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...Venizelos, son of the late great Eleutherios Venizelos, as Premier. This split the Liberals away from the coalition government planned by Venizelos and Plastiras, and favored by the U.S. Then followed maneuvers to line up right-wing royalist support behind Venizelos. U.S. Ambassador Henry F. Grady quickly threatened to withhold ECAid, implying that only a center coalition could govern Greece efficiently. After 23 frustrating days in office, Venizelos resigned, blaming his fall on "the Allied factor." This is a phrase frequently heard in Greece; it is the Greeks' word for Uncle Sam. Grady's intervention in Greek politics...
...midst of last week's irascible squabbling over ECA, he reproposed an amendment which had been cold-shouldered when he thought it up last year. Fogarty wanted the U.S. to withhold Britain's $687,100,000 share of ECA dollars until the Redcoats got out of Northern Ireland. Last week Congressmen with Irish names, and others who were only looking for a chance to embarrass the Administration, suddenly and whimsically leaped aboard Fogarty's dream boat. After being assured that they could duck out again whenever they wanted, they voted...
...charges of corruption while he was governor of North Dakota. He has since made several Senators regret their votes to seat him. A lone wolf, incapable of cooperation, 63-year-old Isolationist Langer has probably introduced more trivial bills than any other Senator, once proposed that the U.S. withhold the $3,750,000,000 loan from Britain and use the money to provide urinalysis for U.S. citizens...
...CRIMSON will reprint letters of less than 200 words in length. All letters must be signed, but the CRIMSON will withhold the writer's name upon request...
...government obviously has the right, in this case as in most others, to withhold its money from those who are plotting its downfall. But the dangers of the provisions here, as elsewhere, are manifold. First, the criterion of present of past membership in one of the groups may disqualify many extremely loyal people; second, the entire loyalty test will discourage many talented students from applying for scholarships; third, as part of the check, professors would undoubtedly be asked to report on their students' political activities, creating an atmosphere most unfriendly to scientific research...