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Williams cites a civil court case which came as an aftermath to the Teapot Dome prosecutions. Asked the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals: "Why is the plea of self-incrimination-one not resorted to by honest men-the refuge of [Albert B.] Fall's son-in-law, Everhart? . . . Men with honest motives and purposes do not remain silent when their honor is assailed ... Is a court compelled to close its eyes to these circumstances...
...lingered, there were plenty of signs that the present leadership intends to deserve well of the future. Anthony Eden has found a new self-confidence. Chancellor Butler has kept the Welfare State but has adjusted his budgets to restore incentives to private enterprise. Foreign Secretary Macmillan (whose son and son-in-law were elected along with him to Parliament) is a wartime friend of Eisenhower's, and a firm believer in the Anglo-American partnership. The Tories have problems ahead -including, two days after the election, a nationwide railway strike-but they also have at last a comfortable majority...
...Christianity. To the Shiite Moslems of Iran, Bahaism is a heretical splinter group. The controversy centers around their belief in the second coming of the Imam, a descendent of Mohammed's son-in-law AH, who will inaugurate a new and glorious era in history after a period of wars, eclipses and catastrophes. But the Bahais believe that the Imam already has come-heralded by one Mirza Ali Mohammed, who proclaimed himself Bab (Gate) and stirred up enough theological ruction to get himself executed by the government in 1850. He was followed by Mirza Hussein Ali, a wealthy cabinet...
Personality & Private Life. Married to Mme. La-iad, a prominent feminist and a onetime Senator, Phibun has six grown children, entertains in a sumptuous Bangkok palace. He serves Coca-Cola to guests (a son-in-law is a local Coke concessionaire), and, like Coca-Cola Tycoon James Farley, he has a fondness for green furniture and carpets. Phibun, a devout Buddhist, was born on a Wednesday, and green is the lucky color for Wednesday's children in Thailand. (One of his prewar decrees made dancing compulsory in government offices on Wednesday afternoons.) A canny politician...
Brassbound General. Brazil's top military leaders are staunchly opposed to Candidate Kubitschek because he was politically linked with Getulio Vargas. After Kubitschek won the nomination of the Social Democratic Party, headed by Vargas' son-in-law, a coalition of right-and-center party leaders, backed by Café Filho and the generals, decided to put up brainy General Juarez Távora, Café Filho's chief military adviser and by reputation a man of brassbound integrity...