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...readers in next week's issue. The National Broadcasting Co. has built eight special programs* around the forum, will broadcast them on a national hookup; the U.S. State Department is broadcasting pertinent portions of the forum overseas. For these three days, certainly, Cleveland promises to be the rostrum of the world's international affairs...
...still under discussion. Shawcross had taunted Russia's Molotov because of Russia's reluctance to include a census of home troops. Molotov taunted Sir Hartley with Britain's unwillingness to include information on armaments - all armaments. When the Russian was through, the Briton rushed to the rostrum. Cried he: "I accept the challenge! I think this is going to be a historic occasion...
Once again the police found themselves in the desirable position of having nothing to do other than stomp around to keep warm. The number of hot betting tips furnished from the rostrum undoubtedly made this work easy...
...Assembly, U.S. Chief Delegate Warren Austin rose to answer Molotov. He mounted the rostrum with slow but agile dignity, and lowered his white-topped, ruddy-cheeked head in a courtly bow to the chairman. Then he began to speak slowly, deliberately, with imperturbable poise. He quickly made three things clear: 1) the U.S. would support Russia's disarmament proposal, provided that disarmament was internationally inspected; 2) the U.S. would support Russia's stand against abolishing the veto (though limiting its use was desirable); 3) the U.S. had no objections to revealing the size of its armies at home...
...Romeo and Juliet. As the music died away, the blue curtains parted. After a slight (inevitable) delay, the large balding head of Quintus Fabius Maximus' disciple Harold Laski popped through the white backdrop. Laski, peering over the big red carnation in his buttonhole, advanced to the rostrum followed by Prime Minister Attlee, Lord President of the Council Herbert Morrison, Food Minister John Strachey and Education Minister Ellen Wilkinson, all wearing red carnations...