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...hostile regimes faced each other across the parallel. The Communist government in the north had barred U.N. officials, refused to take part in a U.N.-sponsored election for an all-Korea government. On Dec. 12, 1948, the U.N. General Assembly approved elections in southern Korea as "a valid expression of the free will of the electorate." By July 1949 the U.S. had withdrawn its occupation forces...
...good time, Ridgway was following, however, and there was some political uproar last week over whether he should or should not cross the 38th parallel. The uproar was largely meaningless, because: 1) the U.N. had already authorized MacArthur to operate anywhere in Korea, and the authorization remained valid until withdrawn; 2) for military rather than political reasons, the Joint Chiefs of Staff begrudged every mile of northward advance. With every mile Ridgway moved northward, the Communist supply lines from their Manchurian "sanctuary" grew shorter (therefore less vulnerable to air attack), and the U.N. lines grew longer...
Today in Hartford the anti-discrimination bills face defeat, not because of university opposition but because of religious pressure. In 1945 and 1949 stronger bills went down to defeat in Connecticut, including one saying that a school would lose its tax exemption if charges of discrimination were found valid...
...hope that future amateur pollsters can learn the following lessons from these failures: A valid poll is a difficult instrument to construct. There are certain rules, however, which an investigator must follow if he desires accurate and honest results. Morton D. Goldberg '52 Neil J. Smelser...
...George and Eva got married in Scotland without benefit of clergy, "by mutual exchange [of vows] and consent." Such a marriage was valid under Scots law. Two years later, just to make sure, George and Eva were married again in a quiet ceremony in London. Seven months before, Eva had given birth to a son. By this time George was an officer in The Blues. The regiment heard about the second wedding, and bounced...