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...Angeles, an impartial arbitrator had just decided that the fuzzily liberal tabloid Daily News had acted properly in firing Rewriteman Vern Partlow, and in refusing to rehire Movie Reviewer Darr Smith. Both men had been named by former Communists testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee as their onetime fellow members. Both men had refused to say under oath if they were, or had been Communists. The News's Executive Editor Lee F. Payne fired Partlow and struck Darr Smith's name off a rehiring list...
...News President Robert Smith soon made it plain that he was as concerned with a practical fear of possible "business" boycotts as he was with moral principles. Conceding that Partlow was an able employee who had never "slanted" his copy. Smith & aides promised Partlow his job back if only he would swear that the charges were not true...
Whoosh! Next day, U.S. Communists got around to paying their tribute to Little Father Lenin at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Climax of the memorial rally was unquestionably a song (see cut). The words were by C.I.O. Organizer Vern Partlow, music (a prolonged monotone) by leftist, talented Earl Robinson (Ballad for Americans, Porterhouse Lucy). Robinson rendered it in person, strumming his guitar and crooning close to the party line...
Harvard has been hit much more severely as number one javelin thrower Tom Lacey is still recovering from a pulled arm and Larry Corbett, Dave Ives, and Bob Partlow have all been on the sick list in the past week. Counter-balancing these debits, hammer tossers Bob Chase and Tom White and shot putter John Shattuck have exhibited unbelievable improvement of late...
...Partlow, erratic Senior jumper, will only enter the high event as he has had merely a single week of practice. There he has his work out out for him in the form of Don Blount who has reached 6 feet 5 inches. Ives and Pirnie in the broad and John Bunker in the high will also see some of Blount's artistry. Blount holds the Dartmouth broad jump title of 24 feet 6, 4-5 inches...