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Johnson's visiting took him westward, where the political climate was reportedly most favorable to the L.B.J. cause. Preceded by a bevy of "L.B.J. girls" wear ing the official red-white-and-blue L.B.J. uniform and waving a large L.B.J. flag, the Senator got a warm reception in Denver. "I love the West," said he, in his dogged effort to erase his Southern label. "It is determined to be different from the East and the South...
Farmers were not the only ones escaping. Recognizing that the state soon would be bringing all shopkeepers, craftsmen and professional people into collectives, hundreds of townspeople like carpenters, lawyers and merchants were fleeing westward. One woman explained that she had fled "because of the kids." Her little boy had just started school, and "he was turning into a real little Communist. When Easter came, I brought him to West Berlin, not telling him why. Sure enough, first thing he did was squawk that we had gone over to the Nazis and that we had left Grotewohl and Pieck just when...
...headquarters for the hot-eyed young African nationalists in search of learning, eager audiences and cash for the worthy cause back home. Today they still stop off in such European capitals long enough to present their independence demands to colonial ministers, but more often than not, they are headed westward to a new mecca of funds and sympathy...
During his first six months in Peking, Austrian-born Correspondent Nossal, 33, has done little to impair the Globe's diplomatic relations with Red China. Bland, approving copy has flowed westward, uncensored, on Red China officialdom ("gracious and courteous"), babies ("cute and chubby and cuddlesome"), the sights in the capital ("Peking is almost ready for the tourists; it has little to be ashamed of and much to be proud of"), Premier Chou En-lai ("vibrant personality"), and industry ("The organization of China's industrial enterprises is excellent"). Sometimes his stories have sounded as if they were translated from...
...Ruhr coal surplus, others had family problems like a sick mother back home, still others were misfits who had not made themselves a place in the swift-paced life of the Federal Republic. Western officials estimate that the reverse migration runs to about 10% to 15% of the westward flow...