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...evening's closest contest, Christopher A. Smith '55 of Lowell House and West. Hartford, Conn., took the post of secretary from Burton Berkley '55, 35 to 28, as the minority nomination speeches began to become more vehement. The organization's rule was openly challenged in the nominations for treasurer, but its candidate, John S. Luckstone 2L of Cambridge was elected anyway. One write-in vote for Balzotti was received...
...last impassioned appeal to the U.N. Security Council, Israeli Delegate Abba Eban cried out that the verdict against his country was "more vehement and intemperate" than any the Council had ever rendered, even against the Communist aggressors in Korea. But he went down to defeat. Arab Spokesman Charles Malik of Lebanon hailed the censure as "the first gleam of hope in years that the Arabs are not going to be wronged again...
Modest Plan? "I have thought a great deal about the overpowering problem that . . . haunts all our minds," said Churchill. "My prime thought is to simplify." Churchill's simplification was that "the world needs patience. It needs a period of calm rather than vehement attempts to produce clear-cut solutions...
...Manhattan; but he is also a former teacher of history (Harvard and Stanford) who has made quite a name for himself as a blistering critic of modern education. This week, in a new book called Quackery in the Public Schools (Little, Brown; $3.50), he explains why he is so vehement. The fact is, says Lynd, that Education with a capital E is rapidly destroying education...
...issue of public power is political dynamite in some sections of the U.S. Opponents are vehement in believing that federal control of power is (as Socialists freely admit) a basic step toward socialism. Yet the lavish public-power projects of the New and Fair Deals brought regional benefits which kept many a Congressman in office for years. TVA started the South's industrial boom; the Columbia River dams rejuvenated the economy of the Northwest. Last week, when Interior Secretary Douglas McKay issued his long-awaited statement on the power policy of the Eisenhower Administration, politicians from Nashville to Seattle...