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...immediate end to rebellion." A promise of U.N. intervention, with American support, would indeed cause the Rhodesians to hesitate. They are not Afrikaaners (80 per cent of the adults are foreign born), and they would think twice before drawing in U.N. troops. Furthermore, such a promise would strengthen the British government's hand. Wilson's alternatives would appear more palatable to the Rhodesians, and with the threat of independent U.S. & U.N. action, Britain might be able to able to solve the problem...
Franics Keppel '38, U.S. Commissioner of Education, and Dean of the Graduate School of Education from 1948 to 1962, has been appointed an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education Welfare, effective Oct. 4. Keppel's position in HEW is designed to strengthen his authority and bring closer coordination between the Office of Education and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. He will remain Commissioner of Education...
...Belge de Banque; but the bank's limited deposits of $175 million have proved increasingly inadequate for Solvay's growing needs. Solvay can now tap the vast resources of the banks with which it is merging, and la Générale will strengthen its connection with one of the world's most promising industries. Besides, through Antwerp's Banque d'Anvers, the company establishes a firmer foothold in Belgium's fastest-growing industrial area...
President Johnson acknowledged that "there are those who say the rule of law is a fruitless and Utopian dream. It is true that, if it comes, it will come slowly. But to deny the possibility is to deny peace itself." He still held hope that "we can strengthen the U.N.-not simply as a forum for debate, but as an arena for the solution of disputes." The opposite point of view was taken by Duke University's Arthur Larson, who felt that devastating blows had been dealt the rule of law not only by the India-Pakistan...
...economy right now, Wall Streeters believe that they have begun to sniff a hint of it in the air. Every warning about its dangers-such as the current statement by the New York Federal Reserve Bank that the economy "is clearly vulnerable to inflationary pressures"-seems only to strengthen the scent. Last week this "inflation syndrome," plus some good news about the economy, combined to spur the stock market to its second big advance in as many weeks...