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Racketeers & Stalin. This week the Tennessee Senator demonstrated that the President hadn't scared the boldness out of him. He stood up before a New Hampshire audience and allowed dryly that he considers the primary good democracy, not "eyewash." Then he took a swing at Harry Truman's foreign policy. Said he: "For a long time now, it has seemed to me, we have based our foreign policy substantially on what Russia might or might not do. Just as we in the United States do not gauge our domestic policies on the whims of racketeers, so we should...
Republicans, faced with these facts, might be expected to swing more & more to Ike. Gallup's evidence, however, shows a trend in the opposite direction...
...swing toward the Republicans is not the only change. Beginning March 1, the magazine's remaining editorial offices in Manhattan will be closed and the New Republic will be run entirely from Washington. In the shift to Washington, started more than a year ago, at least two editors will be replaced and a brand-new group of contributors will be brought in. Left behind will be Mr. New Republic himself, 62-year-old Bruce Bliven, a staffer ever since he was hired as managing editor 29 years ago by the late Editor Herbert Croly, the man who gave...
Half Price. Not only in Florence, but in Rome, Milan and other major cities, the Italian renaissance of fashion is in full swing. Less than two years ago, Italy's designers were scarcely known outside their own country. But U.S. buyers, fed up with Paris' high prices and highhandedness, have been spending more & more money in Italy. The clothes are excellent and sell for only about half as much as Paris'. Last week's ranges: $200 to $250 for suits, $250 to $450 for cocktail dresses and short formal gowns, $300 to $450 for most ball...
...Tacoma lawyer. Said Edgar last week: "I'm sincerely opposed to Dwight's running. I question whether Christ himself could do the job that has to be done. People are looking for miracles, and I'd hate to see Dwight get in a wringer. He could swing his arms and thrash the water, but if Congress wasn't with him, then he'd be sunk ... I don't want him crucified. I'm sorry the country feels that there's only one man among all the citizenry who can . restore...