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...Communism this week, the Democrats dug deep, bought national radio coverage. *John Taber shot back: "Mr. Truman knows that I never made any such statement. What I said was this: 'The minute anyone demands a business administration and elimination of the leeches in the Government payroll, they squeal like a stuck pig.' " *A local delicacy which can be shot only between 4 p.m. and sunset on three days a year...
...city, he managed to stop traffic on Fifth Avenue.* He also delivered himself of an opinion on the Marshall Plan which disclosed that he had not altogether forgotten the paternity suit against him (TIME, March 15): "When it comes a-weanin' time [those European countries] are gonna squeal. You ever weaned a baby, honey? No? You try it, honey...
...radio programs just as they subscribe to newspapers and periodicals. For a proposed 5? a day ($18.25 a year) subscribers could tune in on three types of FM broadcasts, all without advertising: 1) continuous classical music; 2) continuous popular music; 3) news, dramatic and educational programs. A broadcast "pig squeal" would prevent nonsubscribers from listening in; a device to silence the squeal would be attached to subscribers' sets...
Radiomen who like radio the way it is have an outraged squeal of their own ("Narrowcasting!") at the whole idea. "This plan," they charge, "destroys freedom of the air! . . .It introduces a poll tax into radio." To which one SRadioman has replied, "On the contrary. . . . Those who don't wish to pay 5? a day will have their full share of advertising-sponsored programs. . . . The greater the choice afforded the listener the greater the freedom...
Insulation for non-musical Yardling cars from the sound of brass and the squeal of bagpipes was assured last night by William C. Murphy '46 3L, secretary of the Union, who announced that Holden Chapel will now be available as an afternoon practice room for Freshmen virtuosi...