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Witnesses testified that the C.P.U.S.A. was not a party but a conspiracy, an agency of Russia designed to weaken the U.S. Said FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover: "The Communist [he pronounced it Commonist] Party is a fifth column if there ever was one. It is far better organized than anything the Nazis had." But he felt that outlawing the party was no answer to the problem...
...strength of U.N. depends, basically, on the U.S. As long as the U.S. supports U.N. and as long as U.S. policies conform to principles of democracy, positive and independent actions in the world will strengthen, not weaken, the world organization of which the U.S. is the most important part...
...demanded a relatively unified Germany; France, which has one of Europe's most closely centralized administrations, demanded a loose German federation. The issue was not really one of political forms: Russia wanted to curry favor with the Germans, and France in accordance with her traditional policy wanted to weaken Germany...
...with the newer rates CABoss Landis intends to keep a closer watch on airline financing. Many lines have stubbornly chosen to go into debt to buy new equipment rather than issue stock and thus weaken the holdings of those now in control. From now on, CAB intends to seek more authority over line financing...
...road to industrial peace lies not in weakening bus in strengthening unions. Union "responsibility" is a worthy goal if the term means eliminating the racketeering and undemocratic practices that are found in some unions; but a drive for "responsibility" is too often used to cloak a drive to weaken or climinate all unions. The legislation now being considered by Congress will not remove the causes of labor disputes--a fact that will become all too evident if the laws being contemplated are enacted. Collective bargaining stands as the only way of settling labor disputes--bargaining between equals...