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...Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, shook his massive head at photographers and demanded that they refrain from taking pictures of him "with my finger in my nose." Then, jaw outthrust, Brewster turned to the Senate's McClellan committee and began reading a 40-minute statement elaborating upon the virtues of himself and his teamsters. "We," said Brewster, "support the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts and the Green Cross Safety Organization." By week's end it was clear that the Teamsters' Western charities went even further than that. The union's rank and file...
...make his plea at an earlier date was the clear instance of how a set of confused legal procedures can spell tragedy. On the one hand, said Davis, federal law allows an attorney 90 days to file for a writ of certiorari (a re-examination of the record) upon the State Supreme Court's refusal of a rehearing. But in Abbott's case, the State Court set the date for execution two weeks before the 90-day limit. Thus, with the writ still on file, there was the barest possibility that Convicted Murderer Burton Abbott might have...
This is not an idea that has made much headway in Asia and Africa. With sublime self-confidence, backward peoples in a score of lands have seized upon the ballot as a kind of 20th-century witchcraft, a white man's juju which would solve all problems. In Kenya, where Africans were allowed to participate in Legislative Council elections for the first time last week, many a newly enfranchised voter consulted animal entrails as well as his conscience. In India the complex issues facing the world's largest democracy were being decided (see below) by an electorate which...
Instead of taking a firm stand, most of the nation's newspapers compromise and give George an occasional helping hand depending on the particular job. Boston Herald newsmen may not take pay for any community job, may not work for any group that is dependent upon publicity, but are encouraged to take part in civic projects outside these restrictions. Cleveland editors shy away from controversial community projects, but scramble to be identified with prestigious civic and philanthropic groups...
...Danger of Compromise. Russia-born Rabbi Mendel, like all Lubavitcher Rebbes, looks upon himself as spiritual "shepherd" of all Jews everywhere-Hasidic or not. He lives modestly with his wife in their $75-a-month flat, devotes his whole time to the Torah, to his flock and to directing missionary work among Jews who have fallen away from the Orthodox faith. As he sees it, the most important injunction for Jews is not to compromise in matters of faith and observance. "Compromise is dangerous because it sickens both the body and the soul . . . One must do everything...