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...fact that Donovan was not charged with a crime, however, is not likely to be the end of the matter. The Silverman report makes clear that the FBI withheld important information about Donovan and his company from the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee during his confirmation hearings. If the committee members had been given all that information at the time, it seems doubtful that Donovan would have been confirmed for his post...
Week after week, new allegations have surfaced that evidence about Secretary of Labor Raymond Donovan's reputed involvement with mobsters was withheld from the Senate committee that approved his nomination. White House officials have steadily denied that there was any cover-up or that the FBI was ordered to ignore or undervalue potentially damaging testimony...
...Physics of the Earth Institute to annul the resolution on the grounds that it was inappropriate for a research center to denounce a scientist for political reasons. Although Kats continues to work at the institute, he has been forbidden to collaborate with other scientists, his articles are being withheld from publication, and the seminars he had been scheduled to lead have been cancelled. He now fears that the scientific council may once again adopt a resolution discrediting him. This time it should be a scientific one citing his recent lack of contribution to his field...
...shopping the world's best markets for more weaponry. At the urging of Britain, West Germany is holding up the sale of four frigates, six corvettes and six submarines, and France has halted shipment of Crotale surface-to-air and Exocet surface-to-surface missiles. Britain itself has withheld sale of Sea Dart missiles, the same kind that were on the fleet last week heading to-Carrier Veinticinco de Mayo ward the Falkland Islands...
...decision to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of command during the Korean War, he mentioned the "insubordination of God's right hand man." During the 1952 campaign, the attempts of Democratic Candidate Adlai Stevenson to put some distance between himself and the President infuriated Truman. He issued and then withheld a threat to stop supporting Stevenson...