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Last week a 14th witness appeared under subpoena for what he called "this unpleasant ritual." He was ex-Communist Agent Whittaker Chambers. Had David Zablodowsky, a $14,600-a-year director of U.N. publications, been a member of the Soviet underground in the U.S.? the committee counsel asked. Yes, replied...
Just under the surface of these suggestions lay an unpleasant possibility: Communist and anti-Communist prisoners would be thrown together in some "demilitarized zone" where riots might break out and loyal Reds might try to carry off anti-Reds by trickery or force.
As to the devils, they at last went back where they came from, leaving behind a memory on the whole not too unpleasant in the vicinity: for some generations the people of Loudun did a jolly trade with tourists who came to visit the scene of the crime.
In a months-long fit of timorousness, the State Department has acquired the unpleasant habit of locking up educators, visiting scholars, and students on Ellis Island. And as if the incessant lock-ups are not enough, State meets requests for information with all the loquacity of a laryngitic clam. Those...
The yearly threats and drives of the lacol authorities are unpleasant for students and police alike. It is unnecessary that these drastic measures continue when a few dollars and a few hours consideration will clear up the parking muddle.