break new ground on the integration problem, even in the midst of a touch-and-go campaign. As yet there has been no similar Republican effort in this direction. Nixon's statement that he is an honorary member of the NAACP seems calculated only to rile a South which still holds itself proud. Certainly Nixon's approach can have no constructive effect. But the President is capable of a dignity which might possibly carry off an Eisenhower version of Stevenson's "direct confrontation." It remains to be seen whether President Eisenhower will take advantage of this...
Because of its new-found sense of direction, because it is strong and growing stronger, the Navy no longer needs to indulge in defensive sniping at the Air Force and Army. In its cockier moments it can still rile the Air Force, as Navy Secretary Thomas did when he told a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee: "With its newest planes, now being introduced into the fleet, there will be few important targets in the world that the Navy, if called upon, could not reach with atomic weapons." Replied Air Chief General Nathan Twining last week: "We must be realistic about such factors...
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With his old-fashioned gold spectacles planted firmly on his nose, Socialist Attlee spoke in his flat, toneless voice. The friendship of the U.S. was essential, he said. But "if there are differences, they should be stated." His theme was that vigorous U.S. policies in Asia might rile the touchy Communists and set off a world war with H-bombs. Said Attlee: "We are as anti-Communist as the U.S. . . . We oppose aggression, we oppose Communist infiltration tactics, we recognize the need for adequate strength; but we stand for peaceful coexistence...
...people who . . . look on Senator Douglas as a presidential candidate." When Douglas once more disavowed any such ambitions, Arvey mentioned his liking for Ike Eisenhower, whom Arvey backed for a while in 1948 when he, like many of the Democratic regulars, thought Truman was through. This was calculated to rile Harry Truman, and it did. Asked at his press conference about it, the President snapped that Arvey went off half-cocked once before. The President was still determined to teach Messrs. Douglas and Arvey a lesson in party loyalty-even if the price was a senatorial lesson in the dangers...