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...that Oatis was convicted of violating could be used to send any newsman to jail at the whim of the Reds. Says the Czech law and penal code: "He who attempts to obtain state secrets with the intention of betraying them to a foreign power [is guilty of espionage] . . . By a state secret is meant a fact [of] political, military or economic interest [which] should remain concealed . . . By economic secret is meant everything . . . important for economic enterprise . . . that should be kept secret." In short, Oatis was guilty of espionage if he tried to check the location or output...
...even without McCarthy's leadership, the Committee would be a poor investment for America's trust. Any group sent out to investigate at whim is bound to tread on the toes of privacy and decency, if only to find enough topics to justify its existence...
...Communist Party. We have reason to believe its objective is to take from us the freedom we cherish. But we have a democratic procedure for dealing with subversion through our courts and through legislative enactments. It cannot be our policy to allow government by the mob, government by the whim and caprice of segments of our population. Professors who abet such extra-legal procedures act with no more responsibility than lynch mobs or demagogues. If the Lubells have acted injudiciously they must be handled by the properly constituted bodies of our government...
...this business you've got to go along with the whim of the weather," he said dolefully. "And the last week has been windy and rough. It takes the feel out of the boat, and any Results in such conditions are pretty Inconclusive." Wednesday's time on a race day, and the only reason Love went through with the trial was that he had already postponed it too often because of bad weather. The weather has been rough all spring, and has thrown off any calendar plan for trials, but with his first race three days away, Love couldn...
...name is plainly Mrs. Bates, A strange capricious whim of fate's To crown with such banality So strong a personality...