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...German divisions to NATO is the No. 1 reason for EDC. Reason No. 2 is a long-term political objective: European Union. By intermingling the armies of France and Germany, Pan-Europeans like Konrad Adenauer, Alcide de Gasperi and France's Jean Monnet confidently hoped to staunch the national rivalries that have convulsed their Continent for centuries...
...blow to democracy in Italy, and a blow to the Western alliance. Italy had, temporarily at least, rejected the leader who for eight years had fought steadfastly for parliamentary democracy while surrounded by parliamentarians dedicated to the destruction of democracy. The West had, at a crucial moment, lost its staunch apostle of NATO, EDC and European unification. "Italy may be entering upon a new period of political disturbance and uncertainty," mourned the London Times. "Signor de Gasperi's defeat is a shock to the complacency about the political stability of the Western world...
...past two years, however, Walter has had one staunch ally: his shaken-down board of trustees. Cracked one trustee of the Armstrong money: "The only thing I have to say about the money being tainted is-'tain't enough." Last week Walter could boast of having the board's backing again: at its year-end meeting, it gave him a vote of "appreciation for outstanding services." But Walter's latest outstanding service was going to be a bitter pill for Piedmont. Last week, as parents and alumni gathered for the commencement exercises, they faced the bleak...
...union partisans got an edge in the beginning with the election of longtime China Missionary Frank W. Price, a staunch union supporter, as moderator for the coming year. Then some of the guests departed from the traditionally platitudinous greetings to say a word for union. Declared the Rev. Theophilus M. Taylor, fraternal delegate from the United Presbyterians: "The present state of disunity is an indulgence of our human frailties...
...those who live in places where news of Harvard must filter through certain newspapers and columnists, may be expecting another, less pride-provoking change. It has been described in many ways, some unprintable, but the Boston Record summed it up recently when it said, "Harvard is no longer the staunch supporter of the best American traditions it used to be." That Harvard has grown too radical for its traditions is a grave charge, one which every alumnus should want to track down for himself...