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Levy cites evidence to argue that Jefferson was just as careless of civil liberties as a peacetime President. Angered by vicious journalistic attacks on him, he advocated "wholeseome prosecutions to restore the integrity of the presses." With Jefferson's tacit approval, a federal judge whom he had appointed secured indictments against a group of publishers and clergymen for libeling the Government. Charges were dropped only after it became clear that one of the ministers had facts and figures to back up a gamy story that the President had once attempted to seduce a friend's wife...
Faced with Scranton's tacit refusal, the club will now ask Senator Smith to accept the award, Von Salzen said. He indicated that he would be in touch with the Senator's office in the near future to arrange details, including the date of her appearance in Cambridge...
...months after the meeting, Tisserant wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Paris, then Emmanuel Cardinal Suhard, repeating his suggestion. He did not criticize the Pope, Tisserant insisted last week, giving copies of the letter to the press. His target was the Roman Curia, which, Tisserant charged, had a tacit agreement with Hitler: the Curia would remain silent in exchange for making Rome an open city. "That is a disgrace," wrote Tisserant. "I am afraid history will reproach the Holy See for having followed a policy which was convenient to itself, and for not having done much else. This...
...province and hundreds of smaller concerns. At independence, the portfolio was worth more than $700 million; it has since skidded to less than half that value. More than any other economic factor, the desire to keep control of Union Minière and related properties prompted Belgium's tacit backing of the Katanga secession under Moise Tshombe, which was eventually crushed by the U.N. Early last year, the Belgians turned away from Tshombe and accepted the U.N.'s demand for a united Congo...
Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall has given his tacit encouragement to opponents of the proposed underpasses along Memorial Drive...