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Ominous 13. The Algiers colonels' revolt of last May was dramatic proof of the disaffection that 14 years of losing colonial wars in Indo-China and North Africa had engendered in French professional officers. Just how deep that disaffection went is now the talk of Paris as the result of a new book by two top French newsmen, the brothers Serge and Merry Bromberger, who call the Algiers uprising a fusion of 13 distinct conspiracies ("the 13 plots...
Last week, clearly acting as De Gaulle's spokesman, Ely gave French officers a pep talk in the official National Defense Review, outlining their new mission. The Soviet bloc, wrote Ely, is not necessarily as monolithic as it looks. Already, he declared, "Russia, in its endeavors to catch up with American industrial and scientific developments, is moving toward a similar structure." If Red China persists in driving toward "true-blue Communism," the day might come when, between the Chinese threat and "a shift toward the old mystic spiritualism of the Slavs," a Christianized and "Americanized Russia . . . might return...
Geneva corridor talk brought some sharp if still baffled evaluation of the Pope's motives in calling the Rome meeting. Germany's Evangelical Bishop Otto Dibelius hopefully felt that the Pope might be acknowledging the World Council's strength (171 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches in 53 countries, with a combined membership of close to 350 million, compared to an estimated 496 million Roman Catholics). Martin Niemoeller, outspoken German pacifist, envisioned a papal effort "to wean away the Eastern Orthodox churches from the World Council. I do not think this will work. The council has more practical...
...Talk. A longtime foe of esthetes, Benton insists that "dough is the only thing that really inspires an artist-I guess because artists never have much of it." Clad in loafers, blue jeans and an open-neck flannel shirt, he labors a strenuous eight-hour day seven days a week, allows only his black-and-silver German shepherd in his studio because "he never criticizes what I am doing." All the other distractions, including pipes, of which he has more than 100 models, are taboo during work hours. Instead, he chews tobacco...
...times the capacity of politicians for reassuring talk and disturbing action reaches astounding proportions. Six years ago, Dwight Eisenhower took office amid promises of bringing the "best brains in the country" into his Administration. The sources of these paragons turned out to be Wall Street and the corporation boardrooms, and their performance in office has by and large proven uninspired...