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Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough, who fined Lewis and his miners $3,510,000 for contempt of court 17 months ago,* gave him short shrift. Said the judge: "If a nod or a wink or a code was used in place of the word, 'strike,' there was just as much a strike called as if the word 'strike' had been used ... As long as a union is functioning as a union it must be held responsible for the mass action of its members." Judge Goldsborough held that Lewis was guilty of civil and criminal contempt...
...commission contained one pacifist, the Venerable Percy Hartill, Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent, who registered his disapproval of any kind of modern war in a minority note. But the report itself gave short shrift to his view: "There are those who say that the solution is to counter aggression by love. Ultimately that may be true. But is it applicable to the problem that confronts us? ... A nation that by disarmament rendered itself defenseless would not be assisting in the prevention of aggression, which is the only way to preserve justice in the world...
...taxes. Minnesota's dogged Harold Knutson was determined to get fast action on his bill to save taxpayers an estimated $5.6 billion. As chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, Republican Knutson meant to give short shrift to an Administration bill calling for 1) a flat $40 across-the-board cut in income taxes, and 2) a revenue-balancing reinstatement of the wartime tax on excess corporate profits. Even among Democrats, the Administration bill found few enthusiasts. North Carolina's tough old "Muley" Doughton, ranking Democrat on the Knutson committee, refused to introduce it. To get this futile...
...spite of intimations to the contrary, the coming Smoker should be a lusty replica of its pre-war counterpart, not a colorless compromise reminiscent of short-shrift USO combos. The tremendous carnivals of the past that tried to "make Daniel Boones of Freshmen" and worried lost they "shock the boys," belong with gate-welding, goldfish gulpings, and other rah-rah episodes now practically non-existent. It is up to the Freshman Class to conjure up a Smoker so well-rounded with frolic and so fully-packed with talent that the air will be blue for days...
...Wittenberg gives short shrift to slovenly reporters who think that they protect themselves by adding "it is alleged" or "it is said" or by quoting anonymous "sources." The law: "Divorcing one's self from a story by attributing it to others is not ... a defense in libel." Authors who preface their novels with the stock disclaimer-"Any resemblance ... is purely coincidental"-are also kidding themselves. Even a novelist who invents a wholly imaginary character can be sued, if a real person proves that the public could reasonably assume that he was being described. Says Wittenberg: "The question...