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...chance of survival. The President has demonstrated on several occasions that he can put effective pressure on Congress when he so desires. Unless his civil rights program receives the same attention that some of his budgets have, Eisenhower will have demonstrated that his program is nothing more than a token offering for the 1956 pilgrimage to the polls...
...While lawyers tangled in a marathon argument over his amateur status. Marine Miler Wes Santee ran another of his special races against token competition in the Cleveland K. of C. games. For a change, the fast-talking Kansan turned in a fast time on the track: 4:06.9, his best performance of the winter indoor season...
...Only a token Crimson track entry will run in the second annual University of Connecticut Relays at Storrs this evening, because of between-season lethargy...
...explanation might be that the Iron Curtain nations suffered a well-concealed crop failure last season. Another possibility is that the Red orders were placed for a propaganda purpose. Buying token amounts of wheat from Canada at a time when the country is deeply worried about its wheat surplus would be a devious but possibly effective way to make friends. Trade & Commerce Minister C. D. Howe made it clear, however, that as far as Canada was concerned, the business was strictly business. Said Howe: "No quid pro quo has been asked for and none has been offered...
Urban Renewal has gotten no farther. The city had promised the Federal Government to hire an Urban Renewal Coordinator, appoint an Urban Renewal Authority, and set up an agency to enforce the Housing code, all by October 1955. It has thus far done nothing except put a token item in the budget for a Coodinator, and delay action. The city manager, like Diogenes, is looking for a man. The trouble is that he wants a good man to take a bad job, and like Diogenes, the problem is insoluble...