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...bill was an impossible hodgepodge of contradictions and compromises. To please the Army, it started with the basic Army plan (TIME, Nov. 26). In deference to the President's suggestion, it added three more secretaries, one for each service. To soften the blow for the Navy, it piled on top of everything else the Eberstadt blueprint for a top coordinating council (TIME...
Politics of Relief. This week, the men whose job it is to feed the world's hungry millions gather in the fourth Council of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration at Atlantic City's lush Traymore Hotel. To soften the contrast between the locale and the subject of their discussions, UNRRA officials announced that the delegates would have to double up in $16.50-a-day rooms, would be served "austerity" meals. Two crucial issues would come up at the meeting...
...disaffected, 110,000-member Transport Workers' Union, C.I.O., boomed his demands for a $2-a-day raise and exclusive bargaining rights for all the city's 32,000 transit workers. One point he made very clear: his civic responsibilities (as City Councilman from The Bronx) would not soften his determination to win. Another point that frightened New York City even more: Mike Quill insisted on his answer by Tuesday midnight of this week. It was an ultimatum...
...honor of the Red Army, coats and suits struck a martial note with padded shoulders and belted backs, but (and this was new) dressy hats helped soften the severity of line. Skirts were slim, with kickpleats back and front...
Since he came home in June, Reporter Allen has spent most of his time on a hard-hitting campaign to get better prosthetic devices for amputees. In his spare time he has learned to type 45 words a minute on a left-handed typewriter, had his teeth fixed to soften the rasp in his voice, the better to talk on the radio...