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...Sham & Mockery." After Truman made his coal announcement, his WSB chairman resigned, the fourth man to leave that post within two years. Then five board members and two alternates, all industry representatives, quit...
...their resignation statement, the seven WSB men-all Truman appointees-said that "the wage stabilization program is now nothing but a sham and a mockery." They went on: "The consumers of this nation . . . will be called upon to pay for this special privilege to the coal miners . . . This action will result in wage increases so widespread and so large that millions of dollars will be dumped into the consumers' purchasing pool with resultant upward pressure upon all prices ... It is impossible to turn over an 'effective' program after it has been emasculated . . . What is being turned over...
...nail-spiked cosh. "It is not in order to bring an offensive weapon into the House," boomed the Speaker. "Take it out! Take it out!" shouted Labor members. But Smithers' cosh proved to be a child's toy made of hollow rubber. Said Smithers: "It is a sham, but by filling it with sand it can be made into a lethal weapon." Smithers asked for a ban on coshes. "The increase in violence," he said, "is the direct result of six years of Socialist and materialist philosophy in action. All moral standards are cracking...
...charge, emanating primarily from Princeton. Our schedule, they claim, lacks virility. We must go on the offensive and you may be interested in a recent exchange of sentiments I had with a Princetonian. I think you will agree that their 24-game winning streak was a bit of a sham...
...debated Fair Deal is still a set of paper promises, and in foreign affairs the great achievements of the last four years are precisely those of which General Eisenhower is a symbol (except for the defense of Korea, which is surely not a one-party triumph). Moreover, in the sham battles over the past which have so often passed for Great Debating in the last two years, roles have been set and lines of contest fixed in a way which might make it hard for Mr. Stevenson to fulfill his promise of a change in tone. His friends say that...