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Nine Million? Weissberg was not the only prisoner who defied the G.P.U. One skinny little Jewish tailor, who openly declared himself an anarchist but refused to admit to counter-revolutionary charges, "survived an almost uninterrupted 'conveyer' lasting for 31 days and . . . nights." Another prisoner, a Kharkov doctor, won through by dint of sheer comic genius and a wonderful memory for names. He not only confessed instantly, but wrote down the names of all his "accomplices"-i.e., "all the several hundred doctors in Kharkov." When the examiner refused to accept such a sweeping statement, the doctor addressed a strong...
...producers talked of a permanent copper shortage (and saw aluminum taking its place in many ways). In 1951, the U.S. tried to fill its need for raw materials by grabbing them in the world market. But in 1952, the U.S. would have to do more sharing with Europe, and tailor its domestic needs more closely to the needs of all the Western nations...
...good reasons for honoring the debt punctually. Winston Churchill, due to visit Washington next month, wants to sweeten up U.S. opinion before asking for a bigger share of U.S. Mutual Security funds (perhaps $300 million). "Our principle," explained a Whitehall official, "is that you should always pay your tailor promptly for the first suit...
...same day, Churchill's government took a step meant to impress, not the tailor, but the world's traders. It relaxed some of the government's tight controls over foreign exchange transactions. A Treasury bulletin announced that henceforth private traders will be allowed to buy & sell foreign currencies in the open market instead of through the state-owned Bank of England. This does not mean that Britain is about to set the pound sterling free to find its own level in world markets, as the U.S. has long urged. The official price of a pound sterling will...
...whole, Churchill's cabinet looked pretty good to almost everybody. The Tailor & Cutter, London's august arbiter of men's fashions, captivated by the Churchill ministry's "recognition of the Edwardian look" and "its disciplined adoption of the formal white stiff collar and town-wear bowler hat," said that the new cabinet is "the best dressed we have had for a number of years...